Biden appoints 2 Indian-Americans to advisory panel for trade policy

US President Joe Biden on Friday named two Indian-Americans -- Revathi Advaithi, CEO of Flex, and Manish Bapna, CEO of the Natural Resources Defence Council -- to the advisory committee for trade......

For Kolkata, Mother Teresa was always a saint

When Pope Francis canonises Mother Teresa at the Vatican on September 4, she will officially be recognised as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. However, for the legion of her followers in......

Kolkata salutes a Saint

She gave shelter to dying destitutes, a refuge to abandoned babies. Discarded lives found solace in the warmth she radiated. She faced criticism for highlighting poverty and tarnishing the image of......

IITians make a beeline to join Flipkart

The second day of the placement season at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Madras on Tuesday saw e-commerce major Flipkart Internet Pvt Ltd recruiting 19 students - the highest offer so far......

Outsource more from India: Airbus to suppliers

European aerospace major European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, parent company of India's largest aircraft supplier Airbus, has directed its European tier-1 outsourcing partners to direct a......

Pune beats Mumbai in software exports

Pune surpassed Mumbai in software exports during the last fiscal. The city's software exports registered 48 per cent increase to hit Rs 9,100 crore (Rs 91 billion)in FY06 from Rs 6,150 crore (Rs......

TCS to open new centre in Detroit

Information technology solutions and services major Tata Consultancy Services is to open an 'automotive centre of excellence' in Detroit, North America, which is expected to be "fully functional",......

Sports Shorts: CAS overturns doping bans on 28 Russian athletes

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday IMAGE: A technician walks down the hallway at the Doping Control Laboratory, at the National Institute of Scientific......

It's a wrap! Bolt conquers, Farah delivers but too many empty seats

IMAGE: Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images . Usain Bolt delivered. Mo Farah, Elaine Thompson, David Rudisha, three world records and a dominant United......

World Indoors: No Russians, no stars, no buzz

IMAGE: USA's Marquis Dendy, centre, speaks at a press conference ahead of the IAAF World Indoor Championships. Photograph: Christian Petersen/Getty Images. With no Russians, few stars and the......

Match-fixing in cricket has negatively impacted football's popularity in India

'The frauds are mostly taking place out of money from China. The amount of money gambled in China on sport or by other Chinese in south-east Asia is probably around $800 billion a year' 'The......

Two charged for alleged match-fixing in English lower league soccer

Two men alleged to be members of an illegal betting syndicate based in Singapore were charged with conspiracy to defraud on Thursday as part of a match-fixing investigation into English lower......