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'For 1,400 years India led the world in science'

'Indian science was perhaps more rational than the European science of the time.''Nobody tried or convicted Aryabhata just because he said Rahu-Ketu is nonsense.''Some Indians take the extreme view......

From the Raj to Azadi, how I saw India change

As a child in British India, Bharati Dutt lived a privileged and sheltered life in an extended joint family of civil servants, doctors, engineers and Gandhians. Between the ages of seven and 11,......

Hello Jupiter! NASA's Juno spacecraft arrives at giant planet

NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit on Tuesday after a five-year journey from Earth, in a giant step to understand the origin and evolution of......

'Mobocracy' cannot be allowed to overrun law: SC on vigilantism

Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Photo 'Horrendous acts of mobocracy' cannot be allowed to overrun the law of the land, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said and asked Parliament to consider enacting......

Hundreds stranded on burning ferry adrift in Adriatic

A major rescue operation is underway in the Adriatic Sea to airlift passengers stranded in a burning Italian-flagged ferry, the Norman Atlantic. The car ferry Norman Atlantic burns in waters off......

Reluctant Tsipras fights to pass reforms in Greek parliament

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras battled to win lawmakers' approval on Wednesday for a bailout deal to keep Greece in the euro and avoid bankruptcy, as the IMF pressured Greece's creditors to provide......

Greek PM keeps lid on party rebellion to pass bailout vote

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras contained a rebellion in his left-wing Syriza party to win parliamentary approval on Thursday for a second package of reforms required to start talks on a......

Greece licks wounds after bailout vote

"Tsipras continues wounded, until further notice," the front page of left-leaning Efimerida Ton Syntakton said. Image: Greece rescued from deep crisis. Photograph: Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters......

Merkel rejects calls for orderly insolvency of Greece

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected calls for the 'orderly insolvency' of debt-stricken Greece she tried to calm financial markets and defuse a crisis that threatens to tear apart her......

IMF calls for Greece debt relief ahead of bailout vote

Image: A Greek flag flutters behind a statue of ancient philosopher Socrates at the the Academy of Athens. Photograph: John Kolesidis/Reuters An International Monetary Fund study......

British pop singer George Michael dies at age 53

British pop singer George Michael, who rose to fame with the band Wham! and sold more than 100 million albums in his career, has died aged 53, his publicist said. 'It is with great sadness that we......

'I fantasised about being in films'

'I remember I was doing The Hate Story and had finished shooting all the other bits with Paoli (Dam, actress), only the erotic bits were left. It was the first time I was doing......

Tashan is a stylish spectacle

A blood red Mercedes convertible racily advances through Ladakh's dusty terrain, the car radio nervously shuffles between AC/DC's Highway to Hell and Mukesh's rendition of Kabhi Kabhie. That, my......

Who can resist Bend It Like Beckham?

As Gurinder Chadha's Bend It Like Beckhamshapes into a major sleeper hit while slowly expanding its run across the US, some newspapers have started comparing it to My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The......

Doctor in three flavors

The 6'1" tall Reef Karim stands out-- literally and figuratively --among the cast of FLAVORS. The easy grace of his performance as the goofy, quip-a-minute romantic lead Karthik signals......

Brothel, funeral home bail out Greek soccer clubs

A brothel and a funeral home have become the newest benefactors of two cash-strapped Greek soccer clubs struggling to survive the country's economic crisis. As Greece endures its worst slump since......

Djokovic will need to be vaccinated to play Australian Open: minister

'You’ll need to be double vaccinated to visit Australia. That’s a universal application, not just to tennis players.' IMAGE: Novak Djokovic, who is level with Roger Federer and Rafa......

Champion Tsitsipas in Nadal's group at ATP Finals

IMAGE: Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Austria's Dominic Thiem to win the 2019 ATP Finals. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters Defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas was placed in the same round-robin......

Kidnapped Mexican striker Pulido escaped by punching captor

IMAGE: Mexican striker Alan Pulido in action. Photograph: Christian Petersen/Getty Images. The authorities billed it as a rescue, but Mexican soccer player Alan Pulido escaped his kidnappers by......

African players in Europe feel Ebola backlash

African footballers based at European clubs, especially those travelling back to the continent from international duty, began on Friday to feel the backlash from fears over the Ebola virus......

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