Top American lawmakers from the opposition Republican Party on Tuesday hit out at the Taliban over their announcement of an interim government in Afghanistan that includes a specially designated......
Wisely skirting a prospective foreign policy pitfall, United States President Barack Obama on Thursday appointed a special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, shelving the controversial idea of......
Eighteen years ago, there lived an Indian boy in New York City who revelled in a pretty ordinary life. The only child of a medically inclined couple -- father a surgeon, mother a nurse -- Dimple......
The year gone by, decoded by Shuma Raha. A for Alexa IMAGE: You can voice interact with Amazon Alexa. Photograph: Kind courtesy Amazon.com Now a year old in India, Amazon's cool, AI-powered......
1965 was a very eventful year in Algeria. Jammu and Kashmir leader Sheikh Abdullah, who had been released from prison in India, under the pretext of seeing Algerian Revolutionary leader and......
Known for his business acumen, gentle manners and an unflappable style of functioning, Reddi has so far made 10 investments in the US. Image: Serial entrepreneur Sashi Reddi. Photograph, courtesy:......
With over 45 healthcare facilities and over 300 vibrant diagnostic centres, Fortis is India’s second-largest hospital chain -- next only to Apollo, which has 64 hospitals with 10,000 beds.......
Here’s a pick of what Warrenn Buffett had to say over the weekend, and his annual ‘Woodstock for Capitalists’. Saturday saw the staging of ‘Woodstock for......
Since Obama took office in Jan 2009, US shares have given annualised returns of 19%, writesSunil Kewalramani. President Obama's dramatic re-election could be described as a victory for the aam......
India's retail sector is really buzzing. A recent study says that over the next few years, 90 lakh (9 million) jobs will be created in this sector. The government is thus keen to provide a major......
Fantastic Four is a disappointing reboot of a disappointing superhero franchise, says Nishi Tiwari. Their massive box office collections notwithstanding, the Fantastic Four films have consistently......
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: After Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma’s look from Sultan has been released. The 27-year-old actress plays a wrestler in......
Oscar Predictions 2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards, if trends are anything to go by, seem to be more or less on the same page with me this season, which is a peculiar feeling indeed since I'm......
The 87th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. A quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: BEST PICTURE American Sniper Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Boyhood The......
Some viewers may not even want to debate the potholes and the corny plot devices in National Treasure, wanting to bury the movie real fast. This film certainly wants to be an Indiana Jones type of......
Images from the Olympics swimming action at the La Defense Arena, Paris, on Friday. IMAGE: France's Leon Marchand celebrates winning gold in the men's 200m Individual Medley and setting a new......
A flag displaying The Open is seen during the second round of the 144th Open Championship at The Old Course in St Andrews. Photograph: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images The British Open will end on a......
The inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League will feature 56 foreign cricketers, not one of them Indian, after the seven franchises made their choices in a closed-door players' draft system in Colombo.......
Following Mumbai Indians' thrilling last-ball win over Chennai Super Kings on Sunday, Rajneesh Gupta recounts the last-ball wins recorded in this IPL season so far. Mumbai Indians registered a......
Mumbai Indians all-rounder James Franklin, who top-scored with an unbeaten 42 in his side's five-wicket defeat to New South Wales on Sunday, said the Chepauk pitch was one of the most challenging......