Brett Kavanaugh sworn in as US Supreme Court Judge

Brett Kavanaugh, 53, was sworn in as a judge of the United States Supreme Court, hours after he was confirmed by a bitterly divided Senate by 50-48 votes. IMAGE: Judge Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in......

The American who caught Gandhiji's killer

In the shock after Nathuram Godse murdered Mahatma Gandhi that January evening 72 years ago today, a young American diplomat rushed to capture the assassin.Vaihayasi Pande Daniel traces the......

12 things you may not know about Apollo 11 mission

It has been a half-century since Neil Armstrong stepped out of a lunar module and onto the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969 and declared, “That's one small step for [a] man, one giant......

Survivors gather at Pearl Harbour, 75 years later

Thousands observed a moment of silence and watched jets streak across the clear blue sky at a ceremony at Pearl Harbor marking the 75th anniversary of the attack that plunged the United States into......

Big question from the Greece crisis: Do history and geography trump economics?

How did Greece, the country of Archimedes and Socrates and Plato and Pythagoras, come to such dire straits, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Like any Indian schoolboy, or should I say any schoolboy......

2 Indians in Forbes' richest Americans list

Indian-Americans are not just climbing the corporate ladder but also taking the elevator to the richie rich club, leaving behind many US corporate moguls including those from Starbucks, eBay and......

The 400 richest Americans

The nine-figure fortune won't get you much mention these days, at least not on these pages. This year, for the first time, everyone in The Forbes 400 has at least $1 billion. The collective net......

Homes for the mobile

Ram Charan's wheeled suitcase functions as a virtual home. The 67-year-old management consultant and writer of business books sleeps in five-star hotels every night of the week, every week of the......

Want An OTT Date With Tamannaah?

Scams, stuntswomen, pirates, freelancers, Sukanya Verma shows you everything you can catch on OTT this week. Polite SocietyWhere to watch? Jio CinemaLanguage: English Set in London, a teenage......

Are You Ready For Avatar 2?

The next 12 months will see many world cinema heavyweights unveiling exciting new films. IMAGE: A scene from Avatar. In 2021, ending a year-and-a-half of pandemic-induced delays and disruptions,......

Meryl Streep has a winner in The Iron Lady

Meryl Streep wows critics with her performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.If anyone in the United Kingdom had doubts about an American actress playing a person who dominated British......

When Quentin Tarantino got it so wrong

Quentin Tarantino, declares Sreehari Nair, will be remembered as someone who made just two great movies, and who then brought misery upon himself. IMAGE: Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio in Once......

US Open PIX: Rusty Djokovic eases to victory; Thiem out

Images from the US Open men's singles first round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Monday. Rusty Djokovic kicks off record bid with Albot thrashing IMAGE: Novak Djokovic lacked his......

PICS: Djokovic douses Medvedev fire to win US Open

36-year-old Serb is the oldest US Open men’s winner in the Open Era and first to win three Grand Slam events in a season for the fourth time. IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates with......

Record-breaker Djokovic 'living his childhood dream'

IMAGE: As he continues to live his dream, Novak Djokovic is also staking his claim to the mantle of greatest tennis player of all time. Photograph: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Novak......

US Open PIX: Djokovic whips Fritz; Shelton blasts way past Tiafoe

IMAGES from Day 9 of the US Open, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York. IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates victory over Taylor Fritz of the United......

US Open PIX: Djokovic eases into quarters; Swiatek knocked out

IMAGES from all the action on Day 7 of the US Open played at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows in New York on Sunday. IMAGE: Novak Djokovic committed just 12......