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Here's a sneak peak of the funniest animals this year!

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are back for 2021 to show that all animals have a funny bone. Now in its seventh year, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards has already received thousands......

The A to Z of 2016

It was the year 'anti-national' became the 'it' gaali, and our humble haldi-doodh became the toast of the West's wellness brigade as 'Tumeric Latte.' It was the year 'cash' became unholy and 'fake......

140 characters of gloom

#RIP #Brexit #Trump #Aleppo made Twitter a pretty distressing place in 2016. Dhruv Munjal wonders what 2017 will bring. IMAGE: Twitter made for a tumultuous does of social media in the past......

Arvind Lavakare: Invention of history

Three rituals are performed every year in India onNovember 14-- the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister who passed away in 1964. Ritual number one is that our morning......

Welcome MSD, but be focused

On Gandhi Jayanti this year, a group of educated urban Muslims crossed the Rubicon: they decided to take on the hardliners in their community and, in their words, 'call the bluff of the......

Is it the end of the road for Google Glass?

Image: A young woman wears Google Glass at a book presentation.Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images After two years of popping up at high-profile events sporting Google Glass, the gadget that......

Best investment advice from 15 legendary investors

Joseph Hachem kisses a stack of $100 bills after winning World Series of Poker. Photograph: Reuters As a small investor, the rules suggest that you must invest in stocks with a long term view of......

Indian solar group wins top UK award

D. light Design, an Indian social enterprise that brings innovative solar lanterns to many people across India and other developing countries, has won the top Gold Award at the Ashden Awards for......

Must read: BlackBerry tips from CEOs

Rob Gorrie wakes up at 4 a.m. and responds to e-mails on his BlackBerry. He's "hooked on it," he says. He uses it to tweet on Twitter, to post Facebook updates, to blog. He's the chief executive......

Bill Gates pips Buffett, is America's richest

The rich haven't gotten richer--or poorer--this year. The price of admission to this, the 27th edition of The Forbes 400, is $1.3 billion for the second year in a row. The assembled net worth of......

Oscars 2021: Nomadland wins BIG!

A quick look at the winners of the 93rd Annual Academy Awards, listed in bold. IMAGE: Peter Spears, Frances McDormand, Chloe Zhao, Mollye Asher and Dan Janvey win Best Picture for......

Adarsh Gourav loses BAFTA to Anthony Hopkins

Nomadland dominates BAFTAs 2021 with four wins. IMAGE: Frances McDormand in Nomadland. Director Chloe Zhao's meditative drama Nomadland emerged as the top winner at the BAFTA Film Awards 2021 by......

10 Shows To Watch During Lockdown

Binge watching television shows on streaming services has become the new way for us to be entertained at home. And that is not surprising since many of these shows are far better than the films we......

Golden Globes 2019: Rami Malek, Glenn Close win

Who won at the Globes? We tell you! The 76th Annual Golden Globe awards have been announced. There were a few surprises and some expected nods. Jeff Bridges won the Cecil B Demille Award. A quick......

Can a man and a woman be 'friends' without having sex?

As Imtiaz Ali's Jab Harry Met Sejal releases, Aseem Chhabra feels it's the best time to revisit the Hollywood classic When Harry Met Sally, which tries to answer the question in the title of this......

ECB grants annual central contracts for Foakes, Livingstone

IMAGE: England wicketkeeper Ben Foakes and batsman Liam Livingstone were given annual central contracts for the first time. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters England wicketkeeper Ben Foakes and......

NBA players reject offer, to disband union and sue league

NBA players rejected the league's latest contract offer on Monday and will disband as a union, a move that could wipe out the entire NBA season with the sides taking their labour dispute into the......

NBA: Labour dispute talks continue well after deadline

National Basketball Association (NBA) owners and players continued their last-ditch labour dispute talks in New York on Wednesday well after commissioner David Stern's deadline had passed. Stern......

NBA: Owners meet with union to broker labor deal

There is renewed optimism the NBA season could soon resume after players and owners spent more than 10 hours locked in discussions on Wednesday about reaching a labour agreement. Talks had broken......

Negi wins Philadelphia Open

Teen Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi proved his extraordinary chess skills by winning the Philadelphia International Open tournament, beating illustrious names including GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly. Negi......

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