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'Independence Day': Britain parts ways with EU

The United Kingdom has voted by 51.9 per cent to 48.1 per cent to leave the European Union after 43 years in an historic referendum. IMAGE: A taxi driver holds a Union flag, as he......

Racist attacks endanger Indo-Australian ties

Australia's high commissioner to India, Peter Varghese, is the first foreign ambassador of Indian origin posted in New Delhi. That the 54-year-old diplomat has done well in life after moving home......

Is Nirav Modi a Suicide Risk?

The British home secretary has granted permission for jeweller Nirav Modi's extradition to India.During their arguments in a London court, his lawyers claimed Modi suffers from mental illness and......

What's the true value of Flipkart?

Walmart is rumoured to be looking at listing Flipkart in a few years.At that stage, we'll get a better sense of what's going on in retail, says Devangshu Datta. What's common to Hyundai, Johnson &......

IT companies' Q2 numbers on track

The July-September quarter of the 2011-12 financial year is expected to see Indian information technology (IT) services firms meet their guidance.However, analysts are awaiting a commentary on the......

MNCs have much more than just BPO jobs

Peter Sands, Standard Chartered Bank's Global CEO, has a strong connection with India in many ways. His mother was born here and among many things that he has picked up in his 'motherland' is a......

IT offshoring: What's the latest trend?

HCL Technologies is organising its second global meet in Agra, which has the top management from nearly 400 leading global companies attending. These experts will share their views on the likely......

Kate Winslet gives YOU something to talk about

IMAGE: (Left to right) Leann Bowen, Jeff Ingold, Tina Pawlik, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster, Bill Lawrence, Brett Goldstein, Hannah Waddingham, Jason Sudeikis, Juno Temple, Brendan Hunt, Bill Wrubel,......

Directing Amitabh, Johnny Depp

As Mira Nair was travelling to a number of film festivals with her film The Namesake since August last year, she was also working on several film projects, including a detailed outline for Gregory......

The worst Oscar winners!

Mel Gibson's Braveheart hastoppedthe charts of history's worst Oscar winners.Thefilm has been placed alongside other strong contenders like A BeautifulMind,The Greatest Show On Earth, and Forrest......

Polar Express: Emotionally derailed

Its dazzling special effects can fill a transcontinental train.The Polar Express has plenty of cliff-hangers. Emotionally, though, it is sterile.You get a nagging feel from the very start that the......

Faulkner to lead Australia 'A' in 4-day series against India 'A'

All-rounder James Faulkner has been named captain of Australia’s 'A' team for the four-day series against India 'A' and South Africa 'A' in July and August, Cricket Australia said on Friday.......

Tendulkar, Dravid in CLT20 squads; Sangakkara opts for domestic team

Barring Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara, all players have declared their allegiances to IPL franchises over their respective countries' domestic sides ahead of the upcoming Champions League Twenty20.......

Maxwell gets Australia call-up; Watson, Hilfenhaus rested

Australia have rested all rounder Shane Watson and quick bowler Ben Hilfenhaus and dropped batsman Peter Forrest from their squad to play a three-match One-day series against Pakistan in the United......

Australia strike player deal, cut central contracts

Cricket Australia have avoided the potential embarrassment of a strike by agreeing a new 'memorandum of understanding' with the players, albeit one which cuts the number of centrally contracted......

Australia's Hussey out of England series

Veteran batsman Mike Hussey has withdrawn from Australia's limited overs tour of England and Ireland to remain with his family after his fourth child was born three months premature. "Due to our......

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