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'A politician of principle'

Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook was "the greatest parliamentarian of his generation," according to Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. Cook, who quit Prime Minister Tony Blair's......

The importance of being Bernanke

The world of central banking saw two important events last week. The Reserve Bank of India announced its mid-year monetary policy and the US administration announced the appointment of Ben Bernanke......

Life Is (very) Good for these brothers

Bert and John Jacobs have those dream jobs that the rest of us, well, dream about. They wear shorts, sandals and T-shirts to work and take midday breaks to play Ultimate Frisbee.They brainstorm......

Check out these low-cost laptops!

With import duties on laptops falling and the government allowing those traveling abroad to buy and bring in a laptop duty free as passenger-baggage, computer firms have dramatically dropped prices......

Why Taiwan is an IT hardware giant

It had all the glitz of show biz -- skimpily clad young women in silver-coloured leather skirts urging you to look at their latest mobile computer (with the software in Chinese), a magic show where......

Crime, Cricket, Christmas On OTT!

Sukanya Verma lists her OTT recommendations. Killers of the Flower MoonWhere to watch? Rent on Amazon Prime Video or BookMyShow StreamLanguage: English Adapted from David Grann's book......

Oscars 2016: Meet the Best Actor Nominees. PREDICT the winner!

Watch the trailers and predict the winner at the end. I feel weird commenting on the Best Actor race this year since I've watched all the nominated performances except that of the frontrunner, and......

Oscars 2015: Eddie Redmayne, Jullianne Moore win

The 87th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. A quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: BEST PICTURE American Sniper Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Boyhood The......

Birdman, Boyhood, American Sniper sweep Oscar 2015 nominations

The 87th Annual Academy awards nominations were announced by directors JJ Abrams and Alfonso Cuarón as well as Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, at the......

Oscars 2014: Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett win top awards

The 86th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: Best Picture American HustleGravityTwelve Years A SlaveCaptain PhillipsDallas Buyers......

Stokes: Remove Umpire's Call!

IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah successfully appealed for an LBW against England opener Zak Crawley. Crawley reviewed the decision and had to walk back on 'Umpire's Call'. Photographs: BCCI Following......

NZ pacer Tickner fights back tears, reveals father's home hit by cyclone

'My father's house has been fully destroyed. It was good to get back, help them out' 'Cricket to me is obviously my life as well, but it's nothing compared to what people are going through at the......

NBA: Pascal Siakam nets 40 in Raptors' OT win over Celtics

IMAGE: Cleveland Cavaliers' guard Darius Garland (10) celebrates his three-point basket in the fourth quarter against the Orlando Magic during their NBA match at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in......

World reacts to Australia cancelling Djokovic visa again

'Djokovic could have avoided all this rigamarole by simply getting vaccinated' Following are reactions to the Australian federal court upholding a government decision to cancel Novak Djokovic's......

NBA roundup: Durant returns to lift Nets past Cavs

IMAGE: Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (1) dribbles the ball in the first half during the match against the San Antonio Spurs at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas on Monday. Photograph: Daniel......

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