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Indian American C R Rao awarded statistics 'Nobel' for work 75 years ago

Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, a prominent Indian-American mathematician and statistician, will receive the 2023 International Prize in Statistics, the equivalent to the Nobel Prize in the field, for......

Has one of mathematics's toughest problems been solved?

Mathematical problems can sometimes turn out to have real-world applications.This is true for the Riemann Hypothesis.Crypto-currency investors will heave a sigh of relief if the problem is unsolved......

Darjeeling Bandh: The Gorkha way of managing hardship

'Helpful neighbours, useful nuggets of information keep the people going as supplies run low.'Abel Rai reports from Darjeeling. After the clashes on June 17, in which three supporters of the......

Slurrrp! Beat the heat with this Museum of Ice Cream

It's hot and sweltering and all we can do to survive this blistering heat is think of ice cream. And speaking of ice cream, the Museum of Ice Cream, a pop-up institution that fulfills all your......

Queen's pictures giving Nazi salute upsets Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace has expressed its disappointment over a British tabloid to dig out private archival pictures showing a young Queen Elizabeth II seemingly performing a Nazi salute in 1933. The......

Buffett on US-China, missing Amazon story, cryptocurrency

Here’s a pick of what Warrenn Buffett had to say over the weekend, and his annual ‘Woodstock for Capitalists’. Saturday saw the staging of ‘Woodstock for......

Succession is a lesson even Buffett hasn't learnt

It is almost puzzling to see more old men and women hang around long enough for people to begin wondering 'why not retire?' Warren Buffett is a wise man. The chairman and chief executive officer......

Buffett celebrates 50th year at Berkshire, faces tough questions

Buffett gave no hints about who would succeed him and defended ties with Brazil's 3G Capital during the annual meeting Berkshire Hathaway Inc shareholders on Saturday celebrated Warren Buffett's......

Buffett's wit, humility, charm never fail to impress shareholders

Unusually, for letters to shareholders but not for Mr Buffett's annual missives that have been compiled into a book, there are plenty of laugh-out-loud moments as you retrace the journey Berkshire......

Warren Buffett looks to succession, signals future growth problems

Greg Abel and Ajit Jain, two top Buffett lieutenants, would be prime candidates Image: Buffett is preparing in May to celebrate 50 years of running Berkshire, whose market value is now $363......

10 Films You Must Watch

Aseem Chhabra picks 10 movies that amazed him at the international film festival in El Gouna, Egypt. Last month as film people from around the world traveled to El Gouna, an Egyptian resort by the......

'We'd have never known there was a brilliant actor lurking inside him'

'I was so nervous and embarrassed that I hid behind a pillar, just watching my son quietly.''I could see him very quiet, not communicating with anybody.''I thought he was not interested. But when......

Avengers Assemble!

Are you ready for Avengers: Endgame? Avengers: Endgame saw a grand premiere in Los Angeles, and its huge cast made sure to walk the glamorous red carpet. Social media has gone on overdrive,......

Tu Hai Mera Sunday Review: Not the movie it could've been

True misogyny is when you stop being curious about women, and Milind Dhaimade directs his actresses with a sense of wonder. Tu Hai Mera Sunday has delightful women characters, sketchy......

Jeetendra's TOP 15 Films

The legendary star turns 75 today! Not many can boast of a success like Jeetendra's. To understand the pulse of your audience is equivalent to a super power in showbusiness and the star's 'acting......

Sunrisers seal back-to-back titles in SA20 thriller

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Sunrisers Eastern Cape/X Sunrisers Eastern Cape completed back-to-back title success in the SA20 with a thumping 89-run victory over Durban Super Giants in this year's......

How many Tests have India won inside 2 days?

IMAGE: India's players celebrate a wicket during the second and final Test against South Africa in Cape Town. Photograph: BCCI/X India's seven-wicket win over South Africa in the second and final......

Why cricketers are choosing T20 leagues over national duty

IMAGE: England's Alex Hales (in picture), Sam Billings and David Willey are among the players who have decided to skip the upcoming Bangladesh's white ball series in March to fulfill their......

World Cup nightmare continues for Neymar and Brazil

IMAGE: Brazil's Neymar and his teammates look dejected after losing the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 quarter-final match to Croatia. Photograph: Lars Baron/Getty Images Brazil chalked up another......

PIX: Fraser-Pryce leads Jamaican sweep in women's 100m

Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Sunday, Day 3. IMAGE: Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce celebrates winning the women's 100 metres final alongside......

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