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Here's your weekly digest of the craziest stories from around the world. Daredevils try the longest swing ever The Red Bull Skydive Team pushed themselves to new limits last week as they attempted......

Legends Made in Mysore: B K S Iyengar and Pattabhi Jois

Two of the greatest modern exponents of yoga began their life in Mysore, under the tutelage of the legendary Krishnamacharya. For both of them, life was yoga. And yoga was life, says Sunaad......

Narendra Modi's real missing speech

What sets Modi apart from the BJP's other successful CMs is that a whiff of the smoke of 2002 still clings to his clothing, notes Mihir S Sharma. It is said Bill Clinton, the greatest politician of......

Obama seeks to 'reset' ties with Russia

Keen to "reset" the damaged relations with Russia, US President Barack Obama said on Monday that the two countries have "more in common than they have differences" as his counterpart Dmitry......

Digital consumption is growing the fastest in India: Vinodh Bhat

In an overcrowded digital music market, Vinod Bhat, chief executive officer and co-founder, Saavn (South Asian Audio Video Network), a popular music streaming service, tells Priyanka Joshi that......

Lift ban on Satyam, Tech M to World Bank

Tech Mahindra, the new owner of the troubled Indian IT services firm Satyam, has officially written to the World Bank seeking an end to the eight-year ban against Satyam Computer Services for......

Google's gift to Chinese users

Imagine a service that provides instant downloads of popular music, like Apple's iTunes, but without the 99-cent-per-song fees. That's precisely the surprise gift Google delivered to its Chinese......

Indians book half of luxury cruiseliner

Unleashing their urge to spend, the Indian holidaymakers have booked almost half of the cruise liner with a leading Miami-based cruise company opening its headquarters near home, at the shores of......

Ajay Devgn, Suriya win National Awards

IMAGE: Aparrna Balamurali and Suriya in Soorarai Pottru. Tamil film Soorarai Pottru won the National Award for Best Feature at the 68th National Film Awards for 2020. The film, inspired by the......

The Godfather: A Hell to Make

Despite the Oscars, the box office glory, and the universal acclaim, Francis Ford Coppola, I am sure, remembers The Godfather with as much frustration as pride.Like Michael Corleone, he got into it......

A Grand Night For James Bond

The red carpet was rolled out for the long awaited new James Bond movie, No Time To Die at the Royal Albert Hall in London, September 28, 2021. The cast, led by Daniel Craig in his last outing as......

That beautiful love story called Annayum Rasoolam

Like all the great love stories, says Subhash K Jha, Annayum Rasoolam has a tragic end.But not before we are transported into a world of furtive glances and hurried touches. Some films are born......

India in England salutes Test cricket

The England-India series has brought the bowler back into what has been turned into a batsman's game, says Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah celebrates after taking Keaton Jennings's wicket in......

When Croatia 'shocked Messi, Maradona and the rest of the world'

'It was a rhapsody to be remembered for years and the performance suggests that the current Croatian generation can make all our dreams come true' IMAGE: Croatia's fans celebrate after the......

Kasparov and Karpov face off again

Chess legends Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov reignite one of the greatest rivalries in the history of chess this week with a re-match of their classic 1984 world championship contest. The two......

Spotted: Cesc Fabregas in Dubai

Reader Kevin Fernandes sent us this photograph from Dubai. 'It was a great experience meeting Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas at the Emirates HQ in Dubai,' writes Kevin. Thank you, Kevin, for......

French Open Day Four Images

World number one Rafael Nadal continued his bid for a fifth consecutive French Open title with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 crushing of Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili in the second round on Wednesday. The......