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Mohammad Yunus: The Nobel laureate Prof who will head new Bangladesh govt

Life has come full circle for Nobel laureate Professor Mohammad Yunus, who faced persecution during Sheikh Hasina's regime for embezzlement, is now all set to head of the interim government in......

Is she black or Indian?: Trump on Kamala Harris

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has launched a racially insensitive attack against Kamala Harris by questioning whether she is "Indian or Black", drawing a sharp reaction from his......

Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Arun Gandhi passes away

Mahatma Gandhi's grandson and social activist Arun Manilal Gandhi died on Tuesday in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra following a brief illness. IMAGE: Mahatma Gandhi's grandson and social......

US girl posing as Indian did MBBS, HC asks to pay NRI fees for exit permit

A US citizen who approached the high court of Karnataka seeking a direction to the Union government and Bureau of Immigration to issue her an exit permit has been ordered to pay the full fee of......

How Modi, Rahul used Twitter during 2019 poll campaign

In the run-up to the 2019 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi used Twitter to portray a culturally strong India buoyed by nationalism to attract the urban middle class and enthuse......

'Stock markets warming up to a Biden win'

'Indian markets may initially react and follow the pattern of US and other global markets post US elections.' IMAGE: US President Donald j Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden......

Scientists plan to store CO2 deep underground

In a novel way to fight global warming, scientists are trying how they could remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store the gas deep under the sea bed where it can cause no trouble.......

Rammohan Rao appointed new dean of ISB

The Indian School of Business has announced the appointment of professor M Rammohan Rao as the new dean from July 1, 2004. Rao takes over from professor Vijay Mahajan who has been serving as the......

Is there a way out of the gloom and doom?

'The government has said it has kept its powder dry to fight the true battle against the debilitating influence of the pandemic.''The release of the shocking economic data this week should act as......

China's Tianhe-2 tops world supercomputers' list for fifth time

China's Tianhe-2 supercomputer was named the world's fastest for the fifth time on Monday, outperforming those from the US. Tianhe-2 has topped the world's fastest supercomputer at the......

'Ananya Gives It Her 100%'

'In anything in life, privilege helps.''Privilege means access. Access means connections.''Does it help? Of course, it does. In whatever you do.' IMAGE: Ananya Panday and Vihaan Samat in Call Me......

'Maybe Hollywood wasn't for me'

'I never got respect as an actress.''But when I became a director and worked with actresses like Cate Blanchett and Jessica Chastain, I felt such pride of being an actress.' IMAGE: Liv Ullmann in......

Honorary degree for Meryl Streep

Internationally acclaimed film actor Meryl Streep was among five distinguished Americans who were awarded honorary degrees by Princeton University during recent commencement exercises for their......

Mira Nair, Abraham Verghese in conversation

Over a decade ago, Mira Nair turned Dr Abraham Verghese's best-selling memoir My Own Country into a well-received telly film starring Naveen Andrews. On Wednesday, Nair and Verghese met at Asia......

Mammootty in Ore Kadal

Shyamaprasad won the National award for the best regional film in 1998 for his film, Agnisakshi. The film, based on a novel of the same name by Lalithambika Antharjanam, had Rajat Kapur and......

Meet the first Indian origin player in MLB!

Kumar Rocker scripts Major League Baseball history IMAGE: 24-year-old Kumar Rocker was on fire on his Major League Baseball debut on Thursday. Photographs: Kind courtesy Texas Rangers/X To say......

Justin Gatlin: Greece lightning

From a young boy who almost gave up running to attend art school to earning the title of fastest man on the planet, Justin Gatlin has come a long way.Eight men lined up at the start of the 100......

Sprinter Gatlin fails doping test

World and Olympic 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin said on Saturday he had failed a drugs test after a relay race in Kansas in April. "I have been informed by the United States Anti-doping Agency......

Sports Shorts: ATP investigate 'racial prejudice' claims by Young

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday IMAGE: US tennis player Donald Young (in pic) has accused Briton Ryan Harrison of making racism comments against him......

Somdev in NCAA championships final

Top seed Somdev Devvarman stands just one win away from clinching his second successive NCAA Tennis Championship title after beatingAlex Clayton in the semi-finals at Tulsa, Oklahoma. - Somdev sets......

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