ISRO sets up Human Space Flight Centre for manned missions

Gearing up for its maiden manned space mission 'Gaganyaan', Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO unveiled its Human Space Flight Centre in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Photograph: ISRO The space......

ISRO to set up Human Space Flight Centre

ISRO has to select astronauts, training them to withstand the space environment, and then bring them back to earth and rehabilitate them.Peerzada Abrar reports. IMAGE: Then Squadron Leader Rakesh......

BBC resignations astonished Hutton

The judge who headed an investigation into the suicide of a British weapons expert was shocked by public anger at his report and the turmoil it caused at the British Broadcasting Corporation,......

BBC chairman quits over Hutton report

BBC Chairman Gavyn Davies on Wednesday resigned after Lord Hutton submitted his report into the death of British scientist and weapons expert Dr David Kelly.He is the most high profile casualty of......

Infosys in talks to acquire Spanish consulting firm

Infosys, India's second largest IT services company, is in talks with Everis, a Spanish consulting company, for a possible acquisition.Started in 1996 as DMR Consulting, Everis employed 9,000......

Murdoch on the front foot, to buy ESPN stake in JV

After months of speculation, Rupert Murdoch's 16-year-old equal joint venture (JV) with sports broadcaster ESPN has broken up. STAR will buy out ESPN's 50 per cent equity stake in the JV, ESPN-STAR......

Highest honour for Indian in US biz journalism

A journalist working with Canada-based news website NowPublic, has become the first Indian to win the prestigious Loeb Award -- one of the highest honours in American business journalism. Sanjay......

European flights resume after six-day shutdown

Most of the European nations, including the United Kingdom and Germany, reopened their air space on Wednesday after an unprecedented six-day lockdown due to the Icelandic volcanic ash that stranded......

Ranjit Chowdhry's Last Holiday

Ranjit Chowdhry may have less than 10 minutes screen time in Last Holiday, but he gets some of the film's best laughs. As the timid, nerdish but good-natured and well-meaning Dr Rabindranath Gupta,......

Root joins elite club in all-time ICC Test rankings

IMAGE: Root scored a personal best of 262 runs during England's emphatic victory over Pakistan in the first Test in Multan. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas / Reuters England star Joe Root is......

Kamlesh Patel to step down as Yorkshire chairman

IMAGE: Kamlesh Patel was tasked with navigating Yorkshire County Cricket Club through a racism scandal involving British Asian cricketer Azeem Rafiq. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters Kamlesh Patel......

Yorkshire chairman resigns over racism row

IMAGE: ECB has suspended Yorkshire from hosting international or major matches until it has clearly demonstrated that it can meet the standards expected of an international venue. Photograph:......

Rashid corroborates accusations of racism against Vaughan

IMAGE: Adil Rashid said he is 'happy to support' official probe into racism claims against former England captain Michael Vaughan. Photograph: Ed Sykes/Reuters England leg-spinner Adil Rashid has......

Yorkshire admit ex-player Rafiq was racially harassed

IMAGE: Azeem Rafiq said he felt like an outsider and lost 'faith in humanity' after the club turned a blind eye to his complaints. Photograph: Richard Sellers/Getty Images Yorkshire have......