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70 Years Ago, They Conquered Everest

May 29, 1953. A New Zealand beekeeper named Edmund Hillary and a Nepali sherpa named Tenzing Norgay became the first human beings to reach the top of the world -- the 29,035 foot Mount Everest, the......

Nagaland: One political compromise after another

'The Naga Hills region, Nagaland and Manipur, have had the most uncaring and corrupt state governments with little to show on the ground despite the nation's highest per capita development......

UK Phone hacking: Rebekah Brooks, Coulson charged

Media baron Rupert Murdoch's top executive Rebekah Brooks and Premier David Cameron's former aide Andy Coulson, were on Tuesday charged along with six others with criminal conspiracy to hack into......

Sci-fi guru Arthur Clarke is not a 'paedophile'

Describing the late visionary science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke as the 'pride of Sri Lanka', the country's government on Sunday said the decade-old allegations of paedophile levelled against......

UK's new anti-terror law

A new anti-terror law in Britain that makes it a criminal offence to encourage terrorism by glorifying it was given the Royal Assent on Thursday.Terrorism Act 2006 makes it a criminal offence to......

Woods wants to be the Indian shoe brand for millennial aspirations

Aldo, Charles & Keith, Pavers England, Hush Puppies, Clarks, Steve Madden, Tod's and Bally, Louis Vuitton, Jimmy Choo and Longchamp have all come to India. For Woods, this is a validation of the......

US multinationals to face more pain from strong dollar

The surging value of the US dollar may be posing the biggest threat to US corporate earnings since the 2008 financial crisis, hurting results at most US-based multinationals. Some on Wall......

Blending buildings with nature

Most laboratories in India are rather dull box-like spaces - their architecture focussing on functionality without even a passing nod at the aesthetic. The new development at the National Centre......

The world's most eligible royals

"Is This The One?," a British headline blared on a clear September morning 17 years ago above a picture of a diffident kindergarten teacher named Lady Diana Spencer. The blue-blooded 19-year-old......

Tata, India's most respected group

Backdated stock options. Fudged earnings. Sky-high executive paychecks. The corporate world has been inundated by scandals for the last five years. After the delirious debut of the dot-com era in......

Paris Gets A Dose Of Oppenheimer

Paris got its fill of Oppenheimer, when Christopher Nolan's latest film premiered at the Cinema Le Grand Rex in the city. Oppenheimer stars Cillian Murphy in the title role of the famous American......

Game of Thrones devotee? Score the characters!

The wise Imp or the Mother Dragon? Take your pick!The interweb has been abuzz with everything Game of Thrones ever since the television adaptation of G R R Martin's magnificent fantasy drama series......

Review: The Imitation Game is well-performed but spineless

The Imitation Game is an unsubtle film that delivers exactly what you expect in the most predictable way, laments Raja Sen.Remember the first time you heard the last Pink Floyd album? No, not that......

Don't miss the Superman Returns trivia

Superman Returns has been in the making, and making, and making, for a little over ten years, during which time directors came and went; scriptwriters came, wrote, and were junked. When finally it......

Affleck's no good as a Daredevil

Unleashed in over 3,400 movie houses and on 4,000 screens across North America, Daredevil, the high tech comic book movie about a blind superman, may earn $55 million in its first week -- excellent......

Rajneesh's Believe It Or Not in Cricket!

Rajneesh Gupta lists some more amazing coincidences in cricket -- a feature guaranteed to amuse you in these anxious times. IMAGE: The Lord's cricket ground, owned by the Marylebone Cricket Club,......

Hamilton takes record sixth British GP win

IMAGES: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates on the podium after winning the Formula One British Grand Prix, at Silverstone Circuit, Britain, on Sunday. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Reuters......

U-17: Mali thrash Turkey, US and Paraguay advance

Images from the FIFA Under-17 World Cup matches played on Monday:Mali pump in three past hapless Turkey IMAGE from the Mali vs Turkey FIFA Under-17 World Cup match in Navi Mumbai. Photograph: PTI......

U-17 WC PHOTOS: Ghana and Paraguay start off with wins; NZ hold Turkey

Ghana outclassed Colombia 1-0, while New Zealand held Turkey to a 1-1 draw in the opening matches of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup on Friday. IMAGE: Ghana's players celebrate after winning their......

U-17 WC, New Zealand v Turkey: Tough job ahead for Kiwis

IMAGE: Turkey players all set for the Kiwis. Photograph: Under-17 FIFA World Cup/Twitter. Unheralded New Zealand will have a tough job at hand when take on Turkey in the FIFA U-17 World Cup Group......

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