Deutsche Bank gets Indian CEO
Anshu Jain already captains Deutsche Bank’s cricket team, and a boardroom reshuffle last week means that the Indian big-hitter is now seen as a prime candidate to be chief executive too.
Anil in JV with CBS Corp
The Anil Ambani-led Reliance Broadcast Network (RBN) has finally announced that it proposes to enter into an equal JV partnership with US-based media firm CBS Studios International, a wholly owned sub
Surinder leads India to easy win
Skipper Surinder Kaur led from the front, scoring from two penalty corners as India trounced Canada 4-1 in the third hockey Test to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series at Tamanawis
Super Saina triumphs at Singapore
Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal put behind a nervy start to clinch the second Super Series title of her career by winning the Singapore Open with a straight-game triumph over qualifier Tzu Ying Tai
Macca: We had pennies thrown at us
Music legend Paul McCartney says that the Beatles, during their initial days, played some “miserable” shows and even had pennies thrown at them by a group of “unruly youth”.
‘Humans will be extinct within 100 yrs’
An Australian scientist, who helped eradicate smallpox from the world, has created a new sensation by predicting that the human race will be extinct within the next 100 years.
Jude Law hottest dad on screen
British actor Jude Law’s character in 2006 film The Holiday has been voted the Hottest Film Father, beating the likes of other on screen dads like Will Smith, Bruce Willis and George Clooney.
Picasso portrait of tailor friend on sale
An intimate portrait by Pablo Picasso of his tailor friend will feature in an auction here on Tuesday and is expected to fetch £1 million.
Lankan theatre torched before Raavanan show
A cinema hall planning to screen Raavanan was torched here amidst protests against the film owing to it’s star Aishwarya Rai Bac-hchan and director Mani Ratnam’s decision to stay away from the IIFA aw
DU nation’s only radioactive polluter
The Delhi University has earned the dubious distinction of being the country’s only violator of radioactive waste disposal norms, according to the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.