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Indian-origin commander of US aircraft carrier dies

India-born Captain Tushar Tembe, commanding officer of the American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman, is dead, the US Navy announced on Thursday.49-year-old Tembe, a naval......

Films, books that inspire corporate head honchos

What do A-listers like to read, watch or listen to? And who are the people they admire? Here is a list -- IMAGE: The poster of the film Taare Zameen Par. The film is one of the favourites of Amit......

Outsourcing: Beyond Bangalore!

After 10 months of working with software developers in Bangalore, India, Bill Wood was ready to call it quits. The local engineers would start a project, get a few months' experience, and then bolt......

Net game fever catches urban youth

There's a rage that's fast catching up with young, urban Indians. Computer and Internet gaming are finding a growing number of takers, especially as young converts make sure to stock the latest......

US lobbyists fighting against outsourcing

Alarmed by a report that 1.7 million US jobs may be lost to other countries, particularly to India, American workers, trade unions, local governments and legislators are fighting back to keep jobs......

How Global Remakes Fare In Bollywood

The Aamir Khan starrer Laal Singh Chaddha releasing on August 11 is an official remake of Forrest Gump. It is one of the rare instances of a Hindi film for which official rights have been taken......

Sean Connery's 10 Landmark Roles

Diamonds are Forever. So is Sean Connery. Bond. James Bond. To have the world's best-known introduction to your credit. To play a character so indelibly that half a dozen actors try and cannot......

Why we should celebrate this year's Oscars

Let the grandeur do the talking instead of the gags, says Raja Sen. The good guys won. Actually, it was bigger than that. I have annually whinged about and berated the Academy of Motion Picture......

Music review: Vaaranam Aayiram

"Vaaranam Aayiram is very special to me. It's straight from the heart and it's a lot about the life I have seen and lived and seen other people live. The music is a tribute to the music my parents......

If I were Harry Potter for a day

We had asked you what you do If you were Harry Potter for a day.We received tons of responses. Some said they would do make the world a better place to live in. Some said they would enjoy a trip of......

FA Cup: Liverpool stunned by Oldham

Third-tier Oldham Athletic stunned seven-times FA Cup winners Liverpool with a shock 3-2 fourth-round win on Sunday and Leeds United caused another big upset by knocking out Tottenham Hotspur 2-1......

FA Cup: Torres rescues holders Chelsea against Brentford

Much-maligned striker Fernando Torres rescued FA Cup holders Chelsea from an ignominious fourth-round exit after his 83rd-minute equaliser salvaged a 2-2 draw at third tier Brentford on Sunday. The......

Australia strike player deal, cut central contracts

Cricket Australia have avoided the potential embarrassment of a strike by agreeing a new 'memorandum of understanding' with the players, albeit one which cuts the number of centrally contracted......

Ponting gets the nod for Aussies' West Indies tour

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting, dropped from the One-day team last month, was included in the Test squad for the tour of the West Indies on Wednesday. The 37-year-old batsman's successor......

C B Series: Only Kohli among 10 most valuable players

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present the most valuable players in the just-concluded tri-series Down Under. Sachin Tendulkar is way down in the table, and Virender Sehwageven lower! The......

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