Honorary Hopkins degree for Amartya Sen, Suu Kyi

Nobel Laureate and eminent Indian-American economist Amartya Sen will receive an honorary degree from the prestigious Johns Hopkins University.Apart from Sen, five other persons including......

Indian American wins Pulitzer for book on cancer

A thoroughly engaging, relentlessly moving and often provocative book about a disease that many people won't even mention by name or discuss in a hushed tone has won the Pulitzer, one of the most......

Attacks affecting ties with India: Australia

Concerned over its falling reputation in the wake of a spate of attacks on Indian students, Australia acknowledged on Thursday,that there has been a "negative shift" in its ties with India. Dennis......

Toronto AIDS conference to address key issues

The XVI International AIDS Conference, beginning in Toronto on August 13, is being billed as by far the largestbiannual AIDS conference with participation of over 20,000delegates and3,000......

'For many years, it upset me that I was a businessman'

'I wondered what mistakes I made in my life to be a businessman. Deep down, I still have doubts about it.' Shobha Warrier meets the amazing Dilip Kapur who built a Rs 160 crore business with just......

Interesting PHOTO: Strauss-Kahn with the Obamas

Business Insider posted this photograph, of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn meeting the Obamas, saying it was NYMag that discovered it from the IMF's Flickr page. Barack Obama's face and......

Changing global economic scenario

"Why can't things go back to the way they were?" That is the big question -- or perhaps the big whine -- coming from Wall Street these days. America used to "drive the bus" in global economic......

Great minds and business ideas of 2006

Starting with our Social Capitalist issue in January, we featured Joanne Ooi, creative director at luxury brand Shanghai Tang. As globalization thrives and China continues to offer competitive......

The Dilemma Ali Fazal is Struggling With

'There is a part of me that says it is a great time to tell stories from my own land.''But then opportunities are coming my way from all over the world.''So one foot is here and one foot is in the......

Oscars 2018: Meet the BIG Winners!

The 90th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. A quick glance at the winners, listed in bold. IMAGE: Sam Rockwell (Best Supporting Actor, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,......

Shape Of Water leads Oscars nominations

Dunkirk may have been missed at the year's earlier awards shows, but thanks god, Chris Nolan's classic gets enough play at the Oscar noms. IMAGE: Sally Hawkins' stunning portrayal as a mute in The......

Shape Of Water, Three Billboards, Darkest Hour lead BAFTA noms

Which film are *you* rooting for? IMAGE: Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri. A day after the Golden Globes comes the nominations for the BAFTAs, the British Oscars so......

Soccer PIX: Last-gasp Casemiro sets up United for Liverpool clash

IMAGE: Manchester United's Casemiro celebrates scoring their first goal with Amad Diallo Action. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters Brazilian Casemiro struck late to send Manchester United into......

UCL PIX: Newcastle stun PSG; Man City, Barcelona win

Newcastle run riot to secure famous 4-1 win over PSG IMAGES: Newcastle United's Sean Longstaff celebrates scoring their third goal. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters A rampant Newcastle United......

What forced CSK to give Dube the crucial 19th over

IMAGE: Medium pacer Shivam Dube was hit for 19 runs in the 19th over as Lucknow Super Giants were able to bring the equation down to nine from the last over, before knocking off th required runs......

IPL Auction: Shami, Iyer for Rs 2 cr

IMAGE: Mohammed Shami celebrates taking a wicket for the Punjab Kings during IPL 2021. Photograph: BCCI The top Indian players, including Mohammed Shami, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin and......

Shivam Dube happy to get 'the chance and perform well'

'Yashasvi was batting like something different today; we needed that start and we had it and we finished the match so early.' SCORECARD IMAGE: Shivam Dube clobbered 4 fours and as many sixes......