Noted American mathematician John Nash, who inspired the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind, has died in a car crash.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday arrived in Guwahati for a day-long visit amid tight security arrangement.
We cannot afford to continue expending our logistic resources on the riots of Gujarat, an exercise that has run its full course. The nation demands closure in the form of acceptance of the SIT report. To do otherwise is to indicate a lack of faith in the institutions of our country, in effect a lack of faith in ourselves, says Vivek Gumaste
'Here I am, at a forum where perhaps I do not have many whose thought process is similar to mine but there are enough thinking people whose constructive criticism is something I greatly look forward to'
He did not believe in any fiscal puritanism. In 2012, when it was almost certain that the government will breach the 2012-13 fiscal deficit target, he wrote that in abnormal times, abnormal measures are required to get back to normalcy.
In the beginning, the institute will function from a temporary campus situated in the heart of Patna. A senior official of the state government told rediff.com that IIM, Patna will be headed by rural marketing guru and Dean of Information Technology and Management Kozikhde V Mukunda Das.
'Potent nationalism doesn't just distract from the economic task at hand; it actively undermines it.'
A section of borders from R K B Hostel of over a century-old Cotton College, a premier post-graduate institution in the North East on Monday engaged themselves in street brawl with a group of journalists and lensmen at Panbazar in the heart of the city.
'By annoying the Arabs and cozying up to Iran, Pakistan may end up losing Arab economic support, annoying the Americans and increase Shia-Sunni tensions domestically,' Colonel Anil A Athale (retd) points out.
Is the RBI unable to accept with grace that beyond 55, one can have the ability to head the compliance functions in a bank, asks Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Devangshu Datta walks you into the mind of the winner of the Fields Medal, considered by pure mathematicians as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
The Congress requested the President to remind the central government of its 'raj dharma', Singh said.
'What a tragic loss for cinema, for India.'
Irrespective of what the future may have in store, the year 2018 has ushered humanity towards an era of next generation technology, demonstrating that there is no looking back in scientific innovations.
Aseem Chhabra lists 10 of his favourite films that played in various sections at the 74th Cannes Film Festival.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's address to the nation on the eve of 72nd Republic Day.
'I am just an artist trying to establish my own voice and be my own person,' the unconventional designer tells Amrita Singh.
'The hardliners in Delhi are in for a big disappointment,' predicts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'If there is one certainty in this visit, it is that Trump does not follow a script. He is unpredictable,' highlights Ambassador B S Prakash.
Combining affordable IT with native Indian ingenuity and entrepreneurship F C Kohli believed would enable Indian small businesses match anyone and thrive.
Sathya Sai Baba's health showed signs of improvement on Thursday and doctors attending on him expressed satisfaction with his response to their treatment.
During the college festival, 'Reverie', around 6:30 pm on February 6, groups of unruly, drunk men mobbed the entrances of the college and forced their way in.
This is one of the many such cases that helped to create an acute fear psychosis among public sector bankers, reveals Tamal Bandyopadhyay in his fascinating new book Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking Tragedy.
Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan appealed to people to boycott products from China and also directed officials of his ministry not to procure any Chinese products for day-to-day office use while his ministerial colleague Ramdas Athawale said all restaurants and hotels that sell Chinese food in India should be closed down.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs), bearish till recently on the Indian equity market, seem to be having a change of heart.
Demand for dieticians and nutritionists is on the rise as their role gets recognised in health and allied sectors. Here's how you can become one
The Australian actor known for playing a villain in over 200 Bollywood movies passed away on Sunday.
Kanubhai was a former NASA scientist and was famously captured in a photograph pulling Mahatma Gandhi's stave as he led the Salt Satyagraha at Dandi.
'India's relationship with China has been and will continue to be complex, delicate and sensitive,' says Rup Narayan Das.
Mumbai-born Jamshed Bharucha will take charge as president of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, one of the topmost educational institutions in the United States.
'In what must go down as one of the most nonchalant remarks by the head of any hospital, J J Hospital Dean Dr Ranjit Mankeshwar said: 'We do not know where the staff was, but he did not suffer serious wounds'.'
Agarwal was admitted to hospital on Wednesday after he even gave up drinking water.
'I try to say to myself, 'Don't cry in front of people'. But sometimes I can't help it.'
Security and strategic analyst K Subrahmanyam died in New Delhi on Wednesday after a brief illness.
Lieutenant General Harinder Singh, who commands the 'Fire and Fury' 14 Corps, has the experience and talent to face down the Chinese challenge. The general is a rare combination of thinker and tough-minded doer, observes David Devadas.
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