What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the Centre was his glowing record as India's most successful and effective finance minister. Both as prime minister......
IMAGE: Signature moves: Prabowo Subianto and fresh-faced vice presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka dance after delivering their speeches at an event in Jakarta showing the quick-count......
Closures, travel restrictions, and self-isolation measures due to the coronavirus have cleared public squares, roads, and travel destinations across the globe. Photographers have been capturing the......
16-year-old Greta Thunberg had earlier said world leaders were behaving like children about climate change. IMAGE: Every Friday, since August last year, Greta Thunberg has staked out a place......
He’s met the Obamas, calls Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II granny and is delightful as one can be. Meet Prince George -- one of the world’s most recognisable children. As he turned......
The speed at which he led the central bank in different areas -- ranging from internal reorganisation to inflation fighting, stabilising the currency, taking on rogue corporations, cleaning up bank......
We all know our fair share of corporate bullies--the managers who abuse power, yell, harass and micromanage their way through life. Usually their office antics breed resentment, sabotage, "mental......
Image: School children holding tri-coloured balloons take part in the Republic Day celebrations in Chandigarh. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters India was 15th on the list in 2013. India moved up......
Washington, D.C., traditionally takes a back seat to world cities like London, New York and Tokyo when it comes to real estate investment. That's likely to change. Thanks to a proposed $1 trillion......
If you feel that the year 2012 is coming to a close on a depressing note focusing on an unusual New Year celebration in Kundankulam in Tamil Nadu might offer a glimmer of hope. There are indeed......
'Or because I am getting a s**tload of money.' IMAGE: Vikram Gokhale, Jitendra Joshi, Saniya Bhandare, Neena Kulkarni and Sanjay Mone in Nikhil Mahajan's Godavari. He was floating on air,......
'If you don't have children, that's also a problem.''There's no right way to live because everybody has an opinion about your personal life, and how you should live.''You have to listen to them,......
Patrick Swayze's co-stars and colleagues have paid high tribute to the star, who lost his battle to pancreatic cancer on Monday. Demi Moore, Swayze's co-star in hit film Ghost, posted two 'tweets'......
To his uninformed detractors -- including the late Indian actress Nargis Dutt -- filmmaker Satyajit Ray was a tireless chronicler of Indian poverty whose Pather Panchali captured the attention of......
A R Rahman speaks to Arthur J Pais in New York about his coming concert tour. Of the many innovations A R Rahman has brought about, few are as interesting as the one about adding dance element to......
Paddy Upton previously coached Rajasthan Royals for four years, during which they reached the semi-finals of the IPL in 2013. IMAGE: Paddy Upton has guided and mentored several franchise teams......
In-form Smith primed to seize Ashes moment Steven Smith of Australia leaves the field. Photograph: Chris Hyde/Getty Images Once derided as a bouncy court jester in his maiden Ashes series, Steven......
Long distance running is addictive, says Suparna Rajaram."It is about overcoming your doubts and experiencing something entirely new," says Rajaram, 43, a professor in psychology at the State......
Michael Phelps signed off in style, clinching his 23rd gold medal in his final Olympic race, the 4x100 medley. The greatest Olympian ever now has 28 (gulp!) Olympic medals, including three......
Australia's Glenn McGrath made fast bowling look so simple it was easy forget how hard he worked to get to the top. McGrath, who is retiring after the 2007 World Cup, was not the quickest pace......