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The legend who built India's first radio telescope

Even after five decades of use, the telescope at Ooty that Dr Govind Swarup designed and built continues to be the largest single frequency radio telescope in the world, notes Hari Pulakkat.......

Swiss skier killed, 2 injured in Gulmarg avalanche

A Swiss skier was killed and two others wounded by an avalanche in the north Kashmir’s ski resort Gulmarg on Friday afternoon. The avalanche was triggered after days of heavy snowfall in the......

'Oak Creek gurdwara shooting is an American tragedy'

Prayers in gurdwaras across America and Canada were held to pay homage to the six Sikh worshippers who were gunned down inside a gurdwara in Wisconsin by a white supremacist. Arthur J Pais reports......

A soldier remembers

A veteran of the Second World War, Major General Eustace D'Souza (retired) PVSM was sent to the Italian front when he was just 21. He stayed on till the end of the war in Europe. On the 70th......

Raja Rammohun Roy's tomb restored in Bristol

A major restoration and repair work has been carried out on the tomb of renowned Indian social reformer Raja Rammohun Roy in UK's Bristol city, where he died of meningitis. The tomb is located in......

LSE, Deutsche Borse set to create world's biggest exchange

If it goes ahead, the combination would create the world's biggest exchange by revenue, forecast at 4.7 billion euros this year from stock, bond and derivatives trading, indices, market data, and......

The rise and fall of Anshu Jain

The Indian-born Anshu Jain had pushed Deutsche to remain Europe's ‘last man standing’ in investment banking. Image: After 2 decades, Anshu Jain quits Deutsche Bank.......

Tata Sons, arm win legal battle over domain name

Tata Sons Ltd and its subsidiary Tata Infotech Ltd have won a legal battle over domain name www.tatainfotech.in in the Delhi high court which restrained Arno Palmen from using it in any of its......

A revelation in Florence

Florence can overwhelm a visitor. Very few cities in Europe or even the world match it for its atmosphere. The buildings are striking, the churches are historic, its galleries stuffed with......

Hillary Clinton to keynote Pan-IIT conference

United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt and Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin will keynote the Indian Institute of Technology 2007 Global Alumni Conference titled......

'Life Is Beautiful,' says Kareena

Life, at the moment, is a holiday for Kareena Kapoor. After making romantic pictures with Saif Ali Khan on the beach, we saw the actress enjoy the English summer with her family. But their vacation......

PIX: Kiara Advani's Italian holiday

Despite being a busy girl, Kiara Advani recently squeezed in a lovely holiday to Italy. The actress has been shooting films like Good News, Laxmmi Bomb and Shershaah back to back,......

PIX: Sanjay Dutt, Maanayata holiday in France

Stars go for the loveliest holidays -- exotic locations with a lot of adventure thrown in. We bring you their travels in a special series. Priyanka Chopra had a lovely Prague holiday. Kunal......

ICC T20 WC: India to lock horns with Pakistan on June 9

The much-awaited ICC T20 World Cup schedule was announced on Friday, January 5, and the big-ticket showdown between India and Pakistan will take place on June 9, 2024, in New York, it was......

PIX: West Ham, Chelsea flirt with shock FA Cup exits

IMAGE: Marcos Alonso celebrates with Cesar Azpilicueta after scoring Chelsea's second goal against Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup fourth round at Stamford Bridge, London, on Saturday. Photograph:......

Swim PIX: Double gold joy for American men, Chinese women

Zhang Yufei wins women's 200m butterfly and then returns to the pool to help China upset fancied Australia in 4x200m freestyle relay with World record. IMAGE: Caeleb Dressel of the United States......

Cricket Buzz: Australia name master blaster Finch new T20 captain

Aaron Finch of Australia. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images Australia have named swashbuckling batsman Aaron Finch captain of the Twenty20 cricket team, replacing George Bailey, Cricket......

Brathwaite's maiden double ton puts WI in command

Opener Kraigg Brathwaite's maiden double century helped West Indies amass 407 for three on the second day of the first Test against Bangladesh at Arnos Vale in St Vincent on Saturday. Overnight......

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