Las Vegas: Floyd Mayweather Jr. was money once again in the richest fight ever. Mayweather used his reach and his jab Saturday night to frustrate Manny Pacquiao, piling up enough points to win a unanimous decision in their welterweight title bout. Mayweather remained unbeaten in 48 fights with a win that cemented his legacy as the best of his generation. Pacquiao did what he wanted to do, chasing Mayweather around […]
Indian-American Vivek Murthy was today administered the oath for the top post of US Surgeon General by Vice President Joe Biden at a ceremonial ceremony in Fort Myer, becoming the youngest-ever in charge of the country’s public health. 37-year-old Vivek Hallegere Murthy is now the highest ranking Indian-American in the Obama Administration. “To have the opportunity to serve as Surgeon General is an extraordinary honour and a profound responsibility, and […]
A collection of Tipu Sultan’s, the last king of Mysore, arms and armour were auctioned for over six million pounds (about Rs.567 million) at an Islamic and Indian art auction in London. The 30 items, which went under the hammer at Bonhams on Tuesday, came from a single collection. The identity of the buyers, from around the world, has been kept confidential. Tipu Sultan’s personal motif was the tiger. […]
Recent allegations about a newly independent India under Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru snooping on the kin of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is what conspiracy theorists and spin doctors needed to push their agenda — that Netaji was a greater patriot than Pandit Nehru. The “see-I-told-you” band of people, some of them public intellectuals, have kept the media and political circles abuzz with all sorts of activity ever since. Every day, […]
Those trying several tactics to make their relationships work, here’s an example of real love for them. A well-to-do electrical engineer Chittaranjan Tiwari fell in love with a disfigured acid attack survivor Sonali Mukherjee when he saw her daring to face the limelight on the famous television show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’. It was not an attempt by Mukherjee to gain sympathy of public by appearing on the big screen rather […]
“I knew I would build a company and a product that would be useful to people and stand out in the market,” says Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder, One97 Communications, that incubated Paytm – a payment gateway that has secured funding from Jack Ma of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Ratan Tata. A topper all through school to a backbencher in his engineering college, Sharma speaks of grim times as […]
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (popularly known as Babasaheb) used education as a tool to rise above the ordinary and become one of the great leaders of modern India, an effective fighter against the discrimination present in a caste-ridden society, and one of the chief architects of the Indian Constitution. As jurist, economist, politician and social reformer, his life is an example to all of us. On his 124th birth anniversary today, […]
LONDON: He has managed to stand his ground against hawks like UKIP leader Nigel Farage, coalition partner turned critic Nick Clegg and his primary tormentor and prime minister hopeful Labour leader Ed Miliband. But Britain’s prime minister David Cameron was left stumped on Tuesday by a bouncer coming from an unlikely foe – a 10 year-old. With just over 20 days to go before Britain goes into what […]
A special court on Thursday sentenced the former chief of outsourcing giant Satyam to seven years in jail over a USD 2.25 billion accounting fraud scandal dubbed “India`s Enron”. Prosecutor K Surender said Byrraju Ramalinga Raju, his brother and eight others had been found guilty of manipulating Satyam`s books, in a 2009 case that shook the industry and raised questions about the country`s regulators. Following are the important events in […]
Sixteen years ago this week, way back in 1999, the completely groundbreaking, mind blowing science-fiction, action movie The Matrix was first released in theaters. To refresh your memory of how awesome that movie was, check out the trailer below: After earning a staggering $463.5 million at the box office and being nominated for – and winning – four Academy Awards, the story of The Matrix is a rather happy one. […]
