Accused of rape under the stringent POCSO act, Arjuna award-winning Indian hockey player Varun Kumar has withdrawn from the FIH Pro League in Bhubaneswar to explore his legal options against the allegation, which he described as a "calculated attempt to extort money" from him.
Hundreds of junior wrestlers assembled at Jantar Mantar for a symbolic three-hour protest against Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat.
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In this unique feature, we look through the very eyes of the movies we've lauded this year at the Oscars.
Here's what your favourite Hollywood stars have been up to.
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Pradeep Sharma, mechanical engineer at the University of Houston, Kavita Ramanan, professor of Applied Mathematics at Brown University, Dilip Da Cunha, architect, planner and teacher at Harvard University and Columbia University, Mukul Sharma, professor of Earth Sciences at Dartmouth College, and Tahera Qutbuddin, professor of Arabic Literature and Islamic Studies at the University of Chicago, have been awarded the 2020 Guggenheim fellowships.
According to Raja Sen, the 2012 edition could easily be labelled as the most contentious nominations we've seen in the past few years.
England captain Joe Root pipped Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and Pakistan's Shaheen Afridi to claim the International Cricket Council's Player of the Month honours for August following his batting heroics in the recent Test series against India.
'I hope more shows highlight the unsung heroes of our rich history.' 'As for bringing the trophy home, a man can hope, but truly I am just excited to be there.'
Argentina's World Cup winning captain Lionel Messi was named the Laureus Sportsman of the Year, while sprint champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce bagged the top women's honour.
Actress Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to Afghanistan this week to meet refugees in the war-torn country.
It is the first time any actor has won a Razzie and an Oscar in the same year.
'We need to understand and respect wildlife behaviour.'
Why you shouldn't miss the Academy Awards on February 25.
At Hollywood's most glamorous night -- the 93rd Academy Awards -- celebrities put their best fashion foot forward.
Two Indian Americans have been nominated for awards at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony.
The 81st Annual Academy Awards, if trends are anything to go by, seem to be more or less on the same page with me this season, which is a peculiar feeling indeed since I'm used to ranting about the results. However, this year the Academy's likely winners and my who-should-win picks are uncannily mirroring each other, a fact displayed in this list of the nominees. The Academy picks are marked by the [A] sign, my picks are marked by the [R] sign.
Celebration time for Slumdog Millionaire's India team.
A few Hollywood A-listers traded arm candy for family on Oscar night.
The girls looked glammed up big time for the big night.
AR Rahman has been nominated in several categories for his compositions from the Oscar-winning movie.
The film Saving Face won in the Documentary (Short Subject) category.
'This project that we began 50 years ago with really the most extraordinary collaborators, many of them legends and so many of them that I can't take the time to list them all, but you know them all well.'
'The jester's job, the joker's job, the fool's job is to make fun of people to make them seem beautiful.'
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