Boris Johnson agrees to step down as UK PM

Embattled British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday finally agreed to step down as the Conservative Party leader, ending an unprecedented political crisis and triggering an election for a......

Huge blow for UK PM as Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid quit as ministers

Boris Johnson's premiership was on the brink of collapse after two of his top ministers, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid, dramatically announced their resignations, saying......

Trump, Biden to face off in first presidential debate on Sep 29

Republican incumbent United States President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden are all set to share the stage for the first time on Tuesday night when they will be going......

US lawmakers back India's ban on Chinese apps

India's ban on 59 Chinese apps, including the popular TikTok, has been widely noted in the United States, including by some prominent lawmakers, who have urged the American government to follow......

Has Dunlop left its best days behind?

Dunlop's journey from dominance to dereliction is a reflection of India's business history over the past 40 years. Image: Dunlop tyre. Photograph: Alexander Kaiser/Wikimedia Commons Dunlop is......

American duo wins Economics Nobel; more interesting facts

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded jointly to Thomas J Sargent and Christopher A Sims "for their impirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy".......

The power of positive thinking

Jon Gordon is spending most of his summer touring the U.S. in a big yellow school bus. He arrives in New York in early June and hopes to reach San Francisco by the end of the month, followed by......

Richest people you've never heard of

You know about Gates. You know about Buffett. But do you know about Slim? Mexican telecom titan Carlos Slim Helu quietly slipped past value investor Warren Buffett in late March to become the......

The Godfather: A Hell to Make

Despite the Oscars, the box office glory, and the universal acclaim, Francis Ford Coppola, I am sure, remembers The Godfather with as much frustration as pride.Like Michael Corleone, he got into it......

10 Ways to Survive the Lockdown

Entertainment that's the equivalent of easily digestible food can only make this lockdown more frustrating for you. You know what can be equally frustrating? Watching movies with apocalyptic......

Watch out for this Sufi rocker!

Vocalist and composer Falu, who has performed with Oscar-winning composer A R Rahman in the presence of First Lady Michelle Obama, television celebrity Oprah Winfrey and actress Elizabeth Taylor,......

Go Across The Universe!

There are two kinds of people in this world,' Mia Wallace told Vincent Vega in an unshot scene from Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. 'Elvis people and Beatles people.' Across The Universe is a......

Athletes bring fight for equality into sporting arena in 2020

'From the soccer pitches of the English Premier League to the US Open tennis hardcourts, there was no ignoring the fight for racial equality' 'Black Lives Matter was stenciled onto NFL fields and......

Jayawardene, Afridi will be most experienced players at 2015 World Cup

Australia and Ireland submit provisional squad for the tournament Down Under, but do not release names. The UAE's Khurram Khan, at 43, will be the oldest player (born 21 June 1971) while Yodhin......

US Open men's singles champions

List of US Open men's singles champions: 2008 Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat Andy Murray (Britain) 6-2 7-5 6-2 Images fromUS Openmen's final 2007 Federer beat Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 7-6 7-6 6-4......

US Open men's singles champions

List of US Open men's singles champions: 2007 Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 7-6, 7-6, 6-4 2006 Federer beat Andy Roddick (US) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 2005 Federer beat Andre......

English Premier League roundup

Brief reports of Premier League matches on Saturday: ASTON VILLA 1 LIVERPOOL 2 Liverpool are anxious not to make yet another slow start to the season, but it took an 87th-minute firecracker from......