More Indian Americans quit Obama administration

Two more senior Indian American Obama administration officials have flown the coop. Ro Khanna, deputy assistant secretary for domestic operations at the department of commerce's international......

US: Dr Devdas Shetty is new Lawrence Tech dean

Dr Devdas Shetty is the new dean of the College of Engineering at Lawrence Technological University, Michigan. Dr Shetty, who was with the University of Hartford in Connecticut for 20 years,......

Column: Bangalore is vulnerable

It has been startling and brutal, the change in California's fortunes, especially that ofthe Silicon Valley. Just three years ago, it was the center of the universe, its so-called 'New Economy'......

'India Inc has been passive on climate change'

An Inconvenient Truth, former US vice president Al Gore's dark and compelling film put climate change squarely on the global agenda like nothing before. Now, as governments of 192 countries get......

Oil-rich nations less friendly to US

In the post-Cold War period, researchers have long wondered why some countries befriend the US. They have noted some common characteristics of US friends - cultural affinity, urban dominance, level......

Business books you must read

It has been a good year for business books. Spoilt for choice, readers have had a tough time making up their minds. Should they find out why Nassim Nicholas Taleb is urging everybody to imagine the......

Anand Mahindra's global dreams

When young Anand Mahindra -- now managing director of $3.27 billion (market cap) Mahindra & Mahindra, the flagship of his family's business group in Mumbai -- returned from the U.S., armed with an......