A videogame that helps rehabilitate elders

Researchers have developed a device based on the videogame -- "Whack-A-Mole" -- that they believe will help senior citizens who have lost their physical coordination. The new gadget, invented by......

Case against NRI for 2003 varsity shooting spree

An Indian-American man tried to kill as many people he could in a seven-hour shooting rampage at the Case Reserve Western University in Ohio in 2003, which he had planned for more than a year,......

Valuable lessons for Air India's revival

The only Maharaja who did not lose his privy purse after 1971 was Air India's and Bobby Kooka reminded us of that on the hoarding in front Air India's Nariman Point headquarters, by quipping "Not......

My home, my castle

It's all a little hush-hush now...so no names please, but an eminent Delhi-based industrialist, very high-profile, very glamorous and all that, is building a house. And though it won't quite be the......

Asia in 2008: Its rise is a global good

As 2008 draws near, very few educated people can still be unaware of the rising economic and strategic power of Asia. Consider 2007. The year began with China firing a ballistic missile to destroy......

The utopian myth of India's double dividend

Sheila Dikshit, chief minister of the Indian capital territory of Delhi, looks neither fat nor nervous, but she was disarmingly frank this week about the difficulties of coping with an annual......

Goalkeeper sent off for urinating in hedge during FA Cup tie

'Sometimes when you have to go you have to go' Goalkeeper Connor Maseko was sent off for urinating in a hedge during an English FA Cup first-round qualifying match on Saturday. Maseko, playing for......

India's most fascinating rural sports... Take a look!

Traditional Indian sports have been played in villages since ages. Though most sports lovers in the country follow cricket, hockey, tennis and even English football on television, disciplines like......

Mallet tips Maxwell to puzzle Indian batsmen with spin

Former Australian off spinner Ashley Mallet has backed all rounder Glenn Maxwell to earn his debut baggy green against India in the first Test match at Chennai, starting on February 22. Mallet......

Former Aus spinner reckons Lyon can trouble Sachin

Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has made over 86,000 runs and 237 tons in all formats of the game over the last twenty years, yet the Australians feel that seven-Test old off-spinner Nathan......

No quarter given in world's highest polo match

Once a year, when snow has melted on all but the tallest peaks, caravans from east and west converge on a pass high in the Hindu Raj mountain range to play "The King of Games and the Game of......