FAQ: What the big Iran deal is all about

After 20 months of hectic negotiations, Iran and six major powers have reached a historic deal to limit Teheran’s nuclear programme in return for lifting of sanctions. Iran's Foreign Minister......

Iran, world powers agree on framework for nuclear deal

  US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the press following Iranian nuclear talks at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne).......

Return of the Rahul Congress

The Queen has retired, the bosses have left, long live the prince as king, says Shiv Visvanathan. Often, as Narendra Modi turns predictable and his economics sounds as if it appears from a common......

Needed urgently: The Indian National Defence University

'A veiled secret of India's defence and strategic culture is the lack of a serious interest in them by the political class. The Indian National Defence University would fill this void,' feels......

WEF meet opens in Davos; economic growth on agenda

Over 2,500 global leaders in business and politics arrived in this Swiss resort on Wednesday to put their minds together on how best to support the fragile recovery following the worst economic......

Worst is over for global economy, says Premji

The outlook for global economy has turned positive this year and the worst is over even though the road ahead is full of challenges, Wipro chairman and a co-chair of the World Economic Forum Azim......

Innovation from India: The next big wave

A new portable electrocardiogram machine, the MAC 400, can take 100 EKGs on a single battery charge and weighs less than three pounds. This is appropriate for rural areas in emerging markets where......

50 ways to green your business

Imagine asking today how the Internet affects business. It's an absurd question, like asking how electricity changed business. Asking the same about sustainability, it turns out, is equally absurd.......

New rules have slowed cars: Mosley

Formula One's new rules have succeeded in slowing cars and cutting costs significantly, International Automobile Federation (FIA) president Max Mosley said on Thursday.Hailing an "excellent start"......