Named
Yash Chopra
Waqt, Deewar, Kabhie Kabhie to Trishul, Silsila, Lamhe
Banned
Strikes By Lawyers
Departed
Ivan Illich, radical ecology theorist of the ’70s and alternate philosopher, at 76. Deschooling Society is among his landmark tracts.
Shakila Bano Bhopali
Announced
A human embryo stem cell project, by the Stanford University, the first US institution to enter a research area linked to the cloning controversy.
Selected
H.P. Dikshit, Vice-Chancellor of IGNOU, to chair the board of governors of the Consortium of Open-Distance Learning, SAARC.
Shantanu Chaudhary
Superseded
The world’s fastest supercomputer in the US, by Earth Simulator in Japan. Capable of doing 35.6 trillion calculations per second, it is meant to be a predictor of volcanic activity and typhoons.
