The Beijing Olympics ended with a flash of fireworks on Sunday, bringing down the curtain on a Games that dazzled the world with sporting brilliance and showcased the might of modern day China.
Michael Phelps took a record-breaking eighth gold at one Games on Sunday in Beijing to beat fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz's seven from Munich 1972.
Six races, six world records and six gold medals: there really is no stopping Michael Phelps at these Games.
American swimmer Michael Phelps became the most successful Olympian of all time when he won his 10th gold medal on Wednesday and his fourth of the Beijing Games. The mighty Phelps broke his own world record to continue his dominance in the Water Cube pool and overtake an elite group including Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis who had won nine golds.
American swimmer Michael Phelps needed a little help from his friends on Monday to keep alive the dream of an unprecedented eight Olympic golds.
Data interpretation gives most CAT aspirants the jitters, especially those from non-technical backgrounds. Here Gaurav Bakliwal, of Testfunda.com, share some useful tips on how students can sharpen their DI skills.
Following Fish: Travels around the Indian Coast is a fascinating collection of nine essays on the life along India's coastline by Delhi-based journalist Samanth Subramanian. We bring you an excerpt.
The high profile visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the US is noted for the involvement of several Indian Americans as well as a protest in New York. People belonging to different faiths, excluding the Sikhs, will meet with him in an interfaith dialogue at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington DC, on Thursday evening. Several Indians are also invited to the White House reception to the Pope.
The camera phone market is skyrocketing with worldwide annual shipments up more than 200 per cent in 2004, a new report has said.
Despite being an over Rs 7,000 crore (Rs 70 billion) sector, e-commerce is not the main driver of internet usage. In fact, it comprises only 4 per cent of internet usage.
An in-depth look at the Quantitative and Data Interpretation sections of the CAT. Here are six can't-miss-tips that you must remember on test day.
Get Ahead diet expert Samreedhi Goel analyses the fat content of three ever-popular dishes.
Some jobs just sound too cool to be true. Often they are. Behind the glamour is hard work and high stress. But would we still swap?
It is important to get the basics right across concepts, and then focus on the ones that you know are important.
We publish readers' responses to our recipes invite. Here's how to prepare Nutty Veggies, Baby Corn Manchurian, Ghee Rice and Bitter Gourd Curd Kurma.
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Oily T-zone getting you down? Maybe you should try a face pack. Here are five packs specially for those suffering from an oily complexion.
Steven Soderbergh's latest film is the ultimate guilty pleasure.
Renowned chefs reinvent traditional age old recipes for your palate
Deven Verma passed away into the ages on December 2. We re-publish an interview done with the veteran actor.
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Jamaica's Usain Bolt won 100 meters gold at the Beijing Olympics in a world record time on Saturday, running 9.69 seconds to claim victory in an exhilarating showdown with his compatriot Asafa Powell.
Swimmer Michael Phelps demolished his own world record to win a first Olympics gold on Sunday in the quest for an unprecedented eight, but conflict in Georgia and a dozen bomb attacks in west China spoiled the party mood.
For the Chinese, all of Beijing is an Olympics venue. That is the kind of attention they have paid to every nook and corner of the place and to every nearby attraction, from the Ming Tombs to the Great Wall. And they did it with a speed that is astonishing
For the Chinese, all of Beijing is an Olympics venue. That is the kind of attention they have paid to every nook and corner of the place and to every nearby attraction, from the Ming Tombs to the Great Wall. And they did it with a speed that is astonishing
Filmmaker Sarah Gavron tells us how she made Brick Lane with Tannishtha Chatterjee and Satish Kaushik.
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