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3 Cheers For These Navy Lady Officers!

Lieutenant Commanders Dilna K and Roopa A have successfully crossed the most dangerous passage in their historic 8-month sailing expedition around the earth IMAGE: Lieutenant Commanders Dilna K,......

Toughest Voyage Ahead For Lady Sailors!

Lieutenant Commanders Roopa A and Dilna K have completed 3 months at sea and have embarked on the longest and toughest leg of the voyage. IMAGE: Lieutenant Commanders Roopa A, left, and Dilna K......

The Ladies Who Will Sail Into History

Lieutenant Commanders Dilna K and Roopa A will remain at sea for 8 months.They will rely on wind power, do the repairs on the boat themselves and navigate some the world's most treacherous waters.......

How To Prevent Terror On The High Seas

The world needs to wake up to this new dimension of war at sea and be prepared to face the 'unknown enemy' who have the advantage of attacking at their choice of location and time, cautions......

Houthi Attacks Won't Affect India's Fuel Supplies

Most of India's oil supplies are expected to stay safe because of the country's good relations with both Russia and Iran. That would take care of over a third of India's supplies. IMAGE: A missile......

The most expensive cruise accommodations

Cruising without a butler and a private hot tub is like flying first class without Dom Perignon and a flat-bed seat. Sure, you can snag a cruise to the islands for a song -- try $100 a day or less......

Choppy trade: Shipping biz strives to float

The fall in freight rates to 20-year lows, the global financial turmoil and rupee depreciation have hit shipping companies hard. Globally, many of them are not even able to recover running costs.......

Meet Steve Cohen, the rich man's magician

Steve Cohen knows lot of neat tricks, like how to get hired by people with deep pockets.On a recent night at the Waldorf Towers Hotel in Manhattan Steve Cohen was casting a spell over the room.......

5 Indian hotels amongst world's best

Five Indian hotels/restaurants -- Aman-i-Khs, Rajasthan; Park Hyatt, Goa; and Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur; Congo, Goa; and Olive Bar and Kitchen, New Delhi -- figure in Cond Nast Traveler's 2004 Hot......

Why Aattam Is A Masterpiece

What follows is essentially a long scene set in a single location, and you watch in amazement as the scene grows into one of Indian cinema's funniest and most spectacular pieces of sustained......

'Lot of focus on how Markram fares...his days are numbered'

IMAGE: Aakash Chopra believes Aiden Markram needs to perform to keep his place in the playing XI. Photograph: BCCI Former India opener Aakash Chopra feels that South African batter Aiden Markram......

Abhilash Tomy Challenges The Oceans Again

'When I crossed that point where I had the accident, I felt light and that was a very physical experience. I felt something leave me.'Shyam G Menon chronicles the voyages of that incredible Indian......

Prez to honour Tomy for circumnavigation feat

It will be a dream come true for Lt Commander Abhilash Tomy when President Pranab Mukherjee felicitates him in Mumbai on Saturday for completing a non-stop solo circumnavigation of the globe under......

Plane spots French yachtsman's capsized boat

A rescue plane spotted the capsized boat of a French round-the-world sailor who triggered his distress beacon near Cape Horn on Tuesday, organisers said. The Chilean plane flew over the boat at......

Buzz: Azam-led Pak squad depart for New Zealand tour

IMAGE: Pakistan players take a selfie before heading out to New Zealand on Sunday. Photograph: Babar Azam/Twitter The Pakistan cricket team departed in the early hours of Monday for their......

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