'Need new thinking for democratic environment ...': Rahul at Cambridge address

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi focussed his lecture at the prestigious University of Cambridge on the "art of listening" and called for a new thinking to promote a democratic environment......

'Strongest evidence' of life outside earth found

Hints of molecules known to be produced by marine organisms have been detected on an exoplanet, providing 'the strongest evidence yet' of life outside the Solar System, researchers have said,......

Indian-origin student takes on UK universities on gender segregation

An Indian-origin student at Cambridge University has challenged a move by British universities to allow "voluntary" gender segregation at Muslim meetings on campuses across the country. Radha......

Father's death biggest learning experience: Rahul in Cambridge

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that the assassination of his father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was the ”single biggest learning experience” of his life, asserting......

India among top fintech hotspots globally: WEF study

A new global study on Wednesday listed India among the top fintech hotspots alongside the US and the UK. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff The World Economic Forum study, released at its Annual......

Indian-origin Cambridge academic wins top UK prize

An Indian-origin professor at the University of Cambridge has been named the Innovator of the Year by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, which is Britain's leading funding......

Mamata dumps Cambridge after agreeing to deliver lecture

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has again displayed a mercurial mind. Months after keeping the University of Cambridge, UK, waiting for an answer to its invitation to deliver a lecture and then......

GDP not enough to measure a country's progress

The key message from a Cambridge University study about a country's happiness is that the UK government, like many around the world, now recognises that economic measures such as GDP do not provide......

Review: Ramanujan is a must watch

Director Gnana Rajasekaran’s Ramanujan is a well researched, well-written and brilliantly directed film dedicated to India’s mathematical prodigy, Ramanujan, whose genius hung like......

Indian student scores triple hundred for Oxford University

Oxford University's Indian origin student Samridh Agarwal cracked a magnificent triple-century against Cambridge in a first-class match at the FP Fenner's ground in Cambridge. Skipper Samridh......