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This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (yellow) emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in a laboratory. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S.

The controversy being created about the origins of the virus that causes COVID-19

Science and the scientific method have been thrown to the winds as politically motivated and unsubstantiated theories that pin the blame for the pande

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Moscow, March 1961: Tigran Petrosian, Victor Korchnoi and Evgeny Vasyukov play in the lobby of the venue where the World Championship match between Mikhail Tal and Mikhail Botvinnik was in progress.-HINDU PHOTO ARCHIVES

Mecca of chess

Winning the world title in Moscow has its own flavour.

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From 'In the Name of Art', a short film from New Zealand, which got a certificate of merit.-PHOTOGRAPHS: BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Global glimpses

WHEN I received an invitation from the Film Federation of India (the apex body of the film industry) to be the chairman of the jury for a Global Cinem

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Sticking to their guns

Even as several Republican and Democrat lawmakers and people at large react critically to the Abu Ghraib prison incidents and hold the Pentagon respon

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Doublespeak on terror

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Turning inward

In a move that can help the Republican administration win political plaudits in an election year, the U.S. Senate approves a Bill whose provisions on

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Jobs and a campaign

IF there was a lot of anxiety when the Senate gave its assent to an amendment relating to outsourcing on January 22, leading Democrats showed recently

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Isolated yet unfazed

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Picking up the pieces

The U.S. tries to come to grips with the tragedy and NASA begins an investigation that could have an impact on the shuttle progamme.

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Jammu and Kashmir

It is now "Mufti's turn" (November 22) to play the game in Jammu and Kashmir. The expectations are great. So are the challenges. The first priority is

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A Republican victory

The Republican Party defies historical trends to wrest control of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

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Setting the record straight

As the war drums start beating, the focus is on Congress as law-makers wrestle with the issue of the authorisation that the administration has sought

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