DU to drop Pak poet Mohammed Iqbal who penned 'saare jahan se achha'

Those who laid the foundation to break India should not be in the syllabus, Delhi University vice chancellor Yogesh Singh said after the academic council passed a motion to remove a chapter on......

Indian-origin MIT professor Hari Balakrishnan bags Marconi prize

Hari Balakrishnan, an Indian-origin MIT professor, has received the prestigious Marconi Prize for his fundamental discoveries in wired and wireless networking, mobile sensing, and distributed......

Why Jessica Lall wants to be Los Angeles's next mayor

'We need to see more Indian Americans and people of colour hold elected office and serve in executive roles.' IMAGE: Jessica Lall. All photographs: Kind courtesy Jessica Lall for Mayor of Los......

2 Indian Americans likely to be in Biden admin's cabinet

Two eminent India-Americans, including former United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, are among the potential Cabinet picks in the next Biden-Harris Administration, according to media reports.......

Why EVs can be only slightly cleaner than petrol cars in India

Given India's reliance on coal, electric vehicles could at best be 10% more efficient than petrol in terms of CO2 savings. In March, Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain announced that the city......

The visionary who made Indian IT industry global

One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968.At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.They......

2018: When technology took a quantum leap

Irrespective of what the future may have in store, the year 2018 has ushered humanity towards an era of next generation technology, demonstrating that there is no looking back in scientific......

37% fall in H1-B visas for top 7 Indian cos in 2016

The top seven India-based outsourcing companies in the US received fewer H-1B visas in 2016 as compared to 2015, and as a group their numbers dropped 37 per cent, according to a new report. The......