The odd, odd world around us!

We truly live in a wonderfully weird world! A boy carries a little sheep from its summer pastures in the mountains down to the valley and through the town of Mittenwald during the traditional......

Anand Jon's sister fined for contempt of court

Sanjana Abraham, elder sister of jailed fashion designer Anand Jon, was fined $1,000 and sentenced to either five days in jail or to do 120 hours of community service for contempt of court. Los......

Time for Indian pharma cos to change strategies

It's time for Indian generic companies to rethink their strategies, says Bhupesh Bhandari. In July, the European Commission imposed fines of euro 427.7 million on Servier of France and five......

Why is Amazon betting big on self publishing in India?

US e-commerce company Amazon says it is betting highly on self-publishing in India. This was a medium termed ‘vanity publishing’ till now. However, says Amazon’s New York-based......

Bloomberg to lay off 130 from BusinessWeek

Bloomberg may lay off about 130 employees in BusinessWeek, which the global financial news and data provider acquired recently, says a media report. Attributing to sources, New York Post said that......

From an intern to the CEO

Long before they were running entire companies and making million- or billion-dollar decisions, all chief executive officers had to start somewhere. They weren't (mostly) born into their jobs. But......

SAG Awards: Nicole Kidman, Gary Oldman, Frances McDormand win

Pictures from the starry night. While the Golden Globes red carpet saw only black, the Screen Actors Guild Awards saw some colour. The SAGs, held in Los Angeles, on Sunday, January 21, did see......

'Chef is easily the most difficult film I've made'

Former ad man Raja Krishna Menon comfortably sips his black coffee on a Sunday afternoon. He's quite relaxed as he discusses his latest film Chef, starring Saif Ali Khan, which is an......

Super Filmi Week: Kudos to Kangana

Kangana Ranaut's guts, Amitabh Bachchan's venomous threat and dark TV serials occupied Sukanya Verma's Super-Filmi Week. Monday It's a wrap for the penultimate season of HBO's medieval fantasy......

Rocky showed up at The Golden Globes -- and she won!

Minutes before Stallone and Carl Weathers walked out, however, viewers were treated to what, for Raja Sen, was the sight of the night. Can there please be a whole show made up of cutaways featuring......

PIX: Lewandowski 'tricks; Frankfurt defies Bayern

Lewandowski nets hat-trick as Barcelona beat Alaves 3-0 IMAGE: FC Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring their second goal. Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters Robert Lewandowski's......

Europa League: Sporting stun Arsenal; United into QFs

IMAGE: Sporting CP's Arthur Gomes, Jeremiah St. Juste and Dario Essugo celebrate after winning the penalty shootout. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters Sporting Lisbon goalkeeper Antonio Adan......

PIX: Haaland gives Man City late winner; Chelsea held

A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League. IMAGE: Erling Braut Haaland scores Manchester City's second goal during the Champions League Group G match against Borussia Dortmund,......

EPL PIX: Salah spoils Gerrard's Anfield return, Chelsea win at Leeds

IMAGES from the EPL matches played on Saturday.   IMAGE: Liverpool's Mohamed Salah scores their side's first goal from the penalty spot during the match against Aston Villa at Anfield.......

PICS: Real Madrid crush Granada; Inter down Napoli

Images from soccer matches played across different leagues in Europe on Sunday. IMAGE: Real Madrid's Ferland Mendy celebrates scoring their fourth goal with Marco Asensio during their La Liga......