When families in America were finally reunited

‘Welcome to America’, ‘#Americaisbeautiful’. These were just some of the chants heard at American airports as families reunited with their loved ones after a federal court......

Why this swine flu outbreak is worse than that of 2009

Students and a teacher wear protective masks during a class at a school in Ahmedabad. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters The swine flu virus in India which has killed more than 1,500 people in the......

Space pioneer U R Rao passes into the ages

Renowned space scientist and former Indian Space Research Organisation chairman Udupi Ramachandra Rao, who was the brain behind India's first satellite Aryabhata and guided the country's key space......

Mathematician John Nash, who inspired 'A Beautiful Mind', killed in car crash

Noted American mathematician John Nash, who inspired the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind, has died in a car crash. Before the academic world could fully recognize his achievement, Dr Nash......

MIT students get business advice from Shahnaz Husain

The lack of a college degree didn’t stop Shahnaz Husain from becoming the owner of a successful business.The chief executive officer of Shahnaz Herbals was invited to the Massachusetts......

How a Kanpur-born Indian-origin CEO is a chip off the old block

In the technology (tech) world, especially storage, Sanjay Mehrotra is a well-known name. Co-founder of SanDisk, a flash memory storage company in 1988, it was eventually acquired by Western......

Infosys chief compliance officer quits

India’s second-largest information technology (IT) services company Infosys said chief compliance officer Nithyanandan Radhakrishnan had resigned  to become an independent consultant on......

Duflo, Rajan, Dreze on TN economic panel to advise CM

An economic advisory council to the chief minister would be constituted with leading experts, including Nobel laureate Prof Esther Duflo, Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit said in Chennai on......

Can MIT make DRS foolproof?

ICC involves Massachusetts institute to achieve uniform DRS IMAGE: India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni gestures for a review. Photograph: Reuters In an effort to bring all Test nations on board,......

Richardson lauds Manohar's stance on conflict of interest

‘I know that our new chairman Mr. Manohar is a very principled man and seems to be trying to at least adhere to the principles of no conflict of interest’ ‘What DRS has been able......

'We are open to DRS, IF...' : BCCI

ICC to make presentation on DRS before BCCI on October 20 ‘We have never said no to DRS. We are open to DRS if it is near perfection’ IMAGE: BCCI president Anurag Thakur speaks to......

ICC's Cricket Committee 'concerned' about quality of Test pitches

'The committee also discussed a number of other issues relating to Test cricket, believing a coordinated approach to the marketing of Test cricket was needed, and also expressing concern about the......