Glover becomes first African-American to win directing Emmy

The founder director of Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) Dr Pushpa Mitra Bhargava passed away here on Tuesday. He was 89. He is survived by his daughter Vineeta and son Mohit. Dr Bhargava's pioneering vision and efforts led to the founding of ...

If you love taking selfies, but do not know how to take the best shot, there is help at hand. Computer scientists have developed a smartphone app that helps people learn the art of taking a cellphone self-portrait.Inside the app is an algorithm that directs ...

Mumbai: Superstar Salman Khans "Sultan" has won the best action movie award at at the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF). Ahead of its China release, "Sultan" became the first ever Bollywood film to win the award in the Jackie Chan Action Movie week ...

Nominations have been announced for the 69th Emmy Awards which will honour the best in U.S. prime time television programming from June 1, 2016, until May 31, 2017, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The Awards will be telecast live from ...

'The digital age has forced diplomats to be less formal and more accessible, reaching out to ordinary people both within and outside their countries, combining statecraft with streetcraft,' says former foreign secretary Ambassador Shyam Saran.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Tom Fletcher, a former British diplomat, has explored the practice of diplomacy in the digital age in his book, Naked Diplomacy. He has traced the birth of diplomacy to that Stone Age encounter when one of our ...

Often when a film doesn’t do well at the box office we see it impacting the other films which are in the pipeline starring the same actors. It’s happening now in Kangana Ranaut’s case too. She had acted in Hansal Mehta’s Simran in the lead role and ...

TO READ CENTURIES of voices writing on the erotic is to become keenly aware of a deep argument that exists in the geography of the subcontinent, an argument between literary romantics—who embrace the erotic for the gloss it adds to life—and religious ...

Kendrick Lamar stole the show at the MTV Video Music Awards bagging two top honours, including video of the year, while Ed Sheeran took home the artist of the year trophy. Lamar, who led the night with eight nominations, was recognised for his track "Humble", ...

The 34th MTV Video Music Awards may have been boring but it saw a lot of interesting fashion on the red carpet. Held in Inglewood, California, the awards night saw its share of surprises and big wins. Taylor Swift made news at the awards show by premiering her video Look What You Made Me Do, even though she did not even attend. A look at the stylish red carpet pictures. Photograph: Alberto E Rodriguez/Getty Images Nicki Minaj wears a bold pink latex suit. Photograph: Rich Fury/Getty ...