The 42-year-old Acharya's appointment for a three-year tenure was cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
Both Hardik and Shankar are known to hit big sixes, the former using a bit more brute power with his impeccable timing.
Satya Nadella is the highest-paid CEO in the US. So how do the other Indian-American executives fare?
The 37-year-old, who was picked by Mumbai Indians for his base price of Rs 1 crore at the Indian Premier League auctions, has set his sights on the T20 extravaganza to make a bid for a comeback.
Karthik is finally enjoying his time under spotlight, something he has so richly deserved
'Rather than cutting and pasting from advanced economies, we should use basic economic principles to think about what is right for India at the stage of development at which we are,' says Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
How Bajaj, Colgate, Raymonds, Zee lost out.. Strategic errors have hurt many companies, says adguru Sandeep Goyal.
There was also the exciting Rugby Union match that added that much more excitement to the past week. Rediff.com has that and more snapped right here. We bring you a glance of all the action from the week gone by
The spirit of Christmas is on show in streets across the world, with Christmas lights displays popping up in people's front yards.
The Oxford University and Stanford MBA graduate co-founded a 1-billion-pound global investment firm and specialised in investing in small British businesses
West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels will undergo independent analysis of his fast delivery in England next week to determine whether the action is legal, the International Cricket Council said on Wednesday.
Rain forced the abandonment of Monday's cricket World Cup warm-up match between New Zealand and Zimbabwe.
The man suspected of murdering the Sydney dentist Preethi Reddy, whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase in her car parked in an eastern Sydney street, New South Wales, is another Indian-origin dentist and her ex-boyfriend Harsh Narde, police said.
India Test discard Virender Sehwag has been roped in to captain the Marylebone Cricket Club squad in a four-day Champion County match against Durham, starting March 23, in Abu Dhabi.
Danny Willett won the 80th Masters by three strokes on Sunday to become the first English winner at Augusta National Golf Club since 1996. Here are a few interesting little known facts about the rising golf star...
FIFA president Sepp Batter said on Thursday that England's failure to reach Euro 2008 was partly due to Premier League clubs helping overseas players reach the peak of their game and benefiting their own countries
The Indian all-rounder said the team was not happy with its batting in the first Test against England and will go into the second with a fresh approach.
Gym addicts, it's time you stopped working out solo!
India has the fourth highest number of malaria cases in the world.
The researchers, and other experts, add that while they are comfortable tracing a link between CT scans and cancer, they don't have sufficient empirical evidence to go out on a limb and quantify the magnitude of that risk
Images from Sunday's IPL match between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings, in Mohali.
'There were times when I thought of quitting but I have always believed in my talent.'
Men who believed they were at lower-than-average risk for cardiovascular disease actually experienced a three times lower incidence of death from heart attacks and strokes.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.
Chelsea captain John Terry will leave the Premier League champions when his contract expires at the end of the season, he told British media on Sunday.
If you think that selective sex abortion is only widespread in India, you are wrong. It is a practice, which is prevalent in Britain, too, but among women in the Indian community.
A 'chance meeting' with Pullela Gopichand near an auditorium lift was enough for Manasi Joshi to convince the national coach of her burning desire to become a world champion.
England, Canada and Israel remained the nations generating the warmest feelings among Americans. Americans' warmth toward China, India and Israel grew the most.
Experienced batsman Muhammad Hafeez has dismissed reports that he had failed a bowling assessment test at the Pakistan Cricket Board's biomechanics laboratory in a university in Lahore. Hafeez also made it clear that he had informed the PCB two weeks back that he was ready to take the ICC's bowling assessment test to confirm whether his bowling action could be cleared for international cricket. "I don't know from where these stories have come but I never gave any official test at the biomechanics lab in LUMs and I just went there with the PCB's analysts to see how my modified bowling action worked under different 3D cameras and angles," Hafeez said on 'Geo Super' channel.
A new research conducted by scientists at Northumbria University in northern England suggests that lying down is the best way to think!
Students put their homework out to tender on the Internet, and suppliers bid to complete it for a few dollars a time.\n
India's bowling coach Joe Dawes has affirmed that he was not sacked by the BCCI instead they parted ways "amicably" even as he was very much interested in working with the team at the upcoming World Cup.
Rediff.com have put together a picture gallery of the legendary footballer, model, businessman, doting father, loving husband, ambassador. Take a look...
'The theme of death seems to be a theme about which many of us, raised in Western societies, have almost completely removed from consciousness; it represents a theme that is suddenly and forcefully resurging now.' 'And for some, this is scary and destabilising.'
Many soccer fans knew little or nothing about Russian cuisine before the World Cup, but have tucked into local gastronomy with relish, trying everything from luxurious caviar to staples like veal tongue.
The Portuguese has endured a mixed start to his stint as United boss, having lost three of his nine league games, including a 4-0 hammering at the hands of Chelsea on Sunday.
Mali Richards, son of former West Indies' captain Viv, was given the opportunity to live his dream on Thursday and play for West Indies after an injury crisis depleted their squad.
West Indies swashbuckling batsman Chris Gayle has issued a stinging rebuke against former cricketers.
Dr Faheem is the second Indian-American physician to be elected to this position. Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com reports
