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Historic first: Indian NGO 'Educate Girls' wins Magsaysay award

'Educate Girls' was founded in 2007 by Safeena Husain, a graduate of the London School of Economics, then working in San Francisco, who decided to return home to India to take on the challenge of......

Cop who probed 2012 gang rape to receive award in NYC

Indian woman police officer Chhaya Sharma, who led the investigation into the brutal 2012 December gang rape, has been chosen along with six others for the 2019 Asia Society Game Changers award for......

How Will Modi Shape The G20 Opportunity?

Will G20 showcase an India that is inclusive, culturally rich, diverse and tolerant, asks Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Prime Minister N D Modi at the G20 all-party meeting in New Delhi. All photographs:......

Modi leaves for Tokyo to attend Abe Shinzo's state funeral

Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Tokyo on Monday evening to attend the state funeral of Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe, who reshaped Japan's foreign policy including setting out a......

Champions of peace Satyarthi, Malala receive Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Peace Prize laureates Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi pose with their medals during the Nobel Peace Prize awards ceremony . Photograph: Cornelius Poppe/NTB Scanpix/Pool/Reuters......

How G20 can make a real difference

Image: Delegates of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, including World Bank President Jim Yong Kim (front 2nd L), China's central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan (front 3rd......

Most influential people in the world of business

ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella have found a place in Time magazine’s ‘The 100 Most Influential People’ in the world. Image: Chanda Kochchar among......

Remembering Amar Bose: The label 'Great Man' fits him to a T

Sree Sreenivasan recalls his encounters with the pioneer of sound who passed away on Friday and gives a sense of how many lives he touched -- in big and small ways. There are two......

Amazon, Jio, Facebook, Star, Sony in IPL fray

'The IPL is by the biggest sports property in the country and having it will give any digital video player an edge."Urvi Malvania reports on the bidding frenzy for IPL rights. The battle for the......

Kohli@37: The staggering stats of India's run king

IMAGE: Virat Kohli: The unstoppable engine of Indian batting. Photograph: BCCI Virat Kohli’s journey from Delhi’s galli cricket to global stardom has been built on a foundation of staggering......

Indian athlete who inspires Olympic champ Duplantis.... its not Kohli, Dhoni

Long before he became a global star with two Olympic medals, Swedish-American pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis remembers meeting a humble Neeraj Chopra, who remained the "same nice guy" even after......

Why Did Rohit Sharma Abruptly End Test Career?

Was it a lack of confidence about whether he would perform in England that influenced his decision? asks veteran cricket correspondent K R Nayar. IMAGE: A veteran of 67 Tests, Rohit Sharma......

Female athletes forced into genetic test?

IMAGE: World Athletics president Sebastian Coe pose for a picture with athletes. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters Female athletes will soon have to undergo a one-time genetic test to......

Golden Year For Indian Chess! What Next?

'It will bring the next wave of awareness and pursuit of excellence from people who want to take chess as a game or a competitive sport or even as a career.' IMAGE: D Gukesh, the youngest World......