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Bali on volcano red alert

Bali has ordered a mass evacuation and raised the volcanic eruption alert to the highest level with the island’s international airport closed for 24 hours, trapping 60,000 travellers.......

PHOTOS: The drones are coming

It's a bird, it's a plane... Nope, it's not even Superman. It's the friendly neigbourhood drone. They are everywhere nowadays. Although the world has come a long way from the age of military......

How Vikram Seth's great uncle lost his arm

Vikram Sethis journeying through metropolitanIndia with his latest work, Two Lives. While we have been following him around, here are exclusive extracts from the book, which is being described as a......

8 guidelines to make money from IPOs

There are basically two ways in which you can buy shares: you can either buy them from the stock market, or you can apply for them in a public issue. The stock market is a secondary market where......

World's most dangerous destinations

The world has always been a dangerous place. From the black plague to avian flu, Attila the Hun to Osama bin-Laden, Mount Vesuvius to the Indian Ocean tsunami--and let's not even mention biological......

UK, 3rd largest investor in India

Indo-UK business ties are becoming a two-way affair with Indian companies contributing to the growth of the British industry, British High Commissioner to India Sir Michael Arthur said on......

Patience is key to investment

ak:Sir, dollar depreciation is a major threat for IT companies. Is it time to reconsider portfolio allocation to IT?Ramesh S Damani:It is a threat. UnfortunatelyI don't know what the correct......

Block deals gaining momentum

Block deals are gaining momentum on the bourses. In last two months, equity shares aggregating to Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) have been transacted in block deals.Foreign institutional investors......

Shilpa's fun time in London, Italy!

Shilpa Shetty, husband Raj Kundra, son Viaan and sister Shamita Shetty are holidaying in London and Italy. Scenes from her London and Italy stay: 'How many times can you say "I passed by a......

PIX: Lisa Haydon's Italian holiday

Bollywood stars go for the loveliest holidays -- exotic locations with a lot of adventure thrown in. So we decided to document their travels with a special series. Television actors Aamir Ali and......

Review: Pompeii is cheesy, masala fare

Pompeii is one of those rare films for which I am glad that a 3D format was used. If cheesy, overdone, masala flicks are your kind of fare, this is your kind of film. For the rest of us,......

When the Olympics was boycotted or cancelled

IMAGE: Fritz Hegner of Switzerland on the shooting range at Bisley, Surrey, during the modern pentathlon event at the Olympic Games, on August 2, 1948. Photograph: Topical Press Agency/Hulton......

Juventus sanctioned over anti-Naples chanting

Serie A champions Juventus became on Monday the latest team to be sanctioned for anti-Naples chanting by their fans during a game, the Serie A league said in a statement. Serie A's disciplinary......

Nadal brings Spain level

Spain's world number two Rafael Nadal beat Italy's Daniele Bracciali in straight sets to bring them level at 1-1 in their Davis Cup World Group playoff on Friday.Nadal swept aside Bracciali 6-3,......

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