M S Swaminathan, renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who bet on sustainable farming passed away in Chennai on Thursday. He was 98 and is survived by three......
'My grandfather was a poor farmer who fought for democracy and freedom in India and who could have never dreamed that his grandson would have the opportunity to sit before you today and be......
My goal is to implement the Sevak project all over India and make the villages true Gandhian villages -- self sustainable in every way, including health, says Dr Thakor Patel, head of the American......
Dear Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad,Union Health Minister You seem determined to go down in history, which ever ministry you are given. I thank the gods that they did not give you defence. I believe you would......
Shikha Bhatnagar, 30, has been appointed executive director of the new US office of the Akshaya Patra Foundation, the world's largest non-governmental organisation-run school lunch program, thanks......
It is widely believed that Aneesh Chopra, who resigned last week as the first White House Chief Technology Officer, is mulling a run for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, and is likely to make an......
Part I: Can India produce billion-dollar innovations?Part II: How India can innovate like the USPart III: Innovation - Where India succeeded and failedIn the last of this four-part series, Arindam......
If you've ordered a 14-inch Domino's Pizza, don't be surprised if you get a call from insurance company ICICI-Prudential. Nope. This isn't a joke about needing life insurance after munching through......
The Indian Merchants' Chamber and Cyrus Nallaseth's US immigration consultancy firm organised a seminar in Mumbai recently on the rules governing issuance of visas to foreigners by the United......