Indian-origin MIT professor Hari Balakrishnan bags Marconi prize

Hari Balakrishnan, an Indian-origin MIT professor, has received the prestigious Marconi Prize for his fundamental discoveries in wired and wireless networking, mobile sensing, and distributed......

Coming Soon, New Ways To Vaccinate

'Just put a patch on your arm and the vaccine can be absorbed by the body.' IMAGE: Administering vaccines through the oral and nasal route are also likely to gain popularity over the traditional......

New test can predict your level of immunity against COVID-19

Researchers in the United States have developed an easy-to-use test that can predict the degree of immune protection people have against COVID-19, either from vaccination, infection, or a......

Researchers develop new N95 mask that can curb Covid spread, kill virus

Researchers have developed a new N95 face mask that can not only reduce COVID-19 spread but also kill the SARS-CoV-2 virus upon contact with it. Image used for representational purpose only.......

Why Raghuram Rajan Raced At RBI

The speed at which he led the central bank in different areas -- ranging from internal reorganisation to inflation fighting, stabilising the currency, taking on rogue corporations, cleaning up bank......

When R K Krishna Kumar Spoke To Rediff

R K Krishna Kumar, one of the stalwarts of the Tata group, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2023, evening. A close lieutenant of then Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata, he spoke to Rediff.com's......

Vikram Kirloskar: The man who brought Toyota to India

In just a few years, Vikram built a giant quality-driven automobile manufacturing system that had percolated to the supply chain and the automotive ecosystem in southern India, says Venu......

Why Amit Mitra is important to Mamata

No longer Bengal's finance minister, Amit Mitra, Mamata's principal chief advisor, will still advise and aid the 'chief minister and finance department on all matters relating to management of......

Memphis Grizzlies add Indian-American woman to coaching team

  IMAGE: Sonia Raman becomes the 14th female assistant coach in the history of the NBA and the 10th among current coaching staffers in the league. Photograph: Kind courtesy MIT/Twitter NBA......

Cricket's alive again, but it's action minus atmosphere

'Ghost-like stands repel rather than attract audiences,' observes Ashis Ray. IMAGE: Day four of the 1st #RaiseTheBat Test match between England and the West Indies at The Ageas Bowl in......

Banerjee's Nobel prize much bigger: Ganguly

IMAGE: Abhijit Banerjee is the eighth Indian to win the Nobel prize. On the same day, Sourav Ganguly emerged the lone contender in the race to be the BCCI president. Photograph: PTI The Board of......