Awesome PHOTOS of the month: October

Here are some of the best photographs clicked across the globe in the month of October. Jiejin Qiu, who is six months pregnant with her first baby, poses underwater during a photo shoot at a local......

Top 20 moments from the week gone by

Here are some of the most stunning moments of the week that was.    Dancers attend a dress rehearsal for the new grand show ‘THE WYLD’ at Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin. Ten......

Dialogue only option to resolve Gaza crisis: India

India has said the current crisis in Gaza can be resolved through a negotiated political settlement and dialogue remains the "only viable option" to effectively address issues confronting the......

India asks its nationals to leave Libya

Amidst spiralling violence in Libya, India's mission in Tripoli on Monday advised all its nationals to leave the strife-torn country using all available means and not to travel to that country. "In......

Walmart keen to retail processed food in India

A leading Brazilian poultry company has also expressed keen interest in joining hands with Kishore Biyani's Future Group to sell their products in the country Walmart, the world's largest......

World's first diamond trading exchange going live from today

  India has a major share in cutting and polishing of diamonds, with 90% of global work The Singapore Diamond Investment Exchange, world’s first and only commodity exchange trading in......

10 nations where people survive on less than $1.25 a day

A young girl with her mother attend a religious mass. Photograph: Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images About one-third of the world’s 'extremely poor' people live in India, according to......

Global newspaper circulation up 1.3%

Putting to rest the predictions of an 'imminent death', newspapers saw their worldwide circulation rising to 540 million copies a day in 2008 despite a downturn in the global economy, the World......

Life Of Pi, Django Unchained bag Oscar nominations

The nominations for the 85th Academy Awards are out, and it has its fair share of surprises and expected nods. The nominations were announced by Emma Stone and Seth MacFarlene in Los Angeles. The......

Paltrow, Willis in Shyamalan's new venture?

If rumours are to be believed, then you might see Gwyneth Paltrow, Bruce Willis and Bradley Cooper in the next M Night Shyamalan film. According to Heat Vision blog, the director's new film The......

Are film critics 'retards'?

I was reading the other day that Aishwarya Rai, now busy being the 'pink' in the Pink Panther franchise's next episode, was feeling particularly lonely (She must be missing all those sycophants who......

Hollywood actor Charles Bronson dead

Veteran Hollywood actor Charles Bronson has died at theage of81 after a bout of pneumonia, CNN reported on Sunday.The end came at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles on Saturday, August......

India face Brazil in Women's U-17 FIFA World Cup

India will play Brazil in a FIFA World Cup. Not in the world football governing body's flagship event but in its U-17 tournament for women.   Hosts India have been clubbed alongside the......

'Welcome to Manchester': How Australia were taunted

'Hopefully our little sledge will help get England over the line and on the road to victory.' IMAGE: Bookmakers Ladbrokes were the creators of the cheeky poster featuring Ben Stokes outside the......

Brazil police say IOC's Hickey discussed illegal ticket sales

Brazilian police said on Tuesday they had uncovered emails between detained International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Patrick Hickey and the British owner of a ticketing company they said......

Gilchrist inducted into ICC Hall of fame

The International Cricket Council on Friday inducted Australia's legendary wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist into its Hall of Fame during the tea interval of the ongoing third Ashes Test at the......

Ashwin is quickest Indian bowler to take 100 Test wickets

Ravichandran Ashwin became 19th Indian to complete 100 wickets in Test cricket with the dismissal of Darren Sammy on Day 1 of the second test against the West Indies at the Wankhede stadium on......