Meet Gopi Thotakura, India's 1st space tourist

Gopi Thotakura, an entrepreneur and a pilot, is set to become the first Indian to venture into space as a tourist on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin's NS-25 mission. IMAGE: Gopi Thotakura.......

Britain's Prince Philip laid to rest in royal ceremony

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II led a small group of senior royals at the ceremonial funeral of her husband and consort Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at Windsor Castle on Saturday. IMAGE: The......

Prince Philip's funeral to mark his 'unwavering loyalty'

The royal ceremonial funeral of Britain’s Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, will incorporate hymns and readings chosen by the late royal himself and focus on his ‘unwavering......

German minister commits suicide over COVID-19 crisis

Finance minister of Germany's Hesse state, Thomas Schaefer, committed suicide apparently after expressing "despair" over how to handle the economic fallout from the fast-spreading coronavirus, an......

The importance of human workers in the smart machine age

'Organisations need to embrace individual human development as a mission critical to organisational competency.' 'There has to be a greater focus on developing people instead of managing people.'......

Leading Infy is opportunity of lifetime, Vishal Sikka tells employees

Vishal Sikka took charge of  Infosys, India's second-biggest IT services provider, on Friday.  Three decades since its inception, Infosys appointed an outsider at the helm to......

Wipro CEO Kurien honoured by AIF for leadership, philanthropy

Wipro CEO T K Kurien has been honoured by non-profit American India Foundation (AIF) for his leadership and philanthropy at an annual awards gala.   The event raised over $ 1.5 million to......

Reliance, ONGC, Cairn in race for Myanmar blocks

India's Reliance Industries, ONGC Videsh and Cairn India are vying with global energy giants Shell, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil for 30 offshore oil and gas blocks that Myanmar has put on offer.......

The Best Shashi Kapoor Films

From Awaara to Deewar to Junoon to In Custody, Shashi Kapoor leaves us many movies to love and remember him by. For years, he made every woman go weak in her knees every time he flashed a......

Why you *need* to know this man

His name is Alejandro González Iñárritu. Out of the six feature films, Alejandro González Iñárritu has directed, every single one has found its way to the......

Review: Fargo will make you revisit your demons

Fargo is intense and dark and raises more questions than one would usually be comfortable with, says Paloma Sharma. Screenwriter Noah Hawley, who gave us Bones, adapts the Coen brothers’......

Mysskin, on making Anjathe

One of the biggest hits of 2008 is Mysskin's Tamil movie, Anjathe, also hailed as one of the best films made so far this year. When I met the director at his office, he was in a very jovial mood,......

Anand struggles but India's youngsters shine at Isle of Man chess

At the top of the list in the second round is Grandmaster V Vishnu Prasanna, who got the better of nearly 200-points above rated Tamir Nabaty of Israel. IMAGE: Viswanathan Anand in action during......

Sports Shorts: Kvitova outplays Kerber to send Czechs into Fed Cup final

IMAGE: Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova celebrates after winning her singles match against Germany’s Angelique Kerber. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach /Reuters Petra Kvitova put Czech......

Maria Sharapova gets US Open wildcard

Sharapova awarded main draw wildcard at US Open IMAGE: Maria Sharapova celebrates. Photograph: Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Former world number one Maria Sharapova will make her first Grand......

French Open: Paes-Nestor in 3rd round; Sania-Hingis win

Leander Paes and Daniel Nestor. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images Leander Paes and his Canadian partner Daniel Nestor cruised into the third round of the men's doubles at the French......

PHOTOS: Third seed Halep knocked out of French Open

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia celebrates after beating Simona Halep of Romania during their women's singles match at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium. Photograph:......