Woman becomes 1st Sikh to graduate from US military academy

Second Lieutenant Anmol Narang will create history by becoming the first observant Sikh to graduate from the prestigious United States Military Academy at West Point on Saturday. United States......

Hydroxychloroquine may cause heartbeat disturbances: Study

Researchers have used an optical mapping system to demonstrate how the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which has been promoted as a potential treatment for COVID-19, creates serious disturbances......

China Connection? Hunt on to find COVID-19's origins

Trump will have a serious problem if it transpires that COVID-19's grandma, grandpa and great grandpa are actually domiciled in the US, notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: People wearing at a......

Is the Taj Mahal turning yellow?

  The National Green Tribunal has asked the Centre to respond to the plea of an environment enthusiast alleging that large-scale burning of municipal solid waste in Agra was turning the Taj......

Lodha: Mumbai's new real estate king

Property prices have hit an all-time highs in India's financial capital, Mumbai. With builders vying for prime properties in the heart of the city, price is no longer a deterrent for realty......

Wired up for micro-power

A microscopic technology capable of generating electricity from human movement such as walking, waving or even blood flowing has been developed by researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology.......

How to get Uncle Sam to fund your start-up

In 2006, Matt Silver, an engineering student in the Ph.D. program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, dreamed up a new method for converting organic waste into power. All he needed was......

Wipro buys US firm for $600 mn

Wipro Ltd, the country's third largest software exporter, on Monday achieved the distinction of making the largest overseas acquisition in the information technology space when it announced the......