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Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams set to fly into space again

Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams is ready to fly into space for the third time on Tuesday as the pilot aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in its the first crewed test flight. IMAGE:......

Colonel Raja Chari Is Ready for Space

On Sunday morning Eastern US time, four astronauts will zoom into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.Commanding the spaceflight is Raja Chari, a United......

Deepika, Virat, Ola co-founder among Time's 100 most influential people

Ola co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal, Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and Microsoft’s Indian-born CEO Satya Nadella have been named in TIME magazine’s......

Soaring to new heights! Sunita Williams picked for first commercial space flight

The Indian-American astronaut will fly the first space capsules built by private companies, SpaceX and Boeing. Image: Sunita Williams holds the record for the longest space walk by a lady......

Sunita Williams's message to India: Get involved

"Get involved, try to be a part of it" is the message of record-breaking Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams to millions of Indians students and space enthusiasts. Stressing that India has a......

War Has Broken Between IT Giants

Trouble started brewing after Cognizant announced that Ravi Kumar, former Infosys president, would be taking over as the Nasdaq-listed company's CEO. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted......

Small and mid-caps for big gains in 2021

While small-caps have delivered higher returns than their large-cap peers, investors would do well to recognise the incremental risk of investing in these companies.Ram Prasad Sahu and Yash......

ATM-isation of banking is here

But what do banks gain by opening their apps for all?Anup Roy and Abhijit Lele find out. Kindly note that the image has only been posted for representational reasons. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Online disrupts India's wholesale business

Online play is a priority now -- so far unthinkable in a business that's all about a meaningful interface with kirana stores, reports Nivedita Mookerji. IMAGE: Please note the images in this......

Gender equality? Nah, women in India earn 18.8% less than men

Women in India earn 18.8 per cent less than men, higher than the global average, largely due to lack of representation in highest-paying job functions and industries, says a report.......

Mission: Impossible -- Dead Reckoning Part One Review: Dazzling!

No matter how impossible the mission seems, we know Tom Cruise will get the job done as we eagerly await his next daring stunt, cheers Mayur Sanap. We are seven films deep into Tom Cruise's......

'A film is like a one-night stand'

'I'm a rascal, I'm going to play a paramahansa?!' IMAGE: Victor Banerjee was in Mumbai to promote the film, The Answer. On the second half of a day of back-to-back interviews, the actor changed......

Tim Pigott-Smith could never leave India behind

Tim Pigott-Smith hated the natives in The Jewel in the Crown, but went back a lover of India at the end of the four-month shoot.India not only gave him a career-defining role but touched him in......

Wish list: What if Ileana was cast in Friends?

What if we these popular American television series were made in India? After remaking every film in sight, how could television be spared? The most interesting writing in America can currently be......

Saying goodbye to America's best TV show

Image: Jon Hamm as Don Draper in Mad Men. 'That Mad Men is currently the best-written show and quite unlike anything else out there is an understatement.' As Mad Men draws to a close after eight......

Anil Kumble gives AI spin to cricket

The Power Bat is a visiting-card sized sticker on the shoulder of the bat that captures the speed of impact, quality of the shot and other parameters when the batsman hits the ball.Romita Majumdar......

Profile - Ray Mali

Ray Mali, who assumes the role of acting president following the untimely death of Percy Sonn, has proved himself to be a talented and committed administrator willing to embrace change if it is in......

Olympic hockey probables in shipshape

Slide showIf the training standards are anything to go by, then Indian Hockey Federation president K P S Gill can set his mind at ease on any issues of the fitness of the Indian team come the......

FIFA rule change boosts African nations

FIFA's decision to loosen the rules allowing players to switch international allegiance has helped some African nations to recruit top-class talent and is likely to give a major boost to the......

Failing the champion

He is a legend of Indian sport; the country's first authentic world champion in any sport.Today, he lies prone on a sick bed, alone and desolate, completely off the radar as far as officialdom is......

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