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Major (retd) Probal DasGupta with late CDS Gen Bipin Rawat. (Photo by arrangement)

The General I Knew

This piece is a personal tribute to an extraordinary general, gentleman and my battalion commanding officer

12 Dec 2021 8:29 AM IST

Twitters outgoing CEO Dorsey announced on Monday that 37-year old Parag Agrawal, an IIT Mumbai and Stanford University alumnus, will be the companys new chief executive as he stepped down after 16 years at the company that he co-founded and helmed.

Twitter's Parag Agrawal joins other Indian-origin CEOs heading biggest...

Parag Agrawal had joined Twitter 10 years ago when there were fewer than 1,000 employees

30 Nov 2021 11:55 AM IST

Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo: AP)

Tendulkar among 50 most influential people on Twitter, according to...

American singer Taylor Swift is at number 1 spot and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is placed at number two in the list

9 Nov 2021 5:16 PM IST

Nalini Jameela, a recipient of the prestigious Kerala State Film Awards. (Photo: PTI)

Sex worker-turned-author basks in glory of Kerala film award

Jameela adjudged the special jury mention for costume-design in the movie 'Bharathapuzha'

19 Oct 2021 12:30 PM IST

Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari during the inspection of a bridge built across the Narmada river near Bharuch, Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. (Twitter)

Nitin Gadkari earns Rs 4 lakh royalty per month from YouTube

Gadkari's YouTube channel began in 2015 but has become more active during the pandemic

19 Sept 2021 11:38 AM IST

The other two women judges, except Justice Nagarathna are Justice Hima Kohli, chief justice of the Telangana high court, and Justice Bela Trivedi of the Gujarat high court. (Twitter)

Nagarathna may become India's first woman CJI

Justice Nagarathna has been elevated from the Karnataka high court

27 Aug 2021 4:47 AM IST

Marzia Babakarkhail.

Afghanistan has changed, women will fight back'

Marzia Babakarkhail has zero regrets for taking on the Taliban and is planning her return

27 Aug 2021 12:54 AM IST

Hoshang Merchant (Image credit: Facebook)

Words of a gay poet, as old as India's Independence, heal

Hoshang Merchant a midnight's child, as old as our independence reflects on the coinciding evolution of the life of a...

20 Aug 2021 10:34 AM IST

Natasha Peri, 11-year old Indian American girl, has bagged a name in the worlds brightest students list.

Indian American girl, 11, in Johns Hopkins world's 'brightest' list

Peri made the cut for Johns Hopkins CTY 'High Honors Awards'

3 Aug 2021 10:25 AM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, Friday, July 16, 2021. (PTI)

Yediyurappa: BJP's seasoned oarsman relents, but too early for...

Yediyurappa has navigated the choppy waters of politics with the consummate ease of a seasoned oarsman

26 July 2021 2:52 PM IST

Sirisha Bandla, Virgin Galactics Vice President of Government Affairs and Research Operations, and one of the passengers accompanying Richard Branson, waves to the crowd before heading to board the rocket plane that will fly them to space from Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. (Photo: AP)

Sirisha Bandla the Indian-origin woman who flew with Richard Branson...

Born in Guntur and brought up in Texas, Bandla is the third Indian-origin woman to head to space after Kalpana Chawla...

12 July 2021 2:17 PM IST

Police personnel salute during the guard of honour to Bollywood legendary actor Dilip Kumar on his funeral, in Mumbai, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (PTI /Kunal Patil)

Dilip Kumar, legend and Nehru's hero, is no more

The passing of Dilip Kumar, who was born in 1922 in Peshawar, leaves yet another solemn milestone in the history of...

8 July 2021 11:14 AM IST