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PM's gifts to 80-yr-old Biden include traditional 'Das Danams'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gifted United States President Joe Biden a special sandalwood box which highlights the value and respect Indian tradition associates with experience, officials......

Jeet Thayil wins South Asian Literature award

Well-known Indian poet and novelist Jeet Thayil has won the DSC South Asian literature prize worth $50,000 (about Rs 27 lakh) for his debut novel Narcopolis. Thayil is the first Indian author to......

Booker nomination came as a surprise: Thayil

The Booker long-list nomination came as a surprise to Kerala-born poet-novelist Jeet Thayil who says his selected novel Narcopolis, which talks of opium dens and heroin addiction in Mumbai, is a......

How India, China can mastermind the Asian century

Colonel Anil A Athale (retd) says that Sino-Indian cooperation at the Copenhagen climate summit isa sign of things to come. The most important occurrence of the last year of the first decade of the......

Eliot's letters to Godson to be auctioned

A series of tender and whimsical letters written by poet T S Eliot to a beloved godson will go on sale next month, auctioner Bonhams announced on Thursday.The collection of 50 letters to Thomas......

Indian-origin executives in 'lean' Unilever corporate shakeup

UK-headquartered consumer goods giant Unilever on Tuesday announced a major organisational shakeup to make the company leaner, which involves some of its Indian-origin executives, and plans to lay......

'Preserve Capital In 2022'

'For someone who wants to invest for the future or his family, diversification is necessary.''Diversify across asset classes -- equities, gold, real estate, fixed income, commodities, and even......

'Returns from stocks in next 1 year will be disappointing'

'If one believes that the Indian stock market will go up 70 per cent every year for the next 10 years, I wish you good luck!' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Most equity markets across......

Economy-wise, Modi's re-election will be favourable: Marc Faber

'As an investor, I feel Modi has done well during his tenure.' 'That said, some mistakes have happened like the demonetisation / cash ban.' 'As a foreigner who has been visiting India since 1973, I......

One will not make a lot of money by buying stocks and bonds: Marc Faber

'We have a bull market across asset classes. However, the value of paper money depreciates, as it has done for the past 30 years. Whatever central banks do now, asset prices will depreciate against......

Publishers in a frenzy to release Liz Taylor memoirs

Get your lowdown on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here! It has not even been a week since Elizabeth Taylor passed away but book projects on her have already been brought......

Hrithik makes Krrish work

Unlike most superhero films, Krrish doesn't depend on the script, the catchphrases, the direction or even a theme tune. It single-heartedly concentrates its energies on the hero, with each drop of......

Archery World Cup: Indian women's team storms into final

IMAGE: Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat and Simranjeet Kaur beat Ukraine, Britain and Turkey en route the summit clash. Photograph: Archery Association of India/Twitter India's recurve archers,......

Tour de France: Greipel wins fifth stage, Martin leads

Germany's Andre Greipel celebrates his victory during stage five. Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images German Andre Greipel was again far too strong for the opposition as he claimed his second win......

Aus cricketer Warner pens series for children

Explosive Australian batsman David Warner has penned a children's book series called Kaboom Kid, which features the exploits of a "cricket-mad" schoolboy named Davey Warner. The four books in The......

List of Tour de France winners

Tour de France winners since the event was first staged in 1903 (no races during the World Wars): 2009 Alberto Contador (Spain) 2008 Carlos Sastre (Spain) 2007 Contador 2006 Oscar Pereiro (Spain) *......

Peirsol reclaims 100m backstroke world record

Aaron Peirsol reclaimed the 100 metres backstroke world record on Wednesday, clocking 51.94 seconds at the US National championships. Peirsol became the first man to dip under 52 seconds with the......

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