McGregor earned $180 million, a figure which includes $158 million from endorsements
'The Reserve Bank's independence has remained a work in progress, an enduring challenge that the nation has been grappling with on an ongoing basis,' says RBI Deputy Governor Dr Viral Acharya.
Indian-origin Labour Party candidates won more seats than their rival Conservatives.
The 2004 Nobel Prize for Economics was jointly won by Finn E Kydland of Norway and Edward C Prescott of the United States on Monday.
Led by US President Barack Obama, Americans on Tuesday mourned the death of its citizen Kayla Jean Mueller, who was taken hostage in Syria by the Islamic State group.
Here are some of the most scintillating images from across the globe in the last seven days.
At least 19 firefighters have been killed battling a blaze in Yarnell town in central Arizona, with prevalent hot winds blowing across the United States making it one of the country's deadliest wildfire.
A four-year-old boy in the United States accidentally shot and killed his father in yet another shooting incident in the country involving a toddler.
Media baron Rupert Murdoch's top executive Rebekah Brooks and Premier David Cameron's former aide Andy Coulson, were on Tuesday charged along with six others with criminal conspiracy to hack into phones of individuals, taking the year-long phone hacking scandal to a new level.
The movie has its highpoints but it stretches its movie-within-movie mask a bit too much.
In a remarkably frank memoir, former Prime Minister Tony Blair explains the reasons why politicians in high positions often cross the line and have affairs with women. Blair explores the 'free-bird impulse to have affairs to spring you from that prison of self-control', and says, "Then there is the moment of encounter, so exciting, so naughty, so lacking in self-control." According to him, many women found politicians highly desirable.
Rio rides high on success even before US release.
If you've ever fancied playing tennis with former Prime Minister Tony Blair or having lunch with Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, be prepared to pay thousands of pounds for the pleasure.
Next up -- the Trafalgar Square dance festival to mark the occasion of Diwali.
But for much of his remaining six weeks in power, Blair will be absent from Downing Street, with at least five overseas trips planned for later this month and June.
India Now' festival that commences on July 16 in London and continues for three months is London's attempt to attract increased business investments from India
Double European gold medallist Mo Farah along with defending champions Phillips Idowu, Lisa Dobriskey and Christine Ohuruogu highlight England's 100-strong athletics team for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi from October 3 to 14.
Paul said, "The fact that we are able to donate the unit at all is a testament to the generosity of our UK supporters and will provide a link in strengthening the success story of Indo-Anglo partnerships."
Singling out Prime Minister's Tony Blair's special envoy to the Middle East Lord Levy Meyer described him "as having pretensions to be a latter-day Kissinger".
The mother of nineteen-year-old Gordon Gentle who died in a bomb blast in Basra claims his life could have been saved if the government had invested money in signal jamming equipment.
It is time for the Congress and the Bush administration to recognise the importance India plays in the region and the world, the Democratic Congressman said.
Intel Corporation on Thursday announced the expansion of its management team in India in recognition of the growing importance of the country as a global design and development centre, as well as a significant consumer market.
Here we present a list of all the recipients of the Economics Nobel that was first given in 1969.
Why they failed to predict the global economic crisisand why their help is still crucial to a recovery
An army of fledgling companies is lining up to take on Google. Could the world's biggest search engine possibly be vulnerable?
An army of fledgling companies is lining up to take on Google. Could the world's biggest search engine possibly be vulnerable?
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