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The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments,......

Indrani's Will, Rahul's Reshma And A Trap

Rahul Mukerjea's two-day cross examination in early November left many questions unanswered even as new ones came to the fore in the Sheena Bora Murder Trial, reports Prasanna D Zore.......

Remembering Anglo-Indian Courage For The Motherland

'Anglo-Indians have played a significant role at the forefront, meeting every challenge to the security of the motherland.'A fascinating excerpt from Barry O'Brien's The Anglo-Indians: A Portrait......

Sheena Bora Trial: Is Rahul afraid of Indrani?

'She seems to have disappeared off the face of the planet after telling different people different things.'The gripping second part of Savera R Someshwar/Rediff.com's report from the Sheena Bora......

Sumitra Mahajan, SPB, Tarun Gogoi among 118 given Padma awards

Renowned singer late S P Balasubrahmanyam, former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and late chief minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi were among the 118 prominent personalities who were given the Padma......

What digital start-ups can do, and cannot do

Technology infrastructure solves many problems, but it cannot build roads or bridges and provide clean water. However, such activities are essential for human progress, and their creation provides......

Beware! You may soon lose your job to robots

Technology has and will continue to fundamentally reshape the world, says World Bank president Jim Kim. Automation threatens 69 per cent of the jobs in India, and 77 per cent in China, according......

Wall Street slides as oil prices tumble to near 7-year low

Stock investors were wary after Friday's November employment report intensified expectations that the economy would be strong enough to absorb an interest rate hike US stocks fell on Monday, led by......

Sunil Chopra: interim dean of Kellogg biz school

Sunil Chopra, one of the most distinguished business professors in America and the co-author of the award-winning book The Supply Chain Management, has been named interim dean of Northwestern......

The men with the Midas touch

Most venture capitalists have hordes of entrepreneurs clamoring for a few moments of their time. Jonathan Meeks prizes his list of people who don't want to take his calls. Meeks, then a vice......

Colour Blind Casting or Cultural Appropriation?

'Acting, by definition, is a portrayal of a character other than oneself.''If every role is to be played only by someone answering to that precise description, most professional actors -- of all......

The Muppets is a delightful experience

In a month full of DVDs and Blu-ray editions of films for the young audiences -- Puss in the Boots, Alvin and the Chipmunks Chipwrecked andHugo -- the revival of Jim Henson-created lovable......

Ten times the Oscars REALLY got it RIGHT

I'm often considered an Oscar scrooge, and must grudgingly admit to turning rather grouchy come envelope-opening time. There is much politicking, canvassing, neglecting that takes place......

George Clooney, Meryl Streep win at Golden Globes 2012

The 69th Annual Golden Globe awards have been announced. There were quite a few surprises and some expected nods. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: Best Motion Picture - Drama......

Pamela Anderson to play Virgin Mary

Pamela Anderson is set to play the Virgin Mary for an upcoming Canadian television station. According to Hollywood Reporter, the former Baywatch star, who is a native of Canada, will star in A......

EPL PIX: Aston Villa stun Chelsea; Spurs draw at Arsenal

Aston Villa win 1-0 at 10-man Chelsea IMAGE: Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins scores against Chelsea. Photograph: David Klein/Reuters A 73rd-minute strike by Ollie Watkins earned Aston Villa all three......

All of us are hindsight kings, it doesn't work here: Ashwin backs management

IMAGE: R Ashwin backed the team management’s decision to rest Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Reuters The decision to rest Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the last......

Ashes PIX: Starc, Cummins put Australia on brink of victory

Images from Day 4 of the second Test between England and Australia at Lord's in London on Saturday. Scorecard IMAGE: Australia captain Pat Cummins, 2nd left, celebrate with team-mates after......

Ashes PHOTOS: Australia takes firm grip on Day 3

Images from Day 3 of the second Ashes between England and Australia at Lord's in London on Friday. Scorecard IMAGE: Australia's Usman Khawaja celebrates reaching his half century with Marnus......

Ashes PHOTOS: Duckett leads England fightback on Day 2

Images from Day 2 of the second Ashes between England and Australia at Lord's in London on Thursday. Scorecard IMAGE: England's Ben Duckett celebrates after reaching his half century with Ollie......

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