'What Bigger Award One Can Hope For?'

'I did not take up research for any award.''What is more important is the medicine that I have developed.''This helps the patient recover and the family is happy that their relative has survived......

The Star Gazer Stars At TIME Gala

At this year's TIME ball in New York City on Thursday, April 25, you would have run into a Coimbatore-born American scientist, looking lovely in Sabyasachi Mukherjee designer finery, who would most......

Show 'big heart' and join Parliament inauguration: BJP to Opposition

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday alleged that the opposition parties have decided to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi just because it......

Pak billionaire's son didn't want to go on Titanic sub

A British Pakistani teenager who died with his billionaire father in a submersible missing since it dived down into the wreckage of the Titanic last weekend was a student from the University of......

The visionary who made Indian IT industry global

One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968.At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.They......

Modi hard sells India as an investment destination

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India and the United Kingdom are economically made for each other and this relationship has to be driven by private sector CEOs. Top CEOs from India and the......

The economics of happiness

This does not mean isolating parochialism but of new way of thinking about economic systems, says Rajni Bakshi.What might an “Economics of Happiness” look like? This question brought......

8 things India Inc, govt must do against Pakistan

The three-day-long terror strike on the country's financial capital was devastating in terms of its reach and impact. It has left Corporate India badly shaken and the elites numb. It is no more......

Bollywood for Dubai Film Fest

Several Indian film stars, including Naseeruddin Shah, Mithun Chakraborty and Rahul Bose, will walk the red carpet at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) from December 9 to 16. Veteran......

Liz Hurley puts on a sari!

Elizabeth Hurley seems to love all things Indian, besides, of course, her boyfriend Arun Nayar. She arrived at a charity event in New York clad in a sari.The model-turned-actress wore a pink and......

Read this before you watch Elizabeth

Before the British Raj, before hill-stations and the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, before Gandhi and an empire on which 'the sun never set' -- there was Queen Elizabeth I of England. She ruled for......

'I get slightly troubled when people see Sherlock Holmes as sexy'

'I was very wary about stepping into the limelight and the populist role like Sherlock Holmes, but the minute I saw who was involved and read the script and the quality of it I thought: I've got......

Abramovich to sell Chelsea FC, donate money to Ukraine war victims

'In the current situation, I have therefore taken the decision to sell the club, as I believe this is in the best interest of the club, the fans, the employees, as well as the club's sponsors and......

Soccer: Manchester United's Martial loaned out to Sevilla

IMAGE: Anthony Martial poses during his presentation after signing for Sevilla on loan at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, Seville on Wednesday. Photograph: Marcelo Del Pozo/Reuters French striker......

Why Tendulkar, Beckham and Djokovic have come together

Ahead of Father's Day, Sachin joins Beckham and Djokovic for UNICEF's Super Dads campaign. IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar......

Ashes: Where are the players of the 2005 series now?

England won the Ashes for the first time since 1987 in 2005. It was the greatest series in the history of the game, but what has become of those Australian and English players a decade on? Read on......

Ones to watch - Dwain Chambers

August 21, 2003 | 20:35 ISTOnes to watch - Dwain Chambers Dwain Chambers is seen by many as the biggest threat to America's domination of the 100m.[ bbc.co.uk ]World Athletics men's events BBC......