Spirit of India

#Highlights * Salman Khan tops 2016 Forbes India Celebrity 100 List * Sultan ruled in 2016. Both, the Aditya Chopra-produced movie, and the man who played the title role in it. It is hardly surprising then that the 50-year-old Salman Khan wrested back the top spot on the 2016 Forbes India Celebrity 100 List from fellow superstar Shah Rukh Khan with the highest revenue for the year under review at an impressive Rs 270.33 crore. * Salman Khan’s strong year was led by the commercial success of the Sooraj Barjatya-directed Prem Ratan Dhan Payoin late 2015 and Sultan in 2016. * His total earnings constituted 9.84 percent of the total wealth Rs 2,745 crore of all the top 100 celebrities for the year. * The third in the trinity, Aamir Khan, who did not have a single movie release or brand endorsement in our time frame under consideration, has dropped out of the top 10 for the first time since 2012. * India’s Test cricket captain Virat Kohli who is the most popular celebrity. Add ...

The Forbes magazine's annual list of World’s Most Powerful People was released on 14 December 2016. * Prime Minister Narendra Modi was ranked among the top 10 most powerful people in the world. He was ranked at 9th place on the list of 74 people. * The list was topped by Russian President Vladimir Putin for the fourth straight year. * Putin is followed by President-elect of the US Donald Trump (2nd), German Chancellor Angela Merkel (3rd) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (4th). #Forbes list of World's Most Powerful People 2016 Rank---Name---Country/Organisation 1---Vladimir Putin (64)---Russia 2---Donald Trump (70)---The United States 3---Angela Merkel (62)---Germany 4---Xi Jinping (63)---China 5---Pope Francis (79)---Roman Catholic Church 6---Janet Yellen (70)---The United States 7---Bill Gates (61)---Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 8---Larry Page (43)---Alphabet 9---Narendra Modi (66)---India 10---Mark Zuckerberg (32)---Facebook Thanks!

Indian batswoman Smriti Mandhana was named in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's Team of the Year 2016. With this inclusion, she became the first Indian woman cricketer to figure in the prestigious list. #About Women's Team of the Year 2016 • The team will be captained by Stafanie Taylor of West Indies. • Besides the captain and Smriti, the team features three players from New Zealand, two players each from Australia, England and South Africa. • Other members of the team are - Suzie Bates, Rachel Priest and Leigh Kasperek (New Zealand), Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry (Australia), Heather Knight and Anya Shrubshole (England) and Deandra Dottin and Sune Luus (South Africa). • Rachel Priest of New Zealand is the wicket-keeper of the team. • Kim Garth of Ireland was included in the list as the 12th player. • The list was prepared by a panel consisting of Clare Connor (Chair), Mel Jones and Shubhangi Kulkarni. • The list was announced by ICC chief execu...

With his sublime 235 off 340 balls, with 25 fours and a six, Virat Kohli became the first Indian to score three double-centuries in a year. Jayant Yadav became the first of his countrymen to smash a ton from No. 9 and their 241-run partnership for the eighth wicket was a national record as well. England, under the weight of all that, in front of a loud and partisan Mumbai crowd, wilted. The first session on the fourth day was important for the visitors. India's overnight lead was 51 and when India were finally all out after lunch, they had pulled ahead by 231 runs. The one that the fans cared about most came off the fourth ball of the 165th over. A gentle little flick, all along the ground, to the left of midwicket for Kohli's 200. Smart phones were out to record the moment. Anil Kumble's camera didn't miss it either. A little slice of history to put in the back pocket. In all of Test cricket, only five men have made three or more double-hundreds in a year. Don...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is no more. Seventy-four days after being admitted to hospital here, the general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam passed away at 11.30 p.m. on Monday. She did not respond to emergency life support treatment administered after she suffered a cardiac arrest a day earlier. She was 68. Late in the night, herbody was being taken to ‘Veda Nilayam’, her residence in Poes Garden in the heart of Chennai. Officials said her mortal remains would be kept in state at the historic Rajaji Hall on Tuesday to enable the public to pay homage. An hour before the announcement about her death was made, the police strength outside the Apollo Hospitals was increased and the route from the hospital to her residence was cleared for traffic. Security personnel took position outside in good measure. Around midnight Sasikala Natarajan, her trusted aide of over 30 years, who was by her side since the time Jayalalithaa was admitted on September...