Muhammad Ali nominated for Peace Nobel

The Gandhi Foundation of USA on Wednesday nominated Muhammad Ali, three-time world heavyweight boxing champion, who is now a United Nations Messenger of Peace, for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.......

BBC apologises to Queen Elizabeth

Annie Leibowitz, widely considered to be the greatest portrait photographer of our time, in the midst of a shoot, asked Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain to take off her 'dressy' crown. The......

HIV/AIDS from an Indian viewpoint

Dr Suniti Solomon was the first to discover the AIDS virus in India in 1986. She was in New York last week to speak on 'Frontline perspectives from India: Progress and challenges in combating the......

Kerry suspends campaign for Reagan

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has suspended campaigning till the end of the week as a mark of respect to former President Ronald Reagan, who died on Sunday. The cancelled events......

The top 10 challenges for India

India has huge potential for growth. But having the potential and actually achieving it are two different things. And this is where the biggest challenges lie for India. In its Global Economics......

The secret behind Hero Honda's success

On the first of every month, two-wheeler companies disclose their sale figures for the previous month. May 1 was no different.  Hero Honda, the country's largest and most valuable two-wheeler......

Discovering what we don't know

I stared at the sheaf of photocopied reading material that the instructor had distributed to our class, anger welling up inside me. "Many years had passed during which nothing of Combray . . . had......

Comedy legend Jerry Lewis passes into the ages

The famous comic departs for the great comedy club in the sky. Legendary comic Jerry Lewis, celebrated for his brash slapstick humour, has died at the age of 91. Lewis's agent confirmed that the......

Priyanka rubs shoulders with Whoopi Goldberg, Robert De Niro

Priyanka Chopra has given us yet another reason to be proud of her. The actress has been appointed as a jury member for the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival. According to reports, she will judge the......

Prince no more: Fans, peers pay tribute to legendary musician

Fans and fellow musicians have paid glowing tributes to legendary musician Prince, who passed away on Thursday in his Paisley Park Studios in Minneapolis. Actress Whoopi Goldberg tweeted:......

The 10 Most Unforgettable Moments from the 2016 Oscars

Raja Sen lists his favourite moments. I once had the remarkable good fortune to be sitting unexpectedly in the Comedy Cellar in New York when a surprise guest was thrust upon us. The audience......

Passion and trust in New York 2012 bid

Trust and passion were twin elements cited on Thursday by the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) evaluation commission at the end of their intense, four-day inspection of New York's......