British film director and food critic Michael Winner, who last month auctioned his collection of original book illustrations for over £1.1 million, has died, his wife Geraldine Winner said in a statement on Monday. He was 77 years old.

Ram Charan and Priyanka Chopra are helping each other a lot during the shooting of their upcoming film, Zanjeer. The bilingual film is being shot in Telugu and Hindi at the same time and the actors are helping each other to learn the language.

“I believe in the power of design. I believe in how simple ideas can change lives,” says Joao Lamoglia, Rio de Janeiro-based design whiz. Joao — who was awarded the Red Dot Design Prize in 2011 — is working on a product that converts the energy generated by your breathing into electrical energy that can be used to charge IOS devices.

Russian researchers recently unearthed a major cyber attack that had been stealing confidential documents since 2007. Kaspersky Labs that released a report on “Red October”, the malware that was used to infest various government systems across Europe and highly secured institutions such as the embassies, nuclear research centers, oil and gas institutes.

Young artist Yashita Tripathi’s belief that passion for music runs deep and has no genre or tempo boundaries or language led to the foundation of Soundspeaks Studio in Connaught Place recently.

Having enjoyed one of his best years in 2012, Gaganjeet Bhullar believes a sharpened short game will lead him to more glory as he aims to better last season’s successful campaign in the new season.

As many as 14 top clubs will be seen in action at the month-long DLF-ONGC- SAIL- Delhi Soccer Assocation annual senior division open club football league championship, which gets under way in the capital on Tuesday.
Matches will be held at the Commonwealth Games sports complex, Akshardham, and the DDA Netaji Subhash Sports Complex in Jasola.

DAV College from Chandigarh beat Mumbai’s Rizvi College by four wickets in a tense final of the Red Bull College Cricket in India championship in Mysore on Saturday and will represent India in the World Series Championship.

Started in Paris, Lecoanet Hemant is a Haute Couture house comprising designs by Franco-Indian duo Didier Lecoanet and Hemant Sagar. The designer duo will be a part of “Bonjour India”, a festival of cultural events that will take place across 15 cities in the country.

Bengaluru-based golfer Anirban Lahiri who had an up and down 2012 season that began well but tapered off midway, is looking forward to the Louis Phillippe Cup which will be played from February 11 to 16. Ahead of the championship, he looks back at the year gone by and speaks on his goals for the coming season. Excerpts: