Yelena Isinbayeva became the latest victim of a curious curse at the world athletics championships on Tuesday, while Grenadian Kirani James lit up the track in the 400 metres to become the third youngest ever world champion.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The youth were demanding right to quality education, provision of trained interpreters for deaf students and preventing fraudulent distribution of disability certificates to able-bodied individuals among others.
Having beaten Colombia in a tense Round of 18 match at the World Cup England can now look forward to a quarter-final against Sweden with the curse of the shootout lifted.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Images from Day 9 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.
Manoj Bajpayee simply lives, and loves, the role -- of a man who life is fast passing by, and who continues to live the lie of a simple government servant, observes Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
'The BJP will not be able to create dictatorship of the kind it is perhaps dreaming of.' 'We have Bengal as the biggest example.'
'Jack Sparrow's rum-swigging, goofball pirate has gone from subversive to stereotype.' 'The bar's slipped so low that even "decent" seems like a significant upgrade from status quo.' Sukanya Verma doesn't know about you, but she is seasick of it all.
There is a vocal constituency of educated, well-to-do, articulate Indian elites who would rather go with the idea that too much democracy is a liability. That India needs a spell of benevolent dictatorship. Of course, they have never lived under one, points out Shekhar Gupta.
Here's looking at the must-watch films for pirate movie lovers.
If you live outside Patna, you ought to have a lantern in your house. Large parts of Bihar go without electricity for days, thanks to the massive power shortage the state faces. With power generation options looking bleak in the distant future, Bihar continues to live in the dark on sundown. M I Khan reports
For these innocently framed victims, to actually stand on the podium and recount their experiences itself is traumatizing. Many of them broke down while talking about the horrors they encountered. They are so disillusioned that they have concluded that they committed two crimes one they were born Muslims and two they are young.
Liverpool's defence of a Premier League crown won at a canter last season has become a nightmare
After blazing his way to an unbeaten century off only 55 balls, Chris Gayle didn't show any inhibitions in admitting that he is an entertainer whom the people would love to watch.
The court had asked the CBI investigating officer on January 3 to bring the case diary for examination and had also dismissed an application by Aarushi's parents, Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, for not closing the case.
The International Telecommunication Union has announced the success of its expert team in finalising an energy efficient standard mobile charger for all the cell phones in the world, irrespective of which company has manufactured them.
Guesstimates suggest that around 80 to 85 per cent of Wiki information is accurate. That is less than 95 per cent that is considered the gold standard for 'normal' encyclopedias'. But 80 per cent is a reasonable baseline for somebody who's starting to research a topic and it does suggest that crowd-sourcing works, even though it is a long way from perfection, says Devangshu Datta.
The mention of the word 'sunlight' brings two things to mind: skin damage and sunscreen. But researchers are now saying that there are many health benefits to be drawn from exposure to the sun too.
We asked around people from every walk of life and culled their reactions on the present price rise.
It may sound too good to be true, BUT...
Barely a few days before they kick off their World Cup campaign, former champions West Indies became the latest team to be hit by the injury curse when opener Adrain Barath and wicket-keeper Carlton Baugh were on ruled out of the mega-event starting on Saturday in Dhaka.
The EC on Saturday had issued a show-cause notice to Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast accused currently out on bail, over her remark made during an interview to a news channel.
'The sooner we understand and accept this current situation as the new normal, the better,' advises Major Mohammed Ali Shah (retd).
Looking at other influential musicians who passed away at the age of 27.
Mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take charge of your life.
As Jose Mourinho is formally presented as the new Real Madrid coach on Monday, Senior Associate Editor Bikash Mohapatra wonders if the Portuguese will manage to survive the 'curse of Bernabeu' that has witnessed as many as 23 coaching changes at the club in the last 21 years.
The administrator of the Bihar State Religious Trust Board Kishore Kunal had lodged a complaint in the court against the three persons on March 21, 2009, accusing them of organising a procession and using unparliamentary language to tarnish his image.
Locust swarms can vary from less than one square kilometre to several hundred square kilometres. There can be at least 40 million and sometimes as many as 80 million locust adults in each square kilometre of swarm. Here's everything you need to know about the latest threat to India from the skies.
Cursed as the 'devil's trumpet' for their ear-piercing drone, vuvuzelas nonetheless sold in their hundreds of thousands and were embraced as a symbol of South Africa's World Cup and African soccer culture.
WCH Training Solutions is organising a three-day certification workshop on 'Training & facilitation skills'.
'Where did this fungus suddenly come from and get all over the country?'
Cycling without doping is an illusion, says the country's top cyclist John Degenkolb
As the world gets ready for yet another edition of the year's second major (starting on Monday), Associate Editor Bikash Mohapatra goes through the careers of a few players whose successes at Roland Garros hastened their decline on the international scene.
Turning an arrest into a mockery of sorts, the police in Hyderabad made a conman dance to the audience reportedly inside the city Deputy Commissioner of Police's office.
Thousands of vehicles have been stuck bumper-to-bumper, unable to move as road works have halted traffic on China's busiest motorway. Drivers are taking five days to cross the section and with new vehicles adding up to the snaking line, there seems to be no end to the jam in the coming weeks.
Sukanya Verma goes through the cool and crazy ways moon/chand/chanda/chandrama is depicted in Bollywood movies.
Infidelity claims may result in a split between the actress and her husband Jesse James.
Do you blow your fuse at the drop of a hat? Beware, because the more anger you experience, the worse the consequences when it comes to heart health.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was sad and frustrated after missing out on the Europa League final following Thursday's 1-0 defeat at Atletico Madrid in his last European game in charge of the London club.
