Meet the Indian-origin teen who got into all 8 Ivy League schools

The 17-year-old has developed a mobile app that analyses speech patterns and predicts with 96 per cent accuracy if a person has Parkinson's disease Pooja has now shortlisted Harvard, Stanford and......

Harvard defies Trump diktat, hit with $2.2 bn fund cut

The Trump administration's Joint Task Force to Combat Antisemitism said it is freezing more than USD 2 billion in multi-year grants and contracts to Harvard University in Massachusetts, Fox News......

Microsoft Techie Quits Over Israel's Actions

Vaniya Agarwal, the techie who famously kicked up a shindig at Microsoft's 50th anniversary event over its alleged complicity in Israel's actions in Gaza, has resigned from the company. April 11......

The Smart Thing Vs The Right Thing

What should one choose to do, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The other day, as I got into the aircraft on a flight from Delhi to Mumbai, realising that I was in......

'Work for the govt?' Yes, say Ivy League profs, Silicon Valley techies

Advertisement on mygov.in gets 8,000 applications and counting; govt to maintain bank of CVs for future use In a row of non-descript rooms along the third floor corridor at Electronics Niketan in......

ISB forms 'Ivy League' with 3 Asian B-schools

The Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, has tied-up with three top Asian B-schools to devise a strategy to attract more students from the United States, Canada and Europe. Along with the Hong......

Investors run background checks on PE fund managers

It was a routine check by the West Asia-based LP (limited partner or investor), when they were approached by an Indian private equity fund manager to raise his new fund.But, when the outcome of the......

Never dip into retirement funds for other needs

Your daughter has got admission to an Ivy league college in USA. But due to the fall in the rupee the budget has gone up by Rs 2 lakh.  You withdraw from your EPF to make up the......

Oprah Winfrey receives honourary degree from Harvard

Here's what Hollywood has been up to lately. Television mogul Oprah Winfrey donned the traditional black-and-red graduation regalia as she was handed an honourary doctorate at the prestigious......

Just who is Benedict Cumberbatch's fiancee?

Everything you didn't know about Sophie Hunter... right here! Just who is Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch dating? That's the question on everybody's mind when one fine day, an engagement......

The BEST OTT SHOWS of 2021

Once upon a time, we were so starved for entertainment that anything from documentaries on agriculture to hours of classical music was happily lapped up. But in the day and age of streaming,......

Enough of Baahubali!

'I hope against hope that Indian film-makers don't take their future cue from the creator of this insufferable franchise,' says J Jagannath. IMAGE: Prabhas in Baahubali: The Conclusion. For the......

Is Abhimanyu Mishra The Next Bobby Fischer?

'He was like a sponge. He soaked up everything we taught him -- and when it came time to play, he'd squeeze out exactly what was needed on the board during tournaments.' IMAGE: Abhimanyu Mishra......

Saurabh Netravalkar is destiny's child, says father

IMAGE: USA cricket team hero Saurabh Netravalkar celebrates with family members after the win against Pakistan on Thursday. Photograph: X Day job of a software engineer in Oracle, developed his......

PIX: Ivy, Indi Warner celebrate SRH win with dad David

'The 12 months has done me well. I'm nice and refreshed.' IMAGE: David Warner with his daughter Indi Rae. Photograph: BCCI David Warner was all smiles as he celebrated Sunrisers Hyderabad's......

Here's why Warner returned to Big Bash League

David Warner credits daughters for his Big Bash League return Photograph: Kind Courtesy David Warner/Instagram Australian opener David Warner said that his three daughters played a huge role in......

Sohail scores off the turf too

"Hockey has been an amateur game. With the Premier Hockey League it is getting professional," said former Pakistan ace drag flicker Sohail Abbas, who is representing Hyderabad Sultans in the......