Registers 25% growth in rental values over the previous year

Connaught Place worldâ€™s fourth most expensive

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Australian scientists claim to have developed a simple and low-cost blood test that can determine how well cancer patients are responding to chemotherapy, which could help in adjusting its dosage on a case-to-case basis

Simple blood test to determine chemotherapy dosage

Talking about the M&E Industry, Uday Shankar, CEO of Star India who has taken over as the chairman of the Media & Entertainment Committee, said, â€œWhile the industry has made spectacular progress in the last 20 years in increasing the intensity of engagement with the Indian consumer through superior contentâ€“there is still a gap in our ability to monetise the engagement and use the resources generated to advance both access and content

M&E could be driver of economic change: Uday Shankar

A new centre to study disabilities that arise from alterations in brain development will come up here in collaboration with Scientists from the University of Edinburgh and the Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (inStem) in Bangalore.The collaboration will be supported by the Indiaâ€™s Department of Biotechnology and will involve visiting professors from Edinburgh and Indian scientists working on joint projects in Bangalore and Edinburgh, officials said on Sunday.     Autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disabilities will be the initial focus of the Centre for Brain Development and Repair, which will be based in Bangalore.In the longer term, the centre will train scientists to tackle major neurological disorders such as dementia, which can critically undermine quality of life and represents a growing and major public health threat in India. Brain disorders such as autism and dementia could be better understood thanks to an internationa

New UK-India initiative to tackle brain disorders

Press Trust of India

In Bangalore, bands are playing to packed garages. Rock, metal and saxophone are the flavour of the season

Get up and jam

South African artist William Kentridgeâ€™s first solo exhibition in India isas eccentric as the artist himselfIt is not without reason that Volte Gallery founder Tushar Jiwarajka believes in serendipity. The Colaba-based gallery is hosting the first solo showcase of renowned South African artist William Kentridge in India, something Jiwarajka only dreamt about two years ago when he was watching Anything is Possible, a documentary based on Kentridgeâ€™s work.When he had finished seeing the film, it was almost closing time on a late Saturday evening. Yet, entirely by chance, in sauntered Kentridge and his wife. â€œI had no idea the artist was in town, much less that he would be visiting us,â€ Jiwarajka exlaims. He quickly drew the DVD out of his laptop and showed it to Kentridge, and later confessed that he would love to host an exhibition. â€œWilliam too was keen on showing his work outside Europe and the US.â€The 57-year-old South Afri

The art of ambiguity

The defence ministry has often made a case for bringing about transparency and accountability in defence acquisitions. Yet the process remains ambiguous. The controversy over the Rs 4,000-crore deal for the purchase of 12 AW-101 helicopters from Anglo-Italian company, AgustaWestland, is another pointer to this. Vice-Admiral Premvir Das (retd), former commander-in-chief of the Eastern Naval Command who has also served on the National Security Advisory Board, discusses the issue with Veenu SandhuWhat do you make of the allegation that specifications were altered in the tender during the period that S P Tyagi headed the Air Force?When a decision is taken to procure a defence equipment, the initial specifications  or qualitative requirements, as we call them  are first drafted by a relatively junior rank officer. They are then revised and modified as they go up the decision chain and by the time they are finalised, several changes have been made. If t

Coming clean on defence deals: Premvir Das

Rich coal reserves found in Dharamjaigarh in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district have thrown the lives of the 15,000 Bangladeshi settlers in turmoil

Living in the shadow of black gold

Wipro today announced the winners of earthian 2012, the second edition of its sustainability engagement programme

Wipro announces winners of sustainability programme for educational institutions

While all URLs linked to defamatory posts about management institute Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) have been blocked after a directive from the government, social media was abuzz with posts and opinions about the institute.

Social media abuzz with posts on govt move to block anti-IIPM URLs

Arrival of foreign tourists in the country has registered an impressive 14.2 per cent growth in the first 10 months of this year, with total earnings crossing a whopping Rs 20,000 crore.


Tourist inflow till October up 14.2 per cent

The Sri Lanka Tourist Board (SLTB) has drawn up plans to increase the number of Indian tourists visiting the island nation to 1.5 lakh this year. "Last year, 1.13 lakh Indian tourists visited

Sri Lanka targets 1.5 lakh Indian arrivals

Travel portal Travelguru has announced a 30-day sale of Air Sahara tickets, and are offering them at 50% discount. According to a release issued by Travelguru, travellers can book now and fly

Travelguru offers 50% off on Air Sahara flights

In a bid to rejuvenate various forms of ritual arts and culture and also upgrade the basic tourism infrastructure and showcase them for the visitors, the department of tourism in Kerala has lined up a

Tourism dept to revive Malabar heritage

The Opus series is back after a brief respite and the Opus 6 is being hailed for being both a technical and aesthetic marvel. Strictly for the informed connoisseur. Price on request.

Sensational Splurge

H2O, the Chicago-based beauty products brand, has special gifing hampers for Diwali. The most unique among them is the Vanilla Deluxe Collection : This is an eight piece, vanilla scented set for bath

`Spa`il yourself

This festive season, Dunhill has launched a really cool after-shave. Its icy blue liquid epitomises energy and it should make an ideal gift. Unmistakably masculine and understated, the brand look is

Perfume pick

The monsoon may be an inconvenience in the city, but it does green the Ghats and feed the streams and falls to which tourists are drawn.

Falling water holiday

It&rsquo;s officially winter, but there are stylish ways of keeping warm.

It's a wrap!

It&rsquo;s that time of the year and should you find yourself in London, or plan to go there, here are some tips on where to go and what to do.

Yuletide spirit in London

A seven-hour flight from Delhi and you&rsquo;re in Lapland, home of Santa Claus. Bharati Motwani relives a return to innocence.

'Dreaming of a white Christmas...'

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