March 5 in world history: From Stalin’s death to the rise of the nuclear ageMarch 5 marks significant historical events, including the Boston Massacre in 1770, which fueled the American Revolution. Winston Churchill...
05 Mar, 2026, 02.14 PM IST
How the US-UK 'special relationship' may be impacted after Starmer drew Trump's anger over IranBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing accusations of damaging ties with the United States. President Donald Trump has criticized St...
04 Mar, 2026, 08.52 PM IST
Chris Brown concert results in massive road closure in Cardiff; check list of roads closedCardiff faces significant road closures on June 19, 2025, due to Chris Brown's Breezy Bowl XX tour concert at Principality Stadium, the fir...
19 Jun, 2025, 10.10 PM IST
British Indian student elected president of historic Cambridge UnionAnoushka Kale, a British Indian student, has been elected as the President of the Cambridge Union Society for Easter 2025. She aims to enha...
09 Dec, 2024, 09.24 PM IST
Arun Goel appointed as India's new Ambassador to CroatiaThe Government of India has appointed Arun Goel as the next Ambassador to Croatia. Goel, a retired IAS officer, previously served as India'...
07 Sep, 2024, 11.26 PM IST
Brown University follows MIT and Yale. Is the Ivy League right to revive the SATElite schools' hasty decisions to drop SAT requirements for diversity overlooked the importance of admission essays. Measuring grit, a pred...
09 Mar, 2024, 01.37 PM IST
Professor Somak Raychaudhury appointed Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka UniversityPramath Raj Sinha, Chairman, Board of Trustees, said “Professor Raychaudhury brings stellar academic stature and strong administrative expe...
10 Nov, 2022, 06.44 PM IST
Rishi Sunak: 10 interesting facts about new UK Prime MinisterRishi Sunak has become the newly appointed UK Prime Minister. Here are some interesting and mind-boggling facts about him.
25 Oct, 2022, 06.57 PM IST
Donald Trump putting democracy to the test after his loss to Joe BidenPresident Donald Trump, who has professed admiration for, if not deep knowledge of, the British prime minister, is putting Churchill's obse...
14 Nov, 2020, 07.43 PM IST
Oxford college agrees to remove statue of Cecil RhodesCampaigners had also demanded changes to the Rhodes scholarship.
18 Jun, 2020, 08.49 AM IST
View: Don’t corral illegal migrants into camps, resettle them in other statesThe best solution is to resettle them in other states that are short of labour, and are willing to receive workers.
12 Aug, 2018, 02.45 PM IST
Goldman Sachs business leaders recommend six must-read booksHere is a roundup of their picks, along with employees' descriptions of the books and why they chose them.
05 Sep, 2016, 01.59 PM IST
UK-based NRI hotelier Vivek Chadha donates 100,000 pounds for Mahatma Gandhi statueChadha, director of Nine Hospitality Limited, residential developer and commercial investor in UK real estate, is a self-confessed follower...
01 Feb, 2015, 06.12 PM IST
Book Review: The Roman Guide to Slave ManagementQuestions raced through the f labbergasted Falx’s head. What did they do with captives of wars of conquest? Who would perform the basest ta...
24 Oct, 2014, 04.42 PM IST
Four Indian Americans win top science and maths awardsFour Indian-American professors are among 13 other scientists selected were for the Simons Investigators awards for their cutting edge rese...
27 Jul, 2013, 07.28 PM IST
- History, anti-history: Value of either lies in the eye of beholder
"History is bunk" resonates in many Indian schools where such subjects remain even more neglected.
14 Mar, 2012, 04.41 AM IST
- PM Manmohan Singh is a global trendsetter
In the 19th and 20th centuries , the leader was the perfect blend of the man of thought and the man of action like Churchill, Nehru and Ken...
05 Dec, 2011, 03.03 PM IST