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Remembering Diana: The life of a princess

On July 1, 2021, Britain's Princess Diana would have turned 60 and two decades after her tragic death in a car accident near the end of summer 1997, she still holds an exalted place on the altar of......

Winners of the Underwater Photographer of the Year are a visual feast

Sharks, mating frogs, seals playing with photographers… these are the amazing photos which offer an enchanting breadth of what’s beyond the shoreline. Underwater Photographer of......

Stalin's dream for now is to ward off BJP's kiss of death

Why did the DMK’s newly-anointed president single out the saffron party in his acceptance speech? Wary of how its alliance with the BJP in the past had cost it votes, the party is determined......

PHOTOS: The big guns on display at DefExpo

The 10th edition of the Defence Expo was held in Chennai this year. The event saw more than 25 Indian and global companies participate. Foreign players like Lockheed Martin and SAAB showcased......

Remembering Diana: The life of a princess

From shy bride to passionate campaigner, the story of Princess Diana was more often than not told through photographs.On her 20th death anniversary, August 31, a walk down memory lane to remember......

Vinod Khosla loses court battle to shut down beach in US

Indian-American billionaire Vinod Khosla has lost a court battle against shutting down public access to a beach popular among swimmers in northern California. Khosla, the co-founder of Sun......

Will Hero Honda remain the leader?

The ride so far has been a smooth one. But to protect market share, Hero Honda will need to have a bigger presence in the executive segment. If ever a company had the ability to continuously......

Ways to profit from the diving dollar

Let me put it bluntly: The U.S. dollar is nose-diving against foreign currencies. So far, it's down 12 per cent against the euro, 7 per cent to the yen, 8 per cent to the pound, 15 per cent to the......

This is the future of computing!

Jefferson Han, a pale, bespectacled engineer dressed in Manhattan black, faced the thousand or so attendees on the first day of TED 2006, the annual technology, entertainment, and design conference......

'We all have stories to tell and projects we need financed'

Keeping it short and so sweet at the 90th Annual Academy Awards. Host Jimmy Kimmel may have made sure the speeches remained short this year -- the shortest speech would win a Kawasaki jet......

Blessed to have lived in the times of Daniel Day-Lewis

'He has given us a history, a heritage that we can share with generations to come,' says Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE: Gordon Warnecke and Daniel Day-Lewis, right, in Stephen Frears' My Beautiful......

Will La La Land lose out at the Oscars?

There is a group of La La Land haters -- especially jazz aficionados who feel the film gives too much importance to a white man who sets out to save the musical genre associated with the African......

Bollywood loves to holiday in Goa!

A look at all the times Goa played Bollywood's favourite getaway on screen. Image: Rajshri Deshpande, Pavleen Gujral, Anushka Manchanda and Sandhya Mridul in Angry Indian Goddesses......

Alexander, the great turkey!

Baz Luhrmann, who lost the Alexander-filming race to Oliver Stone, ought to revive his own project at the soonest. For Stone has delivered the first big turkey of this holiday season with his......

Check out F1's record 24-race calendar for 2024

IMAGE: Formula One will have a record 24 races in the season that starts in Bahrain on Saturday. Photograph: Carla Carniel/Reuters Formula One will have a record 24 races in the season that starts......

On this day: US tennis great Andre Agassi was born

IMAGE: The Las Vegas showman with a big forehand was harbouring a bigger secret -- the wig that he had been wearing for years to hide his thinning hairline had come apart a day earlier and had......

Tennis Round-up: Serena suffers worst career defeat in Silicon Valley opener

IMAGE: Serena Williams of the United States reacts during her match against Johanna Konta of Great Britain on Day 2 of the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic at Spartan Tennis Complex in San Jose,......

Miami Open: Radwanska ousted; Muguruza, Federer march on

Lucic-Baroni beats Radwanska for second time this year IMAGE: Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia returns a shot to Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland during the Miami Open. Photographs: Matthew......

F1: Qualifying farce in focus even as Hamilton eclipses Schumi

'I'm the first one to say we shouldn't be speaking bad about things on TV, but I think the new qualifying format is pretty rubbish' IMAGE: Mercedes F1 driver Lewis Hamilton leads teammate Nico......

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Remembering Diana: The life of a princess

Winners of the Underwater Photographer of the Year are a visual feast

Stalin's dream for now is to ward off BJP's kiss of death

PHOTOS: The big guns on display at DefExpo

Remembering Diana: The life of a princess

Vinod Khosla loses court battle to shut down beach in US

Will Hero Honda remain the leader?

Ways to profit from the diving dollar

This is the future of computing!

'We all have stories to tell and projects we need financed'

Blessed to have lived in the times of Daniel Day-Lewis

Will La La Land lose out at the Oscars?

Bollywood loves to holiday in Goa!

Alexander, the great turkey!

Check out F1's record 24-race calendar for 2024

On this day: US tennis great Andre Agassi was born

Tennis Round-up: Serena suffers worst career defeat in Silicon Valley opener

Miami Open: Radwanska ousted; Muguruza, Federer march on

F1: Qualifying farce in focus even as Hamilton eclipses Schumi

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