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India's Startup Dreams, Ready to Bloom

Let's work flat out and create a policy framework that fosters the growth of Indian non-family business VC and private equity firms.This will allow our Indian startups' dreams to flourish, explains......

Rishi Sunak joins Oxford, Stanford in academic roles

Britain's former prime minister Rishi Sunak has taken on new academic roles at the University of Oxford in the UK and University of Stanford in the US -- both alma maters of the Conservative Party......

'It's Becoming Very Difficult To Deal With America'

'New announcements are made every day which brings tremendous amount of instability and uncertainty.''Relying on America has become a big problem.' IMAGE: United States President Donald Trump.......

Anil Menon Will Spend 8 Months In Space In 2026

Anil Menon, the latest to join the list of American astronauts with Indian roots, will fly to the International Space Station in June 2026 as a flight engineer. IMAGE: Anil Menon waves to the......

'Companies Will Be More Powerful Than Nations'

'If you align your ambition with India's rise, the peak of your careers will unfold alongside the peak of India's power. Businessman Gautam Adani's advice to students of IIT-Kharagpur. IMAGE:......

Govt: Boost AI Now or Lose IT Edge

'What the government is doing would be a drop in the ocean. It has to be matched by investments by industry.' Kindly note that this illustration generated using ChatGPT has only been posted for......

Guess how much salary Anant Ambani will draw as executive director of RIL

Anant Ambani, the youngest son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani and the first among three siblings to be appointed executive director on flagship Reliance Industries, will be paid Rs 10-20 crore salary......

2024 an inflection point in race to become unicorn

Startups that became unicorns in 2024 took an average of nine years and six months to reach $1 billion valuation, reflecting the impact of a prolonged funding squeeze from PE/VC firms over the past......

IITs, IIMs Lose Grip on Unicorn Growth

BITS has produced 10 startup unicorn founders in the US. Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind courtesy IIM-Calcutta If you thought that......

US firms can now hire Indian graduates from top universities

US President Donald Trump has said that the newly proposed ‘gold card' initiative will allow American companies to hire Indian graduates from top US universities like Harvard and Stanford.......

IMAGE: Shah Rukh's day out with Stanford students

Shah Rukh Khan, who has acquired a sizeable number of fans overseas, recently met with a bunch of Stanford university (California, US) students in Mumbai. In the city to meet public figures who've......

Quiz: How Well Do You Know Farhan Akhtar?

Writer, director, actor, singer, producer, Farhan Akhtar dons many, MANY hats and makes the world, well Hindi cinema for sure, a cooler place. Three cheers to his multiple talents with Sukanya......

Farrey review: Confident Alizeh Scores In Cheating Games!

Alizeh demonstrates smarts as sharp as her cheekbones and a restless fire in her eyes raging to conquer the world, observes Sukanya Verma. Cheating in exams is a little like stealing diamonds from......

Aus Open PIX: Djokovic survives scare; Alcaraz cruises

IMAGE: Novak Djokovic reacts after winning the third set during his first round match against Nishesh Basavareddy of the US at the Australian Open on Monday. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters Novak......

Stanford under federal investigation

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and others have been investigating whether Texas billionaire Allen Stanford was involved in laundering drug money for Mexico Gulf cartel, ABC News reported......

Allen Stanford timeline

Texas billionaire Allen Stanford and three of his companies were charged with "massive" fraud on Tuesday as federal agents swooped down on his US headquarters. A timeline of the 58-year-old......

England, West Indies suspend Stanford deals

The England and West Indies cricket boards suspended sponsorship negotiations with financier Allen Stanford following fraud allegations against the Texas billionaire on Tuesday. The US Securities......

English cricket severs ties with Stanford

English cricket severed its ties with Texas billionaire Allen Stanford on Friday following accusations he was involved in an $8 billion (5.5 billion pounds) fraud. Stanford landed in a helicopter......