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Surprise That Charles Became Charles III

The unfortunate associations with the name Charles for an English king -- one who was executed; the other with a very unsavoury reputation -- led royal observers to assume that Charles would not......

A spoilsport in a time of genocide remembrance

'The response to savagery and mass injustice is never a persistent howl.''There will be, among the victims, those who choose to forget the scars, those who go on living, those who challenge the......

Mata Amritanandmayi honoured at NY university

Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, commonly known as the hugging saint, was conferred an honorary doctorate in humane letters at a special ceremony by the State University of New York at its campus in......

Scrap the word couch potato: Farmers

British potato farmers are on a mission to banish the term 'couch potato' from the OxfordEnglish Dictionary, arguing that the description of slothful television addicts harms the vegetable's......

University at Buffalo, BHU sign exchange programme

The State University of New York at Buffalo (The University at Buffalo) has established a comprehensive exchange programme with the Banaras Hindu University. The agreement was signed by UB......

BBC in its last stages, says John Simpson

The BBC is now in 'its last stages' because budget cuts will make it increasingly difficult to maintain standards, the corporation's world affairs editor has warned. John Simpson, one of BBC's......

Subir Raha shortlisted for energy award

Subir Raha, the former chairman and managing director of Oil and Natural Gas Corp, has been short-listed for the prestigious "Energy Executive of the Year" award instituted by London-based renowed......

Cyber fraud: Wake-up call for Indian firms

A business process outsourcing unit in India loses about half a million dollars and prophets of doom pronounce the sentence on the Indian BPO industry.Web sites are flooded with articles berating......

Tata, Mittal among world's 30 best CEOs

Two Indian steel tycoons -- Ratan Tata of Tata Group and NRI Lakshmi Mittal of global powerhouse Mittal Steel -- have made it to the world's best CEOs list compiled by US stock market weekly......

Emmy 2016: Sofia Vergara, John Travolta rock the red carpet

While Priyanka Chopra made a stunning red carpet debut at the 68th Emmy Awards, a lot of Hollywood celebs impressed us with their sartorial sense as they arrived at the gala event looking......

Birthday wishes for John Abraham

The twitter world is quite a busy one, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day. Bipasha Basu is celebrating boyfriend John......

SAG Awards: Emma Stone, Denzel Washington win

The 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards was held on on Sunday, January 29, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. A look at the winners of the night. IMAGE: Emma Stone accepts Outstanding......

Game of Thrones tops Emmy nominations

The latest Hollywood updates. HBO fantasy drama Game of Thrones has received 23 nominations at the 68th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, while true-story series American Crime Story:......

'National Award has come as a big surprise'

The hugely talented singer Shreya Ghosal bagged her third National Award for her song, Yeh Ishq Hai, from the film Jab We Met. She had earlier bagged awards in the Best Playback Singer category......

When It Was Bradman Versus India

History has not seen a cricketing rivalry as fierce as this this century, every ball bowled every run taken, coming with no quarter given. Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, beginning in......

There Will Surely Never Be Another Bishan Singh Bedi

One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday.Rediff.com salutes the legend. IMAGE: Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty......

Second-string England trounce Pakistan, seal ODI series

SCORECARD England's second-string side beat Pakistan by 52 runs in the second One-Day International at Lord's on Saturday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Chasing 248......

COVID outbreak forces England to select new cricket squad

England name nine uncapped players in new squad for series against Pakistan IMAGE: England team at a training session. Photograph: England Cricket/Twitter England have had to select an entirely......

Stokes to lead new England team to face Pakistan after COVID-19 cases

IMAGE: All-rounder Ben Stokes has been out of international cricket since injuring his finger at the IPL this year. Photograph: Surjeet Yadav/Getty Images England selected an entirely new squad......

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