India's most astute deal maker is now a bankrupt entrepreneur

A look at the life and times of maverick businessman Chinnakannan Sivasankaran Chinnakannan Sivasankaran On August 26, the Supreme Court of Seychelles declared Chinnakannan Sivasankaran, better......

TV industry: Musical chairs for top management

Shortage of talent with media experience has seen over 20 top executives in the broadcasting and distribution companies jump ship and join another company in the same business in the last one......

US outsourcing drug research to India

In her swank headquarters just blocks from some of Mumbai's worst slums, Swati Piramal is midway through an impassioned pitch about revolutionising the world of drug discovery. Sanskrit passages of......

The success of Indian managers at HUL

More than 10 per cent of Hindustan Unilever's (HUL) managers today work for Unilever in various countries. A fact that led Chairman Harish Manwani to say at the company's AGM a couple of weeks back......

Bradley Cooper splits from Suki Waterhouse

A lowdown on what's happening in Hollywood. Image: Bradley Cooper and Suki Waterhouse. Photograph: Stuart C Wilson/Getty Images American Sniper star Bradley Cooper has reportedly split......

FIFA WC diary: Beer priced at nearly $14 per half-litre!

IMAGE: A football fan from England bought beers from all 32 countries playing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Gus/ballstothis/Twitter Half a litre of beer will cost 50......

China looking to make giant strides at the crease

The first recorded game of cricket in China was played in 1858 in Shanghai. Nearly 150 years since those seeds were planted, a tiny sapling is only now beginning to sprout. If, however, the Chinese......