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The best of November -- in images

As we have entered the last month of 2019, here's a rewind of the top moments in November. An Iraqi female demonstrator takes part in ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq. Photograph:......

Kerala Boatrace

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate the 57th edition of Nehru Trophy boat race, the country's biggest and popular water sporting event at Alappuzha in Kerala on August...

What Donald Trump is in love with

'Trump said the Republicans had 'moved too far toward the extreme right' and that he was capable of capturing more than the 'really staunch-right wacko vote' by reaching middle-of-the-road......

Desai, Mishra on New York Times' Top 100 books

Six weeks after winning the Man Booker Prize for her second novel, The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai is hardly out of the news. She appeared with her mother, the novelist Anita Desai, last week......

Profile: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger, who will take over as governor of California, was born in Thal, Austria on July 30, 1947 to Gustav and Aurelia. His father Gustav served as a Nazi police chief for some......

Indian tycoon seals hotel deal at London's Old Scotland Yard

The Kerala-born businessman is the latest in a slew of foreign buyers who have shaken off mounting fears of a 'Brexit' from the European Union Indian tycoon Yusuffali M A (bottom, left) has sealed......

Why the Saradha mess is not a 'chit fund' scam

One could not have imagined that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Bertrand Russell will have anything to do with Saradha Realty - the company that has been making the headlines lately.' In the absence......

Mystery of the missing train

When trains and stations become desirable again, we might have a murder mystery with the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train as a setting, says Bibek Debroy. Image: The origin of railways in India is......

Indian American tech guru is a real rock star

When Intel launched its 'rock star' advertisement campaign earlier this year, Indian-American computer guru and Intel fellow Ajay Bhatt, best known as the co-inventor of the USB (Universal Serial......

What you earn and the job you do

Arjun is one of the brightest youngsters I have known. His parents sent him to some of the best schools in the country and he took a scholarship to Oxford via St Stephen's. Till then the melody was......

Laapataa Ladies Out Of Oscars Race

IMAGE: A scene from Laapataa Ladies. Laapataa Ladies, India's official entry in the Best International Feature category at the 97th Academy Awards, is out of the Oscars race. The Hindi......

The Voice of Darth Vader Dies

IMAGE: Mark Hamill with James Earl Jones. Photograph: Kind courtesy Mark Hamill/Instagram Legendary actor James Earl Jones, who voiced Darth Vader in Star Wars, passed away this morning at his......

Shekhar Home Review: Riveting Watch

Six episodes are not enough, applauds Deepa Gahlot. Sherlock Holmes is reportedly the most portrayed fictional character in films and television, and the appeal of the eccentric......

PIX: Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Jessica Alba hot up MTV awards

All the highlights from the recently concluded MTV Movie Awards show.The 22nd annual MTV movie awards was held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by Conan O'Brien, on April 14.The red......

Conan O'Brien to exit The Tonight Show

It's confirmed. Conan O'Brien is leaving The Tonight Show. According to The Daily Beast website, the host of the show who took over Jay Leno is leaving NBC foran as-yet unspecified payout. Which......

Soccer PIX: Kane scripts Bundesliga record; Cadiz stun Atletico

Photos from soccer matches played across top European Leagues on Saturday. Record-breaking Kane nets hat-trick as Bayern humble Mainz 8-1 IMAGE: Bayern Munich's Harry Kane celebrates scoring......

PIX: Barca's young guns steal the show; Atletico held

Pedri and Torres score late goals to give Barca 2-0 win over Cadiz IMAGE: FC Barcelona's Ferran Torres scores their second goal. Photograph: Bruna Casas/Reuters Pedri and Ferran Torres scored......

Can you guess which athletes rocked the Time most influential list?

Brady, Kaepernick named to Time most influential list IMAGE: Model Gisele Bundchen and her husband, NFL football player Tom Brady. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters New England Patriots......

Sharapova on top of the world

There is something disarming about Maria Sharapova. Something at odds with her ready smile and glamorous attire. And that something on Monday lifted her to world number one.Poised beyond her years,......

Prem's post

I am disappointed. Very.When the final tally came in, turns out you guys sent a total of 567 emails during the course of the fourth ODI at Ahmedabad.That is less than the number of balls bowled in......

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