India’s President Pranab Mukherjee has presented cricketer Rahul Dravid with one of the country’s highest civilian awards, the Padma Bhushan, in a ceremony in New Delhi.
World chess champion Viswanathan Anand joined his first chess club when he was six, at a time when the game was a niche hobby in India.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, he speaks about his mother teaching him to play chess, how the game shapes the way he thinks, and about the pros and cons of online chess.
By Debiprasad Nayak and Biman Mukherji
Drought in Maharashtra has cast an unexpected shadow over the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament, with the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party calling for matches to be moved out of the western state to save water.
By Chetan Narula
Cricketer Manoj Tiwary talks about his stop-start international career, his belief in destiny, and the problem of communicating with Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke is set to miss the Indian Premier League after his medical team said he is still between seven and 10 weeks away from returning to training and playing.
Back in January, most cricket observers said the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series between India and Australia was too close to call.
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In 23-and-a-half years, Sachin Tendulkar has broken virtually every batting record in the game and lifted the spirits of his nation countless times. Now, one month away from his 40th birthday, he is playing his 198th Test for India. It could be his last.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To fire the manager of Blackburn Rovers Football Club.
Kevin Pietersen, the talismanic England batsman, has been ruled out of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament with a knee injury.
Cancer wasn’t the only thing that nearly killed Yuvraj Singh; his dad came pretty close to it too, according to the cricketer’s new book, ‘The Test of My Life.’
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Managing consultant Harshdeep Rapal shares some tips for entrepreneurs looking to raise investment for startups.
Today’s rollercoaster economic environment presents a challenge to entrepreneurs. But it’s still possible to successfully launch and develop a business, particularly if you stick to a few key principles, says Avi Basu, founder of Connectiva Systems.
Leadership training programs tend to focus too much on soft skills like psychological attitudes and not enough on boosting a firm’s financial performance, writes Ariff Kachra.
Not by flooding them with newsletters and calling them three times a day. Here are a few tips from Milind Mody, CEO of eBrandz.
Pravin Lal, director at Sapient Global Markets, says the proposed Dodd Frank Act presents an opportunity for Indian IT companies.