Goodbye to manual scavenging? IIT Madras develops robots for task

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, have developed a robot to clean septic tanks without human intervention. Image used for representational purpose only. Photograph: PTI......

1,222 NGOs asked to validate bank accounts by Centre

As many as 1,222 NGOs across the country have been directed by the home ministry to validate the bank accounts in which they receive foreign contribution, failure of which will invite punitive......

US: Republican Vishwas More's big week is here

Vishwas More, retired chief engineer of the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University labs, who proudly proclaims he is 'a life-long Republican', and a veteran of political......

'You, Mr Bachchan, are really a champion'

Last evening, Amitabh Bachchan was honoured with yet another award. But that was not why Prasanna D Zore came back impressed. Dear Mr Bachchan, I want to thank you today, but not because you......

How a small-town boy became Deloitte's top boss

Renjen recalls he "landed in the United States with a scholarship, two pairs of jeans, and couple of hundred dollars in the pocket".  Image: Punit Renjen, global CEO, Deloitte. Photograph,......

Philanthropy in hard times

LG, the Korean company, was till a couple of months ago struggling to make its corporate sustainability efforts come right. It first tried to adopt villages and started little programmes there. It......

Kids earn brownies for companies

Can islands of welfare initiatives change the larger picture for children in India? Companies are running projects for children, but the scattered nature of these makes them drops in an ocean of......

Donating money? A guide for you

"I can't help it so I give it all awayWhat you give you get back. . ." -- The ScorpionsIn Trichy, Sriram Srinivasan, professor of mathematics at the National Institute of Technology, helps educate......