Modi Prepares Govt For Harsh Summer

Prime Minister Modi called for optimal grain storage, fire audits and mock drills in hospitals as preparations for the harsh summer forecast by the meteorological department. IMAGE: A worker......

British lingerie store stokes flames with ISIS underwear

Designer lingerie retailer Ann Summers has been forced to apologise after it named its latest range of new underwear line after an Egyptian goddess who happens to share a name with Islamic......

Queen Elizabeth-II's doctors 'concerned' for her health

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is under medical supervision at her Balmoral Castle residence in Scotland after doctors became "concerned" for her health, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, as......

Liz Truss becomes 15th PM to be appointed by Queen Elizabeth II

Conservative Party leader Liz Truss was on Tuesday formally appointed as Britain's new Prime Minister by Queen Elizabeth II, becoming the third female premier of the country. IMAGE: Queen......

World's most trade-friendly nations

The world's most trade-friendly economy is Singapore, according to the World Economic Forum. The WEF's Global Enabling Trade Report 2009 measures and analyses factors enabling trade in 121......

Is Dhoni Aircel's success mantra?

For the last few weeks, India's cricket captain and youth icon Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been extolling the virtues of Aircel mobile services on television, billboards and newspapers across the......

Strauss-Kahn settles lawsuit with hotel maid

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a hotel maid who had accused him of sexual assault have settled the lawsuit she had filed against him for an undisclosed......

Buffett, Eric Schmidt to advise Obama

US President-elect Barack Obama has appointed a 17-member high-level team of advisers including billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Google chief executive Eric Schmidt to guide him in......

Can You Watch 384 Films In A Year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021. IMAGE: Aditya Rao Hydari and Konkona Sensharma in Ajeeb Daastaans. Year two of the pandemic was a challenge in so many......

10 Films You Must Watch

Aseem Chhabra picks 10 movies that amazed him at the international film festival in El Gouna, Egypt. Last month as film people from around the world traveled to El Gouna, an Egyptian resort by the......

15 BEAUTIFUL stories, told on screen

Aseem Chhabra introduces us to the best of Berlinale. I usually spend 10 days of February in Berlin attending the Berlinale, the most exciting international film festival in Europe, in the early......

Twilight sweeps Teen Choice Awards

Vampire movie Twilight swept away the Teen Choice Awards by winning 11 awards. The 2008 hit film walked away with best movie drama gong, while lead stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart won......

PICS: Paris Paralympics end with rainy electro party

IMAGE: The Paralympic flag is waved amid rain during the closing ceremony at Stade de France in Paris on Sunday. Photograph: Umit Bektas/Reuters The Paris 2024 Games came to a close like they......

Paris Olympics OC apologises to Christians

Olympic ceremony's Last Supper sketch 'never meant to disrespect' IMAGE: A tableau at the Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony that parodied Leonardo da Vinci's famous The Last Supper painting was......

Will the Seine be ready for Olympic swimmers?

IMAGE: General view as Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo gets up after swimming in the river Seine.Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters The Seine was suitable for swimming six days out of seven between July......

Princess Kate set to attend Wimbledon men's final

IMAGE: Catherine, princess of Wales, speaks with Roger Federer at Wimbledon on Sunday, June 25, 2023. Photograph: Kind courtesy Wimbledon/Facebook Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales, will attend......

Paris mayor proves Seine is clean ahead of the Games

'The water is very, very good, a little bit cool.'  According to the most recent July 12 Seine water quality bulletin, based on the Eau de Paris water analysis, the water quality......