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US releases stamp honouring Mother Teresa

The US has released a special postal stamp in honour of Mother Teresa, acknowledging the diminutive nun's unrelenting humanitarian service for the sick and destitute for nearly 50 years. The US......

Power, politics dazzle Obama's state dinner

Scores of Indian American politicians, administration officials, media personalities and activists were among the 320 guests at the first state dinner of the Barack Obama presidency in honour of......

Clinton campaign architect steps down

Mark Penn, the pollster and chief architect of Hillary Clinton's campaign, has been replaced after it was disclosed that he met with the Colombian officials to promote a free trade agreement, which......

India and the US-sponsored Pax Democratica

In an article titled 'Democratisation and failed states: The challenge of ungovernability' published in the summer 1996 issue of Parameters, the quarterly journal of the US Army War College, Dr......

Mumbai airport unveils new domestic terminal

Mumbai International Airport Ltd unveiled the new domestic terminal, 1C, at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, which will be operational from Monday. The terminal was built at a cost of......

William Penn: Quest for fine pens

After exclusive tie-ups with top global brands like Fisher Space, Pelikan and Sheaffer, William Penn, the multi-brand retail chain of writing instruments, has now got into a partnership with......

Education budgets of world's top economies

In 1919, three decades before Independence, Rabindranath Tagore declared, "All over India, there is a vague feeling of discontent in the air about our prevalent system of education. Signs have been......

15 of world's top 20 pension funds head for India

Foreign pension funds are making a beeline for India despite the turmoil in global markets. More than 40 such funds (endowments and university and family foundations) have registered with the......

Young desis off the beaten track

When Sanjaya Malakar stood in a long queue for American Idol's audition on September 19, 2006, he had just one ambition: he wanted America to hear him. Keeping him company was Shyamali, his sister,......

The Top 10 Moments from the Oscars 2015

The rather drab 87th Academy awards wasn't without its share of high points.It wasn’t the finest, funniest event, but the Oscars gave out more well-deserved awards this year than they......

80 songs to celebrate Lata's 80th birthday!

The fact that she turns 80 today, September 28, only underscores, more sharply than ever, the fact that Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar remains a living legend. How parallel, in a sense, runs Lata's......

'Kamalji gave me 100 per cent control'

Chakravarthy or Chakri Toleti is still remembered as the boy photographer who accompanied Kamal Haasan in the much acclaimed Sagara Sangamam. The boy has now returned to Tamil films as the......

2-7 odds of Slumdog winning an Oscar

If experts are to be believed, critically acclaimed Slumdog Millionaire is at 2-7 odds of winning the prestigious Academy Award for the Best Motion Picture. The film, which has won four Golden......

God, how we've missed Superman!

He's back.Salutations are in order, tremendous fanboy salutations to director Bryan Singer for bringing the Man of Steel back to life with such inspired, classic energy that it's increasingly hard......

Armstrong steps down from charity Livestrong

Lance Armstrong on Wednesday stepped down as chairman of the charity he founded to distance the cancer patient-support organization from the widening doping scandal that promises to cost him his......

Paes stays on course for title

India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner, Lukas Dlouhy, advance into the next round of the US Open. Seeded No 4, the Indo-Czech pairing got the better of the Austrian combine of Julian......

Spotted: Shane Warne in Johannesburg

Reader Aravinda Ram sent us this photograph from Johannesburg. 'Me and my husband Ananth came across a large number of cricketers in Johanesburg during the Indian Premier League. We meet......

NRI gymnast fights back to win

"An unbelievable feeling. It truly is an experience I will cherish all my life." Those are the words of Kyle Fernandez, a member of the Oklahoma University (OU) 'Sooners' Men's Gymnastics team,......

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