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Sunita Williams among 9 astronauts named by NASA for first commercial flights

Indian-origin United States astronaut Sunita Williams is among the nine astronauts named by National Aeronautics and Space Administration who will fly the first missions into space on commercially......

When Queen Elizabeth tried dance mudras

Queen Elizabeth II had an impromptu lesson in Indian dance mudras, or ritual hand gestures, when the 90-year-old monarch met celebrated dancer and choreographer Arunima Kumar at the Buckingham......

'Are my songs literature': Bob Dylan thanks Swedish Academy for his Nobel

Oscar-winning singer Bob Dylan has thanked the Nobel Prize committee in a personally penned speech for honouring his songs as “literature”. The ceremony, which took place in Stockholm,......

'India came across as overwhelming and incredible'

There is an air of smug self-confidence in the voice that is reading a passage. The venue is an upscale Mumbai cafe situated in a once-dilapidated cloth mill. It's been over 28 years since the......

If Citi's in such a mess, what about other banks?

Federal regulators got a fresh inside look at Citigroup's books over the weekend -- and it wasn't pretty. The result: a new $306 billion federal bailout for the bank. On the one hand, it provides......

Are corporates bilking the shareholders?

With the recent actual or near collapse of many Western banks and companies as a result of the credit crunch, the massive severance packages that the failed executives have nevertheless walked off......

Why Will Smith PUNCHED Chris Rock at the Oscars

'Wow. Will Smith just smacked the s**t out of me.''Keep my wife's name out of your f**king mouth!' IMAGE: Chris Rock gets punched by Will Smith. Photograph: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images In a wild......

Blessed to have lived in the times of Daniel Day-Lewis

'He has given us a history, a heritage that we can share with generations to come,' says Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE: Gordon Warnecke and Daniel Day-Lewis, right, in Stephen Frears' My Beautiful......

Oscars 2015: Eddie Redmayne, Jullianne Moore win

The 87th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. A quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: BEST PICTURE American Sniper Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Boyhood The......

Birdman, Boyhood, American Sniper sweep Oscar 2015 nominations

The 87th Annual Academy awards nominations were announced by directors JJ Abrams and Alfonso Cuarón as well as Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, at the......

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......

Serena's brand will stay strong post-retirement

IMAGE: Serena Williams positioned her well ahead of other female athletes in terms of appeal to major sponsors. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters The end of Serena Williams' glittering......

Coulthard backed 'W series' will see women race in F1

No woman has competed in Formula One since 1976 but organisers of the 'W Series' hope to provide a platform for them to develop skills before taking on the men further up the motorsport ladder. The......

'Women better suited to less physical Formula E than F1'

'The challenge that we women have in Formula Two and Formula One is a physical issue and I think in Formula E, we won't have it' IMAGE: Carmen Jorda, who also sits on the governing International......

De Villota seriously injured after crash

Spanish female Formula One test driver Maria De Villota was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after her Marussia car hit a parked truck at an airfield in eastern England. The......

India at the Games - Day 2

India'sshooters stole the limelighton second day of the 18th Commonwealth Gamesas they brought in an impressive haul of three gold and one silver in five events. That took India's total tally to......

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