New York:  Over 20 Indian-origin young entrepreneurs are among Forbes magazine’s annual list of the world’s “brightest young stars” under the age of 30 from diverse fields like finance, media, sports and education, described by the publication as “prodigies reinventing the world right now.” The Forbes third annual ’30 Under 30′ list comprises young achievers in 15 different fields and includes icons like pop singers Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and […]

Seven-time world champion fell in Méribel resort in French Alps Medical sources say F1 star was suffering from a brain haemorrhage Schumacher, 44, was skiing off-piste with son, 14 The skiing enthusiast was wearing helmet and hit head on a rock Airlifted to hospital in Grenoble, 80 miles west, where he was conscious But, in a report filed at 7.20pm, doctors said his condition ‘worsened’ Tonight, a surgeon specialising in […]

Lt. Gen. Mikhail Kalashnikov, the arms designer credited by the Soviet Union with creating the AK-47, the first in a series of rifles and machine guns that would indelibly associate his name with modern war and become the most abundant firearms ever made, died Monday in Izhevsk, the capital of the Russia’s Udmurtia republic, where he lived. He was 94. Viktor Chulkov, a spokesman for the republic’s president, confirmed the death, […]

“I think it would be a good idea,” said Indian independence hero Mohandas Gandhi famously when asked by a British journalist about what he thought about modern civilisation. But Gandhi was hardly a foe of the West. He counted three white men – Henry Salt, John Ruskin and Leo Tolstoy – as his mentors, wept when London was bombed during World War Two, and even hired Indians to fight in […]

Catherine “Tina” Lancelotta had always been a whiz. When her husband started a masonry business, she was given the job of double-checking his math on cost estimates for customers. When she worked in the drapery department at Jordan Marsh department store, she could mentally tabulate the amount of fabric it would take to cover a window’s dimensions. For years, her go-to pastime was crossword puzzles, and she completed one each […]

Prem Singh, 65, claims never to have been burnt or injured The chef has been using bare hands to fry fish for past 25 years Stunt draws crowds to his street restaurant in Old Delhi, India Singh says he sells over a hundred kilograms of fried fish each day When Prem Singh was asked to lend a helping hand frying fish at his family restaurant he took it rather too […]

Johannesburg – A who’s who of the international stage arrived at the FNB Stadium in Soweto on Tuesday morning for the memorial service for Nelson Mandela. A sombre Graca Machel was supported by a number of other women as she arrived underground at the stadium, dressed in a black coat, dress and turban. Mandela’s grandson Ndaba Mandela and other relatives arrived as well. Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu alighted from […]

  South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95. Mr Mandela led South Africa’s transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after 27 years in prison for his political activities. He had been receiving intensive medical care at home for a lung infection after spending three months in hospital. Announcing the news on South African national TV, President Jacob Zuma said […]

Anti-apartheid hero, imprisoned for 27 years, later became democratic South Africa’s first president. Nelson Mandela, one of the greatest leaders of modern times, passed away Thursday at his home in Johannesburg after a prolonged lung infection. He was 95. South African President Jacob Zuma announced that Mandela, “the founding president of our democratic nation, has departed,” adding that he “passed on peacefully.” “Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our […]

Vladimir Putin’s legendary lateness is back in the spotlight after he kept Pope Francis waiting during a recent visit to the Vatican. What lies behind his chronic tardiness? The Russian president was 50 minutes late to meet the Pope on Monday. And papal courtiers were left “shivering” outside as they waited to welcome the Russian president, who was held up by women protesting outside his hotel in support of punk […]