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Rishi Sunak joins Oxford, Stanford in academic roles

Britain's former prime minister Rishi Sunak has taken on new academic roles at the University of Oxford in the UK and University of Stanford in the US -- both alma maters of the Conservative Party......

India Welcomes Space Tourist

Gopichand Thotakura, India's first civilian space tourist, received a warm welcome on his arrival in New Delhi on Monday, August 26, 2024. The 30-year-old entrepreneur and pilot was selected to......

Gopi Thotakura becomes first Indian space tourist on Blue Origin

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

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.......

Richard Branson to make spaceflight on July 11, ahead of Bezos

United Kingdom billionaire and founder of the Virgin Galactic company Richard Branson says he will make a spaceflight on July 11, earlier than Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. IMAGE: Founder of the......

Why public-private partnerships are backfiring in India

Are we living through a period of unprecedented corruption? This is a common, casual assertion, for which I have seen no sensible evidence either confirmatory or contradictory. But, if it's true,......

Religare, Dutch insurer to float life risk venture

Religare, the financial services arm of the Ranbaxy group, and Dutch insurer Aegon are set to float a life insurance company, where Religare will hold 48 per cent stake and Aegon 26 per cent. The......

PIX: Robert Downey Jr, Robert Duvall at Toronto Film Fest

Hollywood stars descend on the TIFF red carpet.After Priyanka Chopra and Al Pacino, several Hollywood A-listers arrived at the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival. Here's looking at the......

Layered with heartaches

This year’s Toronto International Film Festival featured nearly 300 films -- many of them world premieres, several films that carry weight for the upcoming awards season. I saw some of the......

Review: August Osage County gives you a lump in the throat

Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts may have been cast as the star characters of the story – they earned Oscar nominations in the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories respectively......

George Clooney and 10 movie gems from Berlin

Aseem Chhabra spots 10 must-see movies at the Berlin Film Festival. George Clooney was pissed. He was the headliner at the opening day press conference at the Berlinale, for his new film Hail......

Review: Tree Of Life is too self-indulgent

Aseem Chhabra says Brad Pitt-starrer The Tree Of Life is a self-indulgent piece of cinema. Post YOUR reviews here!Today, the world of cinema is divided between two types of film lovers. The first......

Dhawan returns as India eye series sweep vs WI

IMAGE: India head into the final match of the series against West Indies after having ticked almost all the boxes in the first two games, which they won comfortably to seal the series 2-0.......

Rahul's position in focus as India eye series win

IMAGE: Will KL Rahul open or will he bat in the middle order? Photograph: KL Rahul/Twitter Focus will be on vice-captain K L Rahul's batting position on his return from a short break as a buoyant......

1000th ODI: India look for 'fresh ODI template' in Rohit-Dravid era

IMAGE: Skipper Rohit Sharma will have to lead from the front. Photographs: BCCI Rohit Sharma's presence as the new leader, with a fresh template to arrest the familiar 'middle-order......

Spotted: Sir Garfield Sobers

Reader Gaurav Chitnis sent us this picture from Mumbai. 'I was recently in Barbados for the cricket World Cup 2007. Whilst in Barbados I had the privilege of meeting Sir Garfield Sobers,' writes......

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