Emotional farewell awaits Sachin as India take on West Indies today
Mumbai: Without doubt the most enduring phenomenon in modern cricket and India's biggest sporting icon, Sachin Tendulkar is all set for an epic curtain call starting on Thursday when he steps on the field against the West Indies for his 200th and final Test where emotions will weigh heavy. For once, an individual would be the focus even though it is a clash of two teams and why not, given that the individual in question is a man who success
Jayalalithaa wants total boycott of CHOGM, moves resolution in TN Assembly
Chennai: Slamming the Centre's decision to participate in the Commonwealth Summit in Colombo "ignoring" the sentiments of Tamils, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday moved a resolution in a special session of the state assembly demanding
Australian brewery under fire for Ganesha, Lakshmi labels on beer bottles
Melbourne: An Australian brewery has come under fire after its alcoholic ginger beer bottles were labelled with pictures of Hindu deities Ganesh and Lakshmi. Indian community leaders in Australia have called for the New South Wales-based Brookvale Un
Ex Indo-Fijian PM says Indians should not think all is well everywhere
Melbourne: Former Fijian Prime Minister of Indian-origin Mahendra P Chaudhry has appealed to the Indian diaspora to guard against being deluded by certain success stories and thinking that "all's well everywhere". Chaudhry's comments came w
Top Indian, Aus varsities to offer new scholarship programme
Melbourne: Top Indian universities including IIT Kanpur and IIT Madras have now partnered with University of Melbourne in Australia to offer a new joint PhD scholarship programme from 2014. The multimillion-dollar scholarship programme was launched i
Too much meat may raise diabetes risk
London: People who consume a diet rich in animal products such as meat and cheese are at an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, a new French study has warned. Scientists from the Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, INSERM in Par
India's children need basic healthcare, wellbeing: Lord Paul
London: India needs to pay a lot of attention to the basic healthcare and wellbeing of its children, especially issues like malnutrition, infant and maternal mortality, leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul has said. Addressing the joint Ro
Late bedtimers will have lower grades
Los Angeles: Late bedtimes may lead to poor academic performance and emotional distress later in life in teenagers, a new study has warned. Researchers found that teens with late bedtimes during the school year and schooldays that start early are mor
Ganesh upbeat about Bollywood debut
Chennai: Southern actor Ganesh Venkatraman, who is making his Bollywood debut with "Guns of Banaras", is upbeat about the opportunity because he always wanted to enter Hindi filmdom with a powerful story. "Guns of Banaras" is a re
