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Most watched TV programmes: Reality hooks the urban viewer

Three reality shows figure in the top 5 most watched TV programmes; KBC tops the charts but draws flak on social media

Indian were using 'zero' 500 years before its official recorded origin

Oxford study traces origins of the number in Bakhshali manuscript, dating back to the 3rd century

TIFF 2017: As a cold-blooded terrorist, Rajkummar Rao impresses in Omerta

The filmmaker said he relied on documentary evidence and public accounts for much of the script

Walter Becker: The mathematical wizard of the scoresheet

The fandom of Walter Becker was rather obscure, but his death has left a huge void in the music industry

How Parsis are adding to their dwindling numbers

From dating apps to events, the shrinking Parsi-Zoroastrian community is innovating ways to encourage the young to marry within the faith

'India Dissents' is a reminder of India's robust history of dissension

Not so long ago, Freedom was not only accepted as a founding principle for our society but also celebrated and guarded with vigour

Good design: It's all in the mind

Design is inherently and implicitly psychological; its practice carries all the psychology it needs, and designers learn it as they go

Watch: Jack Ma does a Michael Jackson dance number at Alibaba annual party

Ma arrived at the party in a motorcycle, donning a black-and-gold mask

Is social media behaviour a reflection of your state of mind?

In an open platform, expression is what you make of it. Suit yourself

Tennis nostalgia at the Toronto International Film Festival

The 2017 Toronto International Film Festival is serving up a volley of tennis nostalgia

Gentlemen, start your tugboats

From the cliffs of Weehawken, on New Jersey side of the Hudson, the tugboats do not appear so fast

Game of Thrones S7 pirated more than a billion times, says anti-piracy firm

Of the 1.03 billion total piracy instances for the season 84.66 per cent were streams

Sonia Gandhi's missing SPG personnel found roaming in Lutyens' Delhi

Verma had left home for work on September 1 but did not return home on September 2

US facing most natural disasters followed by China and India: UN

The United Nations stands ready to support relief efforts in any way possible, Antonio Guterres said

After facing criticism, Suu Kyi says Myanmar working to protect Rohingyas

Suu Kyi has been widely criticised for not acting on the ongoing humanitarian crisis

Beatboxing artistes are pushing limits of human voice to find popularity

Beatboxing has breached the limits of what one person can simulate

Chocolate makers are using single-origin cacao beans to bring flavour alive

Chocolate companies buy huge batches of cocoa from thousands of farms from across the world

Easy and simple ways to adopt sustainable living practices

A green home is expensive to build and requires a lot to maintenance is a myth

Myanmar death toll surges to 400 as 30,000 Rohingya flee to Bangladesh

Rights groups say the true toll is likely much higher

Meet Sonam Wangchuk, the man who inspired Aamir Khan's role in '3 Idiots'

Sonam Wangchuk makes artificial glaciers for Ladakh's desert villages