Page 13 - Year End Specials

The year beauty pageants found a purpose

For the pageants' first runner-up Loiloi Haorongbam, it was a way to spread awareness about her community

Ekta lone Indian in both ICC ODI, T20I Teams of the Year

The panel took into consideration player performances from September 21, 2016 to date

Indian players lose market share to Chinese smartphone makers in 2017

India this year surpassed the US to become the second-largest smartphone market in the world after China

Barshim, Thiam, named athletes of the year

At the awards ceremony in Monaco Bolt was awarded the president's prize

Federer voted BBC overseas sports personality of the year

Federer and the other award winners will be honoured during Sunday's BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony in Liverpool

Telecom: Year of turmoil with bleeding balance-sheets under GST's shadow

TRAI reduced the Interconnection Usage Charges (IUC) to 6 paise from 14 paise per minute from October 1, 2017

2017 was the best year of my life: Rajkummar Rao

Excerpts from an interview

2018 likely to be first year of private capex recovery: Morgan

Morgan Stanley expects real GDP growth to accelerate from 6.4% this year to 7.5% in 2018 and further to 7.7% in 2019

India ranks fifth most vacation deprived country globally in 2017: Survey

According to findings, 55 per cent Indians take fewer days of the vacation days they get and 28 per cent don't take leave as the work schedule does not allow for vacation

Oxford Dictionaries seeks Hindi Word of the Year

The Oxford Dictionaries has recently launched its Hindi dictionary on its web portal and is being accessed by a large number of users

Steven Spielberg's 'The Post' is Time magazine's 'Movie of the Year'

The film is all set for its theatrical release in India on January 12, 2018

18 cases of drone spotting near airports this year: Govt

In 2014, there were two such cases

Shiv, Shubhankar make 2017 a year to remember for Indian golf

A year back, Kapur was laid low by a liver ailment but the Indian recovered and ended a long Asian tour title drought with a win at the Yeangder Heritage

Ekta Bisht, Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet in ICC's ODI, T20 teams of the year

England's Heather Knight named as captain of the 50-over side and Stafanie Taylor of the Windies appointed captain of the 20-over side

BCCI CEO Johri among top 10 Sports Business Executive of Year

BCCI CEO Rahul Johri has been named among the top-10 Sports Business Executives of 2017 for anchoring a billion dollar IPL deal for the world's richest cricket body at a time when the going was tough. According to a poll conducted by noted portal www.SportBusiness.com, Johri was placed fourth, primarily for BCCI getting richer by USD 2.55 billion after Star bagged the global media rights for Indian Premier League. Johri was also credited with anchoring IPL title sponsorship rights for USD 340 million. The other Indian in the list is Ipsita Dasgupta (President, Strategy & incubation, Star India), who was placed at No. 2 for her role in growth of popularity of Pro Kabaddi League. The top spot went to Ioris Francini, Co-President WWE- IMG, who was conferred with 'SportBusiness Executive of The Year' award for "being the undisputed driving force behind the storming year for IMG".

A year of comparative normalcy, but permanent peace eludes J&K

Security forces say more local youth are likely to return, inspired by Majid's decision

Meghan Markle is Hello Magazine's 'Woman of the Year'

The 'Suits' star also appears on the cover of the publication's latest edition

'375 air safety violations reported this year'

However, details about timeline and airlines were not disclosed

'Kwaussie' named Australian word of the year

Laugesen said "Kwaussie" was first used in 2002 to describe actor Russell Crowe

SelGo suits up as Billboard's 'Woman of the Year'

The singer celebrated being named Billboard's Woman of the Year with a photo shoot which sees her posing in a black tuxedo jumpsuit by Mulger