Chris Hemsworth gives up meat for on-screen kiss with vegan Thor co-star Natalie Portman“He's (Chris Hemsworth) really nice. He's really a good guy. The day we had a kiss scene he didn't eat meat that morning because I'm vegan....
18 Jul, 2022, 05.21 PM IST
View: Taking a little license with number platesIn 1903, the Times of India reported on how motor cars were suddenly increasing and the municipality was now considering requiring them to ...
16 Jan, 2021, 01.42 PM IST
Twitter rolls out Topics in India that will help users discuss their interestsTopics are also launching in Hindi, the most used Indic language on Twitter in India.
29 Oct, 2020, 01.38 PM IST
On 'Mughal-e-Azam's' 60th anniversary, film's screenplay enters Oscars libraryDirector K Asif's son Akbar presented the screenplay to the Academy Awards.
04 Aug, 2020, 04.37 PM IST
India shouldn’t get lost in translationThe reason is that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ministerial colleague Sushma Swaraj during their forays abroad like to talk the tal...
23 Aug, 2018, 10.32 PM IST
Sushma Swaraj shares notes of Geeta, the girl who returned from PakistanIn Pakistan, she stayed with the Karachi-based Edhi Foundation. Since her return home, she is being taken care of by an institution for hea...
20 Dec, 2017, 10.16 PM IST
Google offers Play Music service in India for Rs 89/monthAs part of the introductory offer, the service will be available for Rs 89 per month for those signing up within the first 45 days, Google ...
06 Apr, 2017, 10.00 PM IST
Google Play Music launches subscriptions in India at Rs 89 per monthThis launch comes about six months after Google launched its music store Google Play Music in India.
06 Apr, 2017, 01.14 PM IST
iOS 9 brings support for Hinglish, more Indian languagesThe new software brings a number of under-the-hood changes including performance tweaks, Siri improvements and deep linking between apps, a...
17 Sep, 2015, 06.10 PM IST
Oriflame's Niklas Frisk surprises with a speech in HindiOriflame's South Asia head and India MD Niklas Frisk was a big hit with the audience when he gave the opening speech in Hindi at the compan...
27 May, 2015, 10.59 AM IST
Scripting change: Bhasha bachao, Roman Hindi apnaoHindi lovers and purists lament the new society where the youth shun their mother tongue and want to enter the English world as fast as pos...
11 Jan, 2015, 02.37 PM IST
US-based startup’s mobile app Duolingo to offer English lessons for Hindi speakersThe app, which makes the lengthy process of learning languages into a fun-filled game, is already being used by over 1.5 lakh Indians who a...
25 Apr, 2014, 09.42 AM IST
When Raghuram Rajan mentioned about owls in his RBI policy speech“We are neither hawks, nor doves. We are owls. The owl is traditionally a symbol of wisdom. We are vigilant when others are resting," Rajan...
31 Jan, 2014, 04.55 AM IST
- Indians remain agile longer because of being invariably bilingual
It was conventional wisdom that Indians think fast and multitask because of endemic adversity: the situation demands and fosters it.
22 Jan, 2013, 05.47 AM IST
Salut Now!According to pagan tradition, Romans used to observe New Year by engaging in drunken orgies. The ritual recreated the chaos that supposedly...
31 Dec, 2011, 03.45 AM IST
- Soon, web addresses in Hindi, other non-Latin scripts
The regulator for online domain names has approved the use of non-Latin scripts such as Hindi and Hebrew in web addresses, a move that is l...
30 Oct, 2009, 09.42 PM IST
- Old hag/young doll
Modi's view seems to be that Cong is either in its first or second childhood.
14 Apr, 2009, 03.11 AM IST