Will Usha Vance Be First Hindu Second Lady?

Indian-American lawyer Usha Chilukuri Vance has burst into the spotlight after her husband, J D Vance, was named by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as his running mate. Usha, 38,......

At US university, Sanskrit comes of age

As the Sanskrit programme at the University of California, Berkeley enters its 101st year, Sanskrit and Indian studies Professor Robert Goldman and his wife Sally Sutherland Goldman, a lecturer in......

Founder of 'sham' Tri Valley University found guilty on 31 counts

A federal jury on Monday convicted Susan Xiao-Ping Su, the founder of the California-based Tri Valley University. The university, with nearly 98 per cent Indian students, was shut down by federal......

10 killed in shooting at Texas school, gunman arrested

IMAGE: Law enforcement officers respond to Santa Fe High School following a shooting incident. Photograph: Kind courtesy @HCSOTexas/Twitter A student opened fire at a high school in the US......

How a Kanpur-born Indian-origin CEO is a chip off the old block

In the technology (tech) world, especially storage, Sanjay Mehrotra is a well-known name. Co-founder of SanDisk, a flash memory storage company in 1988, it was eventually acquired by Western......

'We Are Frittering Away The Demographic Dividend'

'it's not just youth in India who are left behind because of their inability to find jobs; nearly two-thirds of Indian women of working ages do not participate at all in the paid labour force.'......

Neal Mohan, a shy student who is now YouTube boss

What does Neal Mohan, anointed the next CEO of YouTube, have in common with Sir Cliff Richard? They are alumni of St Francis’ College. Mohan, who will take over the reins of the social media......

IIT entrepreneurs have built 12 Unicorns, fourth-most globally

A 2014 study had ranked IITs as fourth among the top 50 universities globally, whose graduates were entrepreneurial. Entrepreneurs who graduated from Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have......

The BEST FOREIGN Films of 2017

Aseem Chhabra gives us the top films that enriched his year. There was a lot of love in different shades in the films of 2017 that I liked -- from a mute woman falling in love with an alien, to a......