What's Time Zone Politics?

In a world without politics, time zones would change by an hour for a shift of 15 degrees of longitude.But, of course, political considerations apply, explains Devangshu Datta. IMAGE: Kindly note......

AWESOME Images Of The Heavens!

The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the shortlisted images for the 2022 Astronomy Photographer of the Year! The Awe-Inspiring scenes of the Milky Way rising, galaxies colliding, stellar......

Miss England Dr Bhasha Mukherjee is a COVID-19 warrior

'All of our lives are going to be changed in a permanent way...''We just have to ride out the tide right now and we will see a rainbow at the end of this.' IMAGE: Miss England 2019 Dr Bhasha......

All you need to know about Nobel peace prize winner Abiy Ahmed

The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Abiy Ahmed, the Ethiopian Prime Minister who helped end his country's 20-year war with neighboring Eritrea over disputed border territory that came at a......

Recession: Start-up snags and solutions

Launching a business is hard enough--doing it during a recession takes major guts, a heck of a value proposition and a serious threshold for disappointment. During 1998 to 2005, just two-thirds of......

US 'top dogs' in denial over public anger

It has been a good week for US plutocrats and technocrats. The Andrew Cuomo-prompted give-back of the bulk of the $165m in AIG bonuses appeased the angry, anti-bankster mob, and probably its......

Lifestyles of Wall Street's top earners

It's no secret they make piles of cash. What's not as well known? The idiosyncrasies of Wall Street's elite. Take SAC Capital Partners top dog Steven A. Cohen. He buys the rights to photos of......

5 things entrepreneurs must do to succeed

Uma Ganesh is the CEO and principal consultant, Kalzoom Technologies. Kalzoom Technologies is focussed on providing boutique solutions in business transformation with a large focus on knowledge......

Philip Seymour Hoffman was a male Meryl Streep

'He was overweight and mostly seen in crumpled clothes. His scruffy, unshaven look had become his identifier and he did not seem to give a damn.' Philip Seymour Hoffman, says Aseem Chhabra, was one......

How Facebook came to be

Aseem Chabbra review The Social Network.An American friend told me this story. Another friend of his came home one night, drunk after a lot of hard partying, and started viewing profiles of blond......

Column: A little Sex didn't hurt anybody

The women are back.I am referring to Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte. We last saw them four years ago -- although they have occasionally reappeared in our living rooms in re-runs on HBO and......

Hindu groups attack Mike Meyers' new film

Why is God laughing?' muses Mike Meyers, the comedian whose Austin Powers movies have grossed over $1 billion worldwide. Meyers knows the answer: He gets the joke. But Meyers and Dr Deepak......

Olympics: Londoners looking to make money out of homes

Harriet Howse is one of many Londoners looking to make a profit out of their property during this summer's Olympics, leaving the city and their homes to strangers to avoid the anticipated mayhem of......