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Meet Gopi Thotakura, India's 1st space tourist

Gopi Thotakura, an entrepreneur and a pilot, is set to become the first Indian to venture into space as a tourist on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin's NS-25 mission. IMAGE: Gopi Thotakura.......

Gopi Thotakura becomes first Indian space tourist on Blue Origin

Gopi Thotakura, an entrepreneur and a pilot, on Sunday became the first Indian to venture into space as a tourist aboard Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin's NS-25 mission. IMAGE: Gopi......

German minister commits suicide over COVID-19 crisis

Finance minister of Germany's Hesse state, Thomas Schaefer, committed suicide apparently after expressing "despair" over how to handle the economic fallout from the fast-spreading coronavirus, an......

Prince Philip's funeral to mark his 'unwavering loyalty'

The royal ceremonial funeral of Britain’s Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, will incorporate hymns and readings chosen by the late royal himself and focus on his ‘unwavering......

Britain's Prince Philip laid to rest in royal ceremony

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II led a small group of senior royals at the ceremonial funeral of her husband and consort Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at Windsor Castle on Saturday. IMAGE: The......

Reinsurers wary of detariffed era

Global reinsurers have started expressing apprehensions over the prospects of price cuts in the detariffed insurance regime, set to commence from January 2007."Though detariffing supports the......

The importance of human workers in the smart machine age

'Organisations need to embrace individual human development as a mission critical to organisational competency.' 'There has to be a greater focus on developing people instead of managing people.'......

German bank staff naps on keyboard, transfers millions

Not a matter to sleep over! A German bank employee fell asleep on the keyboard of his computer and accidentally transfered $293 million which lead to the sacking of a colleague, a court has heard.......

Wipro CEO Kurien honoured by AIF for leadership, philanthropy

Wipro CEO T K Kurien has been honoured by non-profit American India Foundation (AIF) for his leadership and philanthropy at an annual awards gala. The event raised over $ 1.5 million to......

Narayana Murthy asks Infosys to make Panaya report public; firm says no

Murthy’s letter comes even as Sikka celebrates the completion of three years at the helm of India’s second largest software exporter. Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy’s......

Why Simi Garewal Went Topless For Siddhartha

'I don't see what the fuss was about.' IMAGE: Simi Garewal with Shashi Kapoor in Siddhartha. Conrad Rooks' adaptation of Herman Hesse's cult novel Siddhartha, which was released in 1972, is best......

When Bollywood Went Nude

Baring their soul before the camera is a prerequisite for every actor. But going naked in front of it may not be everyone's cup of tea. Still, there are some who agree to bare it all or almost for......

Review: Fargo will make you revisit your demons

Fargo is intense and dark and raises more questions than one would usually be comfortable with, says Paloma Sharma. Screenwriter Noah Hawley, who gave us Bones, adapts the Coen brothers’......

Shashi Kapoor: Four Amazing Decades

Sukanya Verma presents the changing faces of Shashi Kapoor. A face as gorgeous as Shashi Kapoor's is what makes us look at cinema as magic and dream. What he made us realise is beauty without soul......

The Best Shashi Kapoor Films

From Awaara to Deewar to Junoon to In Custody, Shashi Kapoor leaves us many movies to love and remember him by. For years, he made every woman go weak in her knees every time he flashed a......

Saini's silver extends India's dominance at Deaflympics

IMAGE: Shaurya Saini's second-place finish, India have taken their medal tally in shooting to 13, including four gold, six silver and three bronze. Photograph: Shaurya Saini/Instagram Young......

Anand struggles but India's youngsters shine at Isle of Man chess

At the top of the list in the second round is Grandmaster V Vishnu Prasanna, who got the better of nearly 200-points above rated Tamir Nabaty of Israel. IMAGE: Viswanathan Anand in action during......

French Open: Paes-Nestor in 3rd round; Sania-Hingis win

Leander Paes and Daniel Nestor. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images Leander Paes and his Canadian partner Daniel Nestor cruised into the third round of the men's doubles at the French......

World Team Chess: Indian men lose to US

The Indian men went down to the United States of America 1-3 on Thursday and are now on the verge of going out of medal contention in the World Team Chess championship in Ningbo, China. After......

Maria Sharapova gets US Open wildcard

Sharapova awarded main draw wildcard at US Open IMAGE: Maria Sharapova celebrates. Photograph: Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Former world number one Maria Sharapova will make her first Grand......