Delay social distancing by 1 day, spend 2.4 days more with Covid: Study

Every day a city delays in implementing social distancing measures after the appearance of its first case of coronavirus infection may add as much as 2.4 days to the duration of the outbreak, says......

2019: The year in photos

We sorted through countless photographs taken around the world to come up with the top images of 2019. Together these tell the story of the year -- capturing moments of hope and heartbreak,......

US fears violence amid 'rigged' election claims

Amid Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump’s calls to be vigilant against voter fraud on Election Day, an expert in the United States has warned that “violence is certainly a......

Finding peace, lessons learnt, in Texas

Though Texas was very much a work related stop, I received my opportunity for something similar to peace during my stay there, says N N S Chandra. I departed for Austin, Texas on May 26, only a day......

TCS expands operations in Texas, hires over 200 people

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Thursday said it plans to invest more than $100 million in Austin and hire 1,000 new employees across Texas. TCS has expanded its business operations in Austin,......

Bengaluru pips Silicon Valley, becomes the most dynamic city in the world

Top 10 cities in the JLL index are Bengaluru, Ho Chi Minh City, Silicon Valley, Shanghai, Hyderabad, London, Austin, Hanoi, Boston and Nairobi. Voted the most outstanding structure in Karnataka, UB......

Michael Dell, SilverLake win shareholder nod for $25 bn buyout

Michael Dell clinched shareholder approval on Thursday for his $25 billion offer to buy and take Dell Inc private, ending months of conflict with the company's largest investors and removing the......

'I carry Prahalad's intellectual curiosity in my heart'

Dr Venkatram Ramaswamy, Hallman Fellow of Electronic Business and Professor of Marketing at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, is in India to speak at Guruspeak,......

Capturing India in Darjeeling Limited

Making a film in India can never be easy," says director Wes Anderson whose newest film, The Darjeeling Limited, was shot mostly in Rajasthan. "Every little place in the country is so fascinating......

Where screen and real lives meet

Owen Wilson, a close friend of director Wes Anderson since their college years in Austin, Texas -- where they befriended the occasional actor and yoga teacher Kumar Pallana -- won't be doing the......

Click: Funny, but too cliched

I'm not a big fan of Adam Sandler.His jokes are cheap and some of his films border on vulgarity.So, the only reason I watched his latest, Click, is because I liked its plot about owninga remote......

'It's about you and me. Minus the boring parts'

It was the first film that attracted nearly 300-odd people at a sold-out screening at the recent Asian American International Film Festival, New York. It is the second film of friends and software......

Satnam ready to rub shoulders with the cream of NBA

Satnam Singh at the NBA Draft on Thursday. Photograph: NBA India/Facebook Nineteen-year-old Satnam Singh Bhamara was termed “the international man of mystery” by NBA franchise Boston......

Is Sunday's F1 race weird enough for Austin, Texas?

As the Texas capital prepares to host the first Grand Prix in the United States in five years, some in laid-back Austin say this weekend's glamorous race clashes with the city's soul. -'F1 will......

Windies' Phillips falls 6 short of Test debut ton

West Indies opening batsman Omar Phillips fell six runs short of a debut Test century as Bangladesh fought back on the third day of the first Test in St Vincent by bowling the hosts out for 307.......