How rare is it for two players to score hundreds on captaincy debut in the same series? Virat Kohli got two when he led India in the first Test against Australia in Adelaide. Now, Steven Smith got one in his first Test as captain in the ongoing second Test at Brisbane.
Here's this week of photos that prove we live in a mad world.
People with fewer friends on Facebook raise more money for charity than those with lots of connections on the social networking site, a new study has found.
Polling began on Thursday in the United Kingdom in one of the closest general elections seen in decades.
The new executive director of Reliance Capital has big shoes to fill in every way.
Sahil Vachani fuels Analjit Singh's new business initiatives
List of Australian Open men's singles champions since the event began in 1905 (Australian unless stated):
'The smartest businessmen are shopkeepers as their return on investment is better than anyone else.'
The company agrees to discussions for long-product division with Swiss group Klesch.
India lost the crucial wicket of opener Murali Vijay after Steven Smith led Australia's fightback with a magnificent century on his captaincy debut. He received able support from Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc, who both scored half-centuries. At close of play on Day 3 in the second Test , India were 71 for one in their second innings. Check out some images from the day's play.
Average monthly searches for 'bull market' have gone down significantly from May-June peak.
In an online chat with readers, overseas education consultant NNS Chandra addressed queries related to international admissions.
United Kingdom will go to the polls on Thursday. This election is being dubbed the most unpredictable of all time.
List of Australian Open men's singles champions since the event began in 1905 (Australian unless stated):
Aseem Chhabra lists the top 10 films at the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
Anu Malik's daughter Anmoll tells us what it is to be a daughter of a famous daddy.
'There has to be an 18-month transition.' 'But if the government had some prior knowledge that the high value notes were being used for an imminent terrorist activity in the country, then we have to accept the step.'
John Elliott, the author of Implosion: India's Tryst with Reality, on his Riding the Elephant blog, says the sacking of Cyrus Mistry as chairman of Tata and Sons was in line with Ratan Tata's personal style of dealing with executives
'Pratchett's work mocked the very idea of literary limitations, going from police procedural in one book to Christmas adventure in the next, from vampires to football, from the birth of motion pictures to the examining of religion itself.'
Computer whiz Jefferson Prince, who has built a 70-employee gaming company from scratch, tells S Saraswathi about motivations and challenges of entrepreneurship.
The world's most popular author took questions from you, our dear readers.
He keeps a Ganesha idol in his room. His next book will have eight chapters set in Mumbai. He loves India; it's his biggest market. Yet there is one thing that bestselling Jeffrey Archer detests -- it actually drives him nuts! -- about this country.
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