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'Not my president' chants ring out across America

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across the United States to protest against Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential polls, slamming him for his bigotry and racism, as......

How Facebook, Google tools are helping ease Nepal jitters

With many searching their loved ones after the Nepal earthquake, Google has launched its ‘person finder’ tool and Facebook has activated its ‘safety check’ feature to help......

WTF News: It's Weird, True and Funny

This week’s collection of stories that prove we live in a truly mad, mad world. Harry Potter-themed sex education class Two students at Boston University decided to put the spark back into......

Women grope men's crotches to raise funds!

A French hand sanitiser company called Merci Handy has dispatched women to cup strangers' crotches in return for a donation to a charity that supports men's cancers. Recently a trio of pickup......

Democratic manifesto campaigns against outsourcing

Reflecting United States President Obama's consistent refrain in recent weeks while on the stump campaigning for his re-election where he has been railing against the outsourcing of American jobs......

The boss who nurtures

It is all about a C and C model -- of choices and consequences -- for women.Women make choices about their lives and for each of them there will be consequences, Shell India Lubricants MD Mansi......

Twitter IPO pegs valuation at modest $11 billion

Seeking to avoid a repeat of Facebook Inc's much-maligned public debut, Twitter Inc revealed more modest ambitions, saying its initial offering would raise up to $1.6 billion and value the company......

Competition? Apple outshines rivals

Apple's stock may be sliding as investors fret about growing competition, but store visits and interviews with smartphone and tablet shoppers in 10 cities around the world suggest consumers share......

12 innovative marketing techniques

When it came to marketing her Boston-based cosmetic dentistry practice, Helaine Smith chose to marry modern technology with an age-old principle: Sex sells. Last March, Smith published Healthy......

Wal Mart's impact on Indian retail

It's certainly not the way the world' s largest retailer would have wanted to enter India. But it's nonetheless a turning point for the Indian retail market. The $320 billion Wal-Mart is finally......

How Facebook came to be

Aseem Chabbra review The Social Network.An American friend told me this story. Another friend of his came home one night, drunk after a lot of hard partying, and started viewing profiles of blond......

Britney goes from hospital to champagne

In yet another nightmarish episode for troubled pop-star Britney Spears,the 26-year-old singerwas discharged from hospital on Saturday following a reported suicide attempt. Ms Spears, had been......

Gogol on my mind

I don't have a pet name, pocket name, nickname, house name, daak naam. In that sense, I am no Gogol and have had to suffer from none of Gogol's name trauma. All I have had is my one and only name,......

Now Reshammiya can take on Shah Rukh

When India's busiest film composer-- he has been recording about one song a week in his voice for over six months-- takes off to America and Canada on a month-long concert tour, it surely is a......

After Brothels, Stolen Childhoods

The advertisement for Stolen Childhoods, a probing documentary about oppressive child labour in seven countries including India, is so small in The New York Times that readers may miss it. But the......

Voices of gratitude, defiance mark Boston bombing memorial

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, other leaders and survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing shared messages of thanks and defiance on Tuesday at a tribute to the three people killed and 264 wounded......

Mavericks, Nowitzki shine at Espy Awards

Professional basketball's Dallas Mavericks and their star player Dirk Nowitzki took home top Espy Awards on Wednesday night, capping a year that saw them become improbable champions. The......

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