The book claims that Cameron smoked marijuana and took part in bizarre initiation ceremony as part of a university society, called the Piers Gaveston Society.
Naipaul wrote more than 30 books of fiction and nonfiction during his career with a sharp critique of established religion and politicians characterising much of his work.
Across West Asia, the old bonds of tribe and creed are causing states to unravel.
The company blames fund crunch, falling demand, accumulating liabilities.
A new research has revealed that these are the most popular in the world to take a selfie.
"We made a conscious decision that we will not get influenced by the years of experience," says Piyush Mehta, chief human resource officer, Genpact.
Who would want to study in a classroom when you have such a gorgeous campus around you?
'In 2016, we had De-Mon and in 2017, we had GST.' 'The combined impact of these two started showing up in 2019 and 2020.' 'COVID-19 only added insult to injury.'
Shaktisinh Gohil asserted that the Gandhi family had always shown large-heartedness and never aspired for power.
Interacting with state chief ministers, Modi underscored the enormity of what he described as the world's biggest vaccination exercise, which begins from January 16, saying over 30 crore citizens will get the jabs in the next few months in India against only 2.5 crore people vaccinated so far in over 50 countries in around a month.
India's willingness to play a big role in the manufacturing and to allow some of those vaccines to go to other developing countries will be an absolutely critical part of containing the pandemic, said Gates.
The company has taken up an ambitious project to introduce a smaller version of the classic car.
This is the fifth consecutive day that COVID-19 cases have increased by more than 50,000 in the country.
Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) and Real Madrid have responded angrily to comments from FIFA president Sepp Blatter that appeared to make fun of the Real and Portugal forward.
Rajiv Kumar will continue as vice-chairman of the body, along with other full-time members V K Saraswat, Ramesh Chand and V K Paul.
Rhodes Scholar Vinay Nayak, a senior at Yale and an expert in using the Internet for citizen engagement, talks about his achievements.
The Indian high commission in London is making efforts to take the manuscript to India for display.
Reader Irshad Ali Syed has sent us a photograph.
He will be remembered not only as a writer but as one of the great chroniclers and interrogators of the history of our times, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
India's COVID-19 fatality rate has dropped significantly to 2.43 per cent from 3.36 per cent on June 17 due to effective clinical management of coronavirus cases, the health ministry and asserted that the country has handled the pandemic 'relatively well'.
Check out the pictures of Sir Ian McKellen, Sonam Kapoor and others at the opening of the 7th Kashish Film Festival .
Loud applause and cheers rang out as the first jabs were administered to frontline workers at hospitals and healthcare centres across the country on Saturday at the start of the gargantuan COVID-19 vaccination exercise, hailed as a 'momentous' occasion in India's fight against the pandemic.
Bengal middle-order batsman Pankaj Shaw made it truly a Merry Christmas amassing a record 413 not out in the three-day Cricket Association of Bengal First Division tournament in Kolkata on Sunday. Representing Barisha Sporting, the 28-year-old batsman struck 44 fours and 23 sixes en-route to the first 400-plus score in a three-day CAB league. Barisha Sporting were overnight 192/2 with the No. 4 batsman on 44 as he carried forward his sublime knock.
Rajan said that while there were talks about Jan Dhan, it was difficult to target transfers to people through this tool. Jan Dhan, he said, does not really work as advertised.
The exponential number of downloads can be attributed to a call by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking people to have the app on their mobiles, combined with the government's push for downloading of the app through other channels, reports Neha Alawadhi.
'India is nowhere near the peak of the infection given its large population of 1.3 billion'
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore is India's top institution in the 'Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2016-17.
The WHOS has long held that the coronavirus is spread primarily by large respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
'The question is, how soon we can expect to re-attain the pre-lockdown levels of output and income.'
The Oxford University and Stanford MBA graduate co-founded a 1-billion-pound global investment firm and specialised in investing in small British businesses
'That's why people want tiger skin and tiger clothes,' says Ruth Padel, Charles Darwin's great grand daughter.
Rajesh Pratap Singh probably had his tongue firmly in cheek when he showcased his hospital-ward-on-the-runway collection.
A Mississippi man was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of sending poison-laced letters to United States President Barack Obama and two other officials.
In a statement posted on his official Twitter handle, the actor's family said he was diagnosed with the disease in 2016.
A new study has indicated that methods commonly used in censuses of tigers and other rare wildlife put the accuracy of such surveys in doubt.
"Workers and businesses are facing catastrophe, in both developed and developing economies. We have to move fast, decisively, and together. The right, urgent, measures, could make the difference between survival and collapse," ILO Director-General Guy Ryder said on Tuesday. Worldwide, two billion people work in the informal sector (mostly in emerging and developing economies) and are particularly at risk, the report said, adding that the COVID-19 crisis is already affecting tens of millions of informal workers. "In India, Nigeria and Brazil, the number of workers in the informal economy affected by the lockdown and other containment measures is substantial," ILO said.
The word geek, once used as a slur to describe a person with unfashionable interests or a social misfit, has now been declared the 'word of the year' by the Collins online dictionary.
While Bibek Debroy echoed his view in Twitter, Pronob Sen questioned Kumar's conclusion
'Pruient', 'esurient', 'parturient' and everything in between.
Novelist Renu Balakrishnan will conduct a workshop for budding writers in Mumbai.
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