Al-Badr's terror trail: Bangladesh, Kerala, Mumbai and Kashmir

Militant group Al-Badr has claimed responsibility for the twin suicide attack that rocked Samba sector in Jammu region on Thursday. Dressed in army fatigues, militants stormed a police station and......

Indian American elected to California school board

It was a moment of pride when Sarabjit Kaur Cheema was sworn in as a member of the New Haven Unified School District Board in California, on November 7.One of two newly elected members and the......

Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua dead

Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua, who was ill for a long time, has died at Aso Rock presidential villa in Abuja. The 58-year-old leader died between 9.30 and 10.30 pm (local time) on Wednesday,......

Pratap Singh gets clinical chemistry award

Pratap Singh, principal scientist at the Glasgow, Delaware research and development facility at Dade Behring, a leading clinical diagnostics company, has been honored with the American Association......

'Entrepreneurs not only shape but create the future'

Five inspiring women who travelled thousands of miles to Hyderabad recently to grow their business and skills share their tales of global entrepreneurship. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel listened in. The......

Murthy will forever be known as Mr Infosys: Sikka

Vishal Sikka, new chief executive and managing director of Infosys, faced the media for the first time to discuss the financial performance of the company. Speaking to Business Standard during the......

GM, Toyota race to build electric cars

To hear Toyota Motor managers tell it, plug-in hybrids, electric cars, and the lithium ion batteries that will make them work aren't quite ready for showrooms, and they're cautious about following......

MBA Schools - Trouble in Paradise?

Things have never been better for business schools. College graduates in every country in the world vie for admissions to business schools, after, in many cases, spending months training for the......

Making Of The Chemical Athlete

The recent, shameful expos of a band of Indian athletes "caught in the act" for using performance-enhancing drugs is just the tip of the iceberg. A wittingly, or unwittingly, enacted "fall-out" of......