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Petty Jenkins, director of the upcoming movie Wonder Woman.

Women directors: Pride, not prejudice

H'wood could face lawsuit from employment body for not hiring enough women directors.

21 Feb 2017 2:30 AM IST

Kings XI Punjab bought uncapped bowler T Natarajan for Rs 3 crore in the IPL 2017 pleyrs auction. (Photo: T Natarajan)

IPL 2017 auction: Porter's son T Natarajan draws big bucks

T Natarajan enjoyed a successful stint for Dindigul Dragons in the inaugural TNPL.

20 Feb 2017 8:52 PM IST

The interesting post has received over 14,000 likes and has been shared over 561 times. (Photo: Facebook/ShakulGupta)

Man takes Valentine's Day dates for extravagant experience

The entrepreneur posted his date request on Facebook which included dinner at Oberoi and an iPhone 7 gift to his date

20 Feb 2017 8:27 PM IST

The author is based out of Skye in Scotland and wants Alcor Institute in Arizona to preserve it after he dies. (Photo: Twitter)

This author is paying doctors to preserve his brain

He wants them to freeze them in liquid nitrogen through a cryogenic process

20 Feb 2017 5:10 PM IST

The survivor who has written seven other books said that it would be the first comic book on the subject of cancer. (Photo:

Cancer survivor's book to be funded by Amitabh and Tata

The comic book will have inspirational stories of survivors who triumphed over the dreaded disease

20 Feb 2017 12:44 PM IST

Members of Pakistans transgender community dance at a party in Peshawar (Photo: AFP)

Marriage, sex, and LGBT: Pakistan's third sex seeks reformation

The status of khawajasiras -- also known as hijras -- is opaque in Pakistan to say the least.

20 Feb 2017 12:27 PM IST

Image for representational purpose only

Hitler's phone sells for more than $2,40,000

Hitler used it to give most of his orders during the last two years of World War II.

20 Feb 2017 11:31 AM IST

The indelible ink is applied to a finger of a voter at a polling station in a village, about 25 km from Amritsar, on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

UP Polls: The 'Gandhis of Lucknow' confused over whom to vote

The family of these Gandhis shifted to Lucknow after Partition in 1947.

19 Feb 2017 3:54 PM IST

Kulman Ghising was appointed head of the Nepal Electricity Authority in September last year. (Photo: Twitter)

Ghising: The man who turned lights on in energy-starved Nepal

Ghising's formula to end the power cuts involved tackling some basic inefficiencies.

19 Feb 2017 11:31 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press in front of a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner during its unveiling in North Charleston, South Carolina. (Photo: AFP)

Tweets and turmoil: A month in the life of 45th US president

The disarray outside the president's front door, though not his fault, serves as a metaphor for the tumult still...

19 Feb 2017 8:03 AM IST

(Left) Face transplant recipient Andy Sandness before his injuries in 2006. Sandness (right) post operation with his new face at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. (Photo: AP)

Twin tragedies give survivor boon for life

Andy met Mardini, a plastic surgeon whose specialty is facial reconstruction. As a newcomer at Mayo, the doctor was on...

19 Feb 2017 2:08 AM IST

A still from the film.

Irrfan Khan's No Bed of Roses banned in Bangladesh

The film begins with a disclaimer that the film has no resemblance to any real life characters alive or dead.

18 Feb 2017 7:31 PM IST