Satyarthi's autographed chair among memorabilia at Nobel museum

"For me this chair is still empty and waiting and inviting millions of left out children," wrote Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi under a chair at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, thus......

My father has a mind of his own: Manmohan's daughter on memoir

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has to make up his mind whether or not he wants to write his autobiography, his daughter Daman Singh has said. "My father has a mind of his own. Am sure whether......

Parliament gives nod to Mental Healthcare Bill

Parliament on Monday passed a bill that seeks to decriminalise suicide attempt by mentally ill people and provides for the right to better healthcare for people suffering from mental illness.......

Check out Barack's home in Mumbai

Vaihayasi P Daniel checks out the Presidential suite at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, home for Barack and Michelle Obama for a day. Mumbai's most expensive hotel room is the Grand Presidential......

The games anti-Keynesians play

Nobel Laureate John Nash lashed out at Keynesian economists, comparing them to Bolsheviks, while speaking at the Game Theory conference in Mumbai.Reading his paper on 'Ideal Money and......

'Rating agencies are like Bollywood'

'...where new faces are often thought to not have as much talent as the incumbent ones.''India's economic fundamentals are not being reflected in the credit ratings.' Illustration: Dominic......

Relax, capitalism is not the problem

The choice for policy-makers is not between free markets and central planning but in getting the right mix of regulation, says Gurcharan Das. The epic, Mahabharata, thinks that human beings are......

Indian economy needs political courage

How powerful the ministry of finance is, I realised some years ago, when I once went to see the finance minister in New Delhi.Through a misunderstanding I arrived at his North Block office an hour......

The Super 30 Review

'What Super 30 really wants to say is Hrithik Roshan can be an action hero without showing off his sculpted torso,' says Sukanya Verma. 'Directed by Vikas Bahl' announces the opening credits, only......

The worst Oscar winners!

Mel Gibson's Braveheart hastoppedthe charts of history's worst Oscar winners.Thefilm has been placed alongside other strong contenders like A BeautifulMind,The Greatest Show On Earth, and Forrest......

Sanju rocks in Shabd!

Picture a man on a keyboard. In a crazy rush to convey his emotions, he types far faster than his capacity. In the process, he misses a few words and spells them wrong. Those sentences can be......

Emmy 2019: Jodie Comer, Game Of Thrones win

The 71st Emmy Awards have been announced, and there have been quite a few surprises and some expected nods. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold:   IMAGE: Cast and crew......

Revealed! What Tendulkar liked and disliked in New Zealand

Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, his wife Anjali and 14-month-old daughter Sara, visit the Royal Albatross Colony on the Otago Peninsula north of Dunedin, December 20, 1998. Photograph: Simon......

NBA: Bulls feel the Heat in Miami

The Miami Heat defeated the Chicago Bulls 83-72 in an ill-tempered and physical encounter between the top two teams in the Eastern Conference on Thursday. Both teams have long secured postseason......

Chicago's Derrick Rose wins NBA MVP award

Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls was voted the 2010-11 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player. Rose, who does not turn 23 until October 4, becomes the league's youngest MVP, a distinction previously held by......

Gayle renamed Windies skipper for Oz tour

West Indies have named Chris Gayle as captain for the three-Test tour of Australia starting on November 18 with the Caribbean side anxious to put the tribulations of the recent players' strike......

Strauss's third century of series lifts England

Captain Andrew Strauss struck his third century of the series to lift England to 258 for two on the first day of the fifth and final Test against West Indies on Friday. England, trailing 1-0, need......