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Duchess of Cornwall's brother Mark Shand dies in fall

The Duchess of Cornwall Camilla Parker Bowles' brother Mark Shand has died after sustaining a serious head injury. Shand was chairman of the Elephant Family, a movement which exists to save......

NASA launches world's first mission to 'touch' the Sun

National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Parker Solar Probe, mankind's first mission to 'touch' the Sun, was successfully launched on Sunday on an unprecedented, seven-year long journey to......

Mumbai's dabbawalas recall breakfast with Queen Elizabeth

It was not easy for two Marathi-speaking dabbawalas to converse with Queen Elizabeth, but they managed to overcome the language barrier, courtesy another royal, this one from India. IMAGE:......

UP polls: Cong, BJP spar over ex-Miss Bikini India

Unapologetic about her background as “Miss Bikini India” or about her pictures, actor-model Archana Gautam is at the centre of a growing controversy after the Congress picked her as its......

Present from dabbawallahs for Prince Charles

The dabbawallahs in Mumbai will be sending gifts to Prince Charles on his wedding with Camilla Parker Bowles, scheduled for April 8. "We have decided to send the bride, Camilla Parker Bowles, a......

Lenskart eyeing mega expansion as it readies for IPO

Eyewear retailer Lenskart plans to add 450 stores in the current financial year, its fastest expansion in three years, as the company prepares for a public listing that could value it at up to $10......

Ajay Banga, Nadella among world's top 50 biz leaders

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is at the second place. MasterCard's Ajay Banga and Microsoft's Satya Nadella have been named among the top 50 global business leaders by Fortune magazine, a list that is......

Meet few tech titans who gave away billions in charity

Zuckerberg, 31, and his wife Priscilla Chan, already lauded for donating $1.5 billion in Facebook stock to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF), are setting a high bar that is bringing......

Sikka finds place in Glassdoor's top 50 CEOs list

Image: Image: Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka ponders over ways to revive the IT giant's fortune. Photograph: Reuters Francisco D'souza, Shantanu Narayen also part of list, topped by Google’s......

Films, books that inspire corporate head honchos

What do A-listers like to read, watch or listen to? And who are the people they admire? Here is a list -- IMAGE: The poster of the film Taare Zameen Par. The film is one of the favourites of Amit......

Ready For Moana 2 On OTT?

Allu Arjun's biggest blockbuster, Satyajit Ray's story and Spidey's exciting new avatar, Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations on OTT this week. Moana 2Where to watch? Rent on Amazon Prime......

Superheroes. Super cops. Super Fun

Super heroes, super cops, super fun. Sukanya Verma tells us it's all there on OTT this week. Spider-Man: No Way HomeWhere to watch? BookMyShow StreamLanguage: English Peter Parker continues to......

'Amitji is not my lucky mascot'

'Today, he has gone beyond being an actor, gone beyond superstardom, and become a character himself.' IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan and Tabu in R Balki's Cheeni Kum. Even before he signed him for his......

The Crown Season 5 Review

The new season of The Crown is a bit of a dreary watch, observes Deepa Gehlot. Coming out as it does a few weeks after the death of Queen Elizabeth II (and some months after Prince Philip's......

#ReadersReviews: Tom Holland is BEST EVER Spider-Man

We asked YOU to send us your reviews of Spider-Man: Far From Home, and we weren't disappointed! Here's looking at some interesting reader reviews! Namratha Kumar Reasons to love Spider-Man: Far......

Can Arsenal, City, Chelsea topple Liverpool?

IMAGE: Winning back-to-back titles for the first time since 1984 is likely to prove a rather more arduous challenge for Liverpool. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Armed with around 260 million......

T20 Mumbai League: Suryakumar's 50 in vain

IMAGE: Triumph Knight Mumbai's Suryakumar Yadav hit a 25-ball 50 in a losing cause. Photograph: BCCI India's T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav struck a blistering 25-ball half-century but his......

I'm playing at the highest level of my career: Parker

Scott Parker has turned out to be a hero for Tottenham Hotspur, since his arrival on transfer deadline day in August. The 31-year-old midfielder is yet to taste defeat as a Spurs player -- as the......

Nike shuts down Oregon Project after ban of coach

IMAGE: The Nike Oregon Project (NOP) was a camp designed primarily to develop US endurance athletes and Salazar, a celebrated distance runner who had won three consecutive New York City marathons......

Nike's Vaporfly shoes are fast, but are they fair?

Scientific studies as well as anecdotal evidence suggest that Nike's Vaporfly running shoes, equipped with super-springy foam soles encasing a carbon-fibre plate, can increase running efficiency by......