In the Australian Open on Thursday, Mahesh Bhupathi chose to downplay his being on the edge of a career Grand Slam and what could have been a sparkling summit clash against Leander Paes.

Bhupati said after partnering Mark Knowles of the Bahamas to reach the men’s doubles final in the year’s first major, “I still have one more match to go.”

In the semi-finals, third seeded Bhupati and his partner Knowles beat Lukasz Kubot of Poland and Oliver Marach of Austria 6-3, 6-1.

Frans de Waal, professor of

In order to allow millers to sell duty-free imported sugar in the domestic market, the decision on altering sugar import norms has been deferred by the Government.

According to a senior Government official, "The issue came up for discussion in the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) but it calls for further deliberation."

According to the latest evidence, the closest living ancestors of animals are large amoeba-shaped, multi- cellular placozoans.

An entire U-turn has been taken from the old and traditional though that a course from simple to complex was followed by evolution, from sponge to chordates or animals having backbones. Now the latest research suggests that there was a parallel evolution of lower animals like placozoa, corals and jellyfish to higher animals like vertebrates.

In the Duleep Trophy semifinal at th

A net loss of Rs 156 crore in the third quarter ended December 31 was recently reported by Aditya Birla Nuvo, which has interest in telecom, BPO, garments and insurance, against a net profit of Rs 30 crore in the same period last year. There was 17% growth in the net sales to Rs 3,429 crore.

A lower net profit of Rs 219 crore was reported by telecom business, due to a hit by the start up costs in Mumbai and Bihar.