Fine arts auction house Christie's on Thursday sold artist MF Husain's paintings, including one for a hammer price of $ 1.4 million. Outside the Christie's building in New York, up to 30 supporters of the Indian American Intellectual Forum staged a two-hour protest chanting 'Shame, shame, MF Husain' and 'Boycott Christie's!'. At least 12 of Husain's paintings were auctioned, where the theme was South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art.
'Once an ad, or a brand, has taken a stance, it should have the guts to stick to it.' 'You can't put out an ad and then issue an apology.'
The next 12 months will see many world cinema heavyweights unveiling exciting new films.
Bloody Brothers is watchable, especially in the scenes of its two lead actors trying to work out something from the puny material given to them. Jaideep Ahlawat, who suggests roiling energy and intelligence even when he is completely motionless, has to be India's finest actor on current form, observes Sreehari Nair.
China draws blank in Asiad badminton singles as rivals improve
The world's largest flawless fancy vivid blue diamond was sold at Christie's for a whopping $23.8 million.
Those Christy towels at Buckingham Palace will soon wear small tags proudly announcing these were "made in India." So will the official Christy towels at Wimbledon.
It's like Agatha Christie walked into Roman Polanski's Chinatown conversing in Vishal Bhardwaj with a smattering of Brian De Palma for razzle-dazzle -- the upshot is mesmeric, raves Sukanya Verma.
A rare Apple-1 computer personally sold by the company's co-founder Steve Jobs nearly 40 years ago has fetched a whopping $365,000 at an auction in New York.
These celebs will teach you a lesson or two on how to make the best of your beach vacation.
Bush and Obama were kind; Trump couldn't care less.
While the newest addition are players from the Northeastern states, Uttarakhand and Bihar, there will also be 232 overseas players, who have thrown their hat in the ring. There are 800 uncapped players with 746 being Indians.
Valentina Sampaio is the first transgender model to be featured in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue.
Sindhu dished out a compact game to outwit Sayaka 21-17, 21-16 in a second round match on Thursday to set up a clash with seventh seeded Chinese He Bingjiao.
Praneeth said he needs to work on his fitness to trouble big players such as two-time world champion Kento Momota.
Srikanth had last reached the quarterfinals at the Singapore Open in April.
A dress exhibition that celebrates the fashion and style of the Princess of Wales.
In his childhood, Jacobs built up the figure of his father to explain his absence to himself and others.
Verma who had shocked Malaysia's eighth seed Lee Zii Jia in the opening round, needed just 39 minutes to see off Gemke
Osian's auction of modern and contemporary masters on June 30 in Mumbai fetched the highest average lot per price of any auction of Indian works this summer. At Rs 59 lakh, it bested Christie's Rs 39 lakh, Sotheby's Rs 24 lakh and Saffronart's Rs 17 lakh.
London sides Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal made winning starts as did fellow Premier League club Leicester City.
Now all eyes are on the two Super 1000 events -- Yonex Thailand Open (January 12-17) and Toyota Thailand Open (January 19-24) as the world's best return to action following a prolonged break.
Here are seven of the buzziest moments from the GOP's big night.
The rarity of comic books in mint condition or nearly perfect ones, and the rising demand, have caused the prices to spiral internationally.
P V Sindhu secured her fifth World Championships medal following a stunning comeback while B Sai Praneeth became the first Indian male shuttler in 36 years to grab a podium place in badminton's prestigious event, in Basel, on Friday.
Srikanth needed 35 minutes to get the better of local hope Vittinghus 21-16, 21-10 in the opening round of the US$7,75,000 tournament.
A 1962 Nobel Prize medal won by biologist James Watson for the discovery of the structure of DNA has fetched more than $4.7 million (Rs 29 crore), setting a world record for any Nobel Prize sold at auction.
Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth lifted his maiden Grand Prix gold title by posting a come-from-behind victory over Indonesian Jonatan Christie in the men's singles final of the a4 1,20,000 Thailand Open in Bangkok on Sunday.
The pair of running shoes worn by Roger Bannister when the Briton ran the first sub-four minute mile in 1954 were sold by auctioneers Christie's on Thursday for 266,500 pounds ($412,062.30).
'We like to look at a screenplay as a spiral staircase.' 'You never know what awaits at the next turning.'
The OTT scene is bursting with action. Sukanya Verma gives her 10 exciting new recommendations for the week.
Believe it or not, but a new record for the most expensive photograph ever has been set by landscape photographer Peter Lik's $6.5 million (about Rs 40 crore) snap titled the 'Phantom'.
The actor model was the showstopper for the Mumbai-based designer's show at LFW.
Welcome to Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) - digital constructs authenticated using an abstract mathematical application. An NFT is a unique token added to some digital construct and registered on a blockchain with details of ownership. The construct itself might be free (it often is) but the NFT along with the construct is worth "more". The NFT market didn't exist until 2017 when "cryptokitties", or virtual cats, became available with NFTs. The market is now worth around $350 million. Speculators believe it is likely to be worth much more in future.
When Biocon chairperson Kiran Majumdar-Shaw - well known for raising issues ranging from lack of civic services in Bengaluru to climate change - decided to take on the Indian stock market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), she forced the Indian corporate world and legal community to take notice. In an interview to Business Standard, Majumdar-Shaw called a Sebi order to impose a fine on insider trading charges against a Biocon employee and an external consultant an "Agatha Christie" fiction, which destroyed the reputation of "innocent people". "The order is pure harassment and has caused huge reputational damage to us and goes against the principles of good governance promised by this government," Mazumdar-Shaw said. "We will certainly appeal this," she added.
Scotland's Clarke names uncapped trio in Euro squad.
Taking its first step towards becoming a global home textile company and to access the UK market
Kidambi Srikanth staged a magnificent comeback to beat five-time World champion Lin Dan of China 18-21, 21-17, 21-16 and enter the men's singles quarter-finals at the Denmark Open on Thursday night. The No.6-ranked Indian ace will meet compatriot Sameer Verma on Friday.
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