Why the US has sanctioned Putin's daughters

The White House has announced a wide new slate of sanctions on Russia that includes first-time individual sanctions on the two adult daughters of President Vladimir Putin in response to the ongoing......

Why recording the current period is necessary

What is a migrant going through today on the walk home? What is it like to be a Muslim and watch the news on television every night in India? Is there a bureaucrat who is noting down the......

Postcards from the Raj

It was an exciting time for India and the world.Photography had been invented 50 years earlier, and the mass-produced Kodak camera of the 1880s helped democratise photography.Ritika Kochhar reports......

WTF News! It's Weird, True and Funny

Here’s your weekly digest of the craziest stories from around the world. At this gym, you nap for 45 minutes -- and still burn calories Ever feel like you should conform to society’s......

The world's most beautiful diamonds

Many of the world's famous diamonds have fascinating histories. Read on to find out more about some these stunning gemstones. Some, of course, are just beautiful because they are too young to......

Volkswagen unveils Phaeton @ Rs 75 lakh

German auto major Volkswagen unveiled on Wednesday its high-end luxury car Phaeton with sticker price of Rs 75 lakhs (Rs 7.5 million). "With the launch of Phaeton in March this year Volkswagen......

Rolls-Royce sold 11 Phantoms in India in 2007

Rolls-Royce sold as many as 11 cars in 2007 in India, registering a growth of 57% over 2006. Of these, eight were RR Phantom Standard Wheelbase, two were RR Phantom Extended wheelbase and one was......

Can the best automobile drink diesel?

If you are very good at your game, you are allowed a few mistakes. For example, if your name is Maradona, you are allowed to use drugs, shoot journalists and even occasionally score goals with your......

Celebrating Zohra Sehgal

Veteran actress Zohra Sehgal passed away into the ages on July 10, in Delhi. The actress, who celebrated her 102nd birthday in April, was last seen in films like Saawariya and Cheeni Kum (both......

'No photos did justice to Madhubala's beauty'

The name Madhubala conjures up so many images of the yesteryear actress in our minds. Her beauty, grace, comic timing -- everything about her has turned into a legend over the last 40 years.......

Birthday Special: Zohra Sehgal turns 100!

Like most memorable stories, this one too, begins long, long ago. On April 27, 1912, to be precise when a naughty little girl was born. She loved to climb trees and engage in all sorts of antics to......

Leena Chandavarkar: The innocent shrew

Moon-faced and lithe, Leena Chandavarkar could convey the heart-stopping beauty and fragility of a Dresden China doll, especially in her earlier films. Leena never graduated to the......

Bundesliga's Dynamo Dresden squad put in quarantine

Lends blow to league’s plans to resume on May 16. IMAGE: Dynamo Dresden were scheduled to play Hanover 96 next Sunday in their first game back following the stoppage that was caused by the......

Day 16: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Norway's Therese Johaug powered to victory in the final race of her Olympic career, while Francesco Friedrich's crew capped off an extraordinary showing of German sliding prowess this Winter......

Bundesliga set for restart! Here's all you must know

IMAGE: Life-size cardboard figures with the photos of football fans are positioned on the stands of the Borussia Moenchengladbach soccer stadium in Moenchengladbach, on Wednesday. The Bundesliga......

Here's Bundesliga's plans for post-lockdown

Hamburg aim for quick return, Dresden battle relegation in 2. Bundesliga IMAGE: The return of the Bundesliga’s top flight has grabbed the headlines, the second Bundesliga features some......

Germany's Bundesliga teams in isolation ahead of season restart

The German league, desperate to complete the season by June 30, has drawn up a detailed set of regulations for training and matches, including stringent testing that helped it get the government's......