IMF team headed for India to get a fix on new GDP method

Last Updated: Thursday, May 7, 2015, 13:12

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will soon send a team to India to get a grasp of the implementation of the government's new GDP methodology, which has been questioned in certain quarters, including RBI.

Govt likely to divest remaining Balco shares via auction route

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 21:49

The government is likely to sell its remaining stake in aluminium major Balco through auction route following Law Ministry's opinion that "there appears no constitutional or legal issue involved" in selling shares of the company via offer for sale (OFS) method.

Abundant `mini-Neptunes` form new class of alien planets

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 23:48

Kepler`s cornucopia of alien worlds has found a new entrant in the form of a new kind of planet.

World`s fastest water-heating method developed?

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 19:36

Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have devised a new technique to boil water in less than a trillionth of a second.

McCullum blitz leads Kiwis to thrilling last-ball win

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 09:33

A final-over blitz by Nathan McCullum gave New Zealand a thrilling last-ball victory by four wickets over Sri Lanka in the rain-hit second one-day international on Tuesday.

CLT20 2013: T&T beat Titans by six runs via D/L method

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 00:00

Evin Lewis (70) and Darren Bravo (63) hit blistering half centuries as Trinidad and Tobago registered a six-run win over Titans via D/L method in a rain-hit match to place themselves in strong contention for a semifinal berth in Champions League Twenty20 on Monday.

Martin Scorsese was `terrified` of `A Dangerous Method` director

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 17:34

David Cronenberg has revealed that Martin Scorsese was terrified to meet him.

Now, keyboard that shocks you out of your Facebook addiction!

Last Updated: Saturday, August 24, 2013, 15:42

Two doctoral candidates from MIT have created a new keyboard device that is capable of shocking users overindulging online.

New printing method provides 10-fold improvement in organic electronics

Last Updated: Monday, June 3, 2013, 18:22

The printing method is fast and works with a variety of organic materials to produce semiconductors of strikingly higher quality than what has so far been achieved with similar methods.

I have the butt of a 22-year-old stripper, says Gwyneth Paltrow

Last Updated: Saturday, April 6, 2013, 12:41

Gwyneth Paltrow has said that adopting the Tracy Anderson Method has given her a completely different outlook on life and a very shapely bum.

Saudis rethinking method of execution: Report

Last Updated: Sunday, March 10, 2013, 17:46

A Saudi newspaper says a ministerial committee is looking into formally dropping public beheadings as a method of execution in the oil-rich kingdom.

ICC T20 WC: Australia defeat West Indies by 17 runs via D/L method

Last Updated: Sunday, September 23, 2012, 09:02

Australian batsmen on Saturday gave a fitting reply to Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels` power-hitting as they defeated the West Indies by 17 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method in a ICC World Twenty20 group league game, which stopped 9.1 overs into the second innings.