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Sunita Williams among 9 astronauts named by NASA for first commercial flights

Indian-origin United States astronaut Sunita Williams is among the nine astronauts named by National Aeronautics and Space Administration who will fly the first missions into space on commercially......

Promised job 10 years ago, martyr's grand nephew goes on dharna

“We are ready to sacrifice our life and continue with our dharna till we get a job. We have written to the PM, Home Minister Rajnath Singh,” says Jagga Singh, the grand nephew of Udham......

US court hands life sentence to Indian-origin doc

An Indian-origin doctor was on Tuesday sentenced to a life in prison by a US court that convicted him of orchestrating a 2009 bomb attack that nearly killed the chairman of the Arkansas Medical......

'India came across as overwhelming and incredible'

There is an air of smug self-confidence in the voice that is reading a passage. The venue is an upscale Mumbai cafe situated in a once-dilapidated cloth mill. It's been over 28 years since the......

US launches civil action against S&P

The US government has launched a civil lawsuit against Standard & Poor's and parent The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc over mortgage bond ratings, the first federal enforcement action against a credit......

EU may take India to WTO; seeks cut on wine levies

The European Union has warned that it will drag India to the World Trade Organisation if New Delhi does not slash taxes on wines and spirits imported from Europe. "We are trying to negotiate with......

Good times end in Dubai

Dubai's Hot 100 party last month was a reminder of the city's high-rolling times before the credit crunch. The annual celebration, laid on by a magazine profiling the United Arab Emirates' smart......

Billionaire horoscopes

What's your sign? If you are a Virgo, we've got some good news for you. Turns out, more members of the Forbes billionaires list share your zodiac sign than any other. That was our finding after......

OTT Goodies This Week!

From fantasy to football, OTT is beaming with all kinds of goodies this week. Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations. FerrariWhere to watch? Amazon Prime VideoLanguage: French, English......

Why Will Smith PUNCHED Chris Rock at the Oscars

'Wow. Will Smith just smacked the s**t out of me.''Keep my wife's name out of your f**king mouth!' IMAGE: Chris Rock gets punched by Will Smith. Photograph: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images In a wild......

'I know how crazy Kangana is with her acting'

'If you listen to the title track of Judgementall Hai Kya, you will find some crazy things happening in it -- from crazy laughter to as if someone is inside your mind.' IMAGE: Rachita Arora,......

India, Merchant-Ivory and the Oscars

Making her film debut with The Householder, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala wrote more screenplays than novels, winning two Oscars -- for A Room with a View and Howards End.She kept her distance from the film......

Blessed to have lived in the times of Daniel Day-Lewis

'He has given us a history, a heritage that we can share with generations to come,' says Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE: Gordon Warnecke and Daniel Day-Lewis, right, in Stephen Frears' My Beautiful......

World Cup 2023: History

IMAGE: Captain Kapil Dev holds aloft the trophy after India won the 1983 Prudential World Cup. Photograph: Dave Cannon/Allsport/Getty Images from the Rediff Archives With nearly half a century of......

Bajrang furious with doctors at World Championships

IMAGE: Instead of devising a strategy against the American, me and my team was jostling to get that tape removed from my head. All I had was about 20-25 minutes before I clashed with the American......

Serena's brand will stay strong post-retirement

IMAGE: Serena Williams positioned her well ahead of other female athletes in terms of appeal to major sponsors. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters The end of Serena Williams' glittering......

Indy 500 puts spotlight on racing's gender diversity

IMAGE: Professional race car driver Danica Patrick. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters Beyond the empty stands and coronavirus-induced delay, this year's Indianapolis 500 will see another......

Rumble in the Jungle shook the world

The Rumble in the Jungle was the greatest boxing spectacle of the 20th century, notes Dhruv Munjal. IMAGE: Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Photograph: Stewart Cook/Getty Images It almost didn't......

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