We don't have to sacrifice long-term projects to scramble up short-term gains for the markets.
IT services exporter Patni Computer Systems Ltd has appointed Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and business strategist Michael A Cusumano as an independent director on its board.
A new Kenyan television programme that corroborates the findings from a 2012 German documentary alleging unethical doctors were providing banned drugs to athletes, has set off alarms at the World Anti-Doping Agency.
The US became the first country in the world to have more than one million cases of coronavirus. It accounts for nearly one-third of the 3.1 million cases globally.
Hana Al Jader, 39, wife of Saudi Prince Mohamed Bin Turki Alsaud, was charged with forcing two Indonesian women to work as her domestic maids.
Frenchman, 2 Americans win Nobel Chemistry prize
'I'm just about getting out of the cocoon now,' the former investment banker-turned-politician tells Kavita Roychowdhury.
'The rate of transmission of COVID-19 in Hong Kong was 0.7 -- anything below 1 suggests the epidemic is receding.' 'The city-State achieved this without the de facto police-State curfew that India has resorted to,' says Rahul Jacob.
Announcing her appointment, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde hailed the Mysore-born Gopinath as "one of the world's outstanding economists with impeccable academic credentials, a proven track record of intellectual leadership and extensive international experience".
In a video, announcing her candidacy for the office, Harris said, "Justice. Decency. Equality. Freedom. Democracy. These aren't just words. They're the values we as Americans cherish. And they're all on the line now. The future of our country depends on you and millions of others lifting our voices to fight for our American values. That's why I'm running for president of the United States."
Angry with a friend who is too busy to pick up the phone? Just leave a voice message and he will take the hint through an on-screen 'emotica' -- a new age technological marvel, to hit the market soon.
'Given the way in which the PLA operates today, I don't believe local commanders were necessarily acting without approval of higher levels.' 'They were acting in a way which they believed they were carrying out the intent of the higher levels.'
The US Court of Appeals in Massachusetts said that because e-mail is stored, even momentarily, in computers before it is routed to its recipients, it is not subject to laws that apply to eavesdropping of telephone calls.
Brain genes associated with learning and memory are the first to decline
Researchers at the institute have been trying to engineer a patch of tissue that has the same properties as native heart tissue.
In the last six years, the Spelling Bee has been claimed by Indian Americans four times, most recently by Sai Gunturi in 2003.
It's been a good year for Indians abroad, with Bobby Jindal getting elected to the US Congress and steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal topping the UK rich list and many achievements by Indian scientists on foreign shores.
'Running a start-up is hard.' 'We almost always will have obstacles.' 'There are two ways to tackle it.' 'We can either take them head on or let them hold you back.'
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A US count of Pakistan's F-16 fleet has found that all the jets are present and accounted for, a report claims.
nited States of America President Barack Obama sold optimism to the nation as he delivered his final State of the Union speech on Tuesday. Among the hundreds attending the event, there were some special guests, including a Syrian refugee, heroes and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
The wins marked a sweep in the south that extended his dominance to every region of the country.
An Indian scientist has developed an innovative 'hide-and-seek' alarm clock which would force even the laziest person to wake up from sleep.
The senator from Massachusetts will ensure enforcement of the Hate Crimes Act and appropriate resources for the training of state and local officials in identifying, solving and prosecuting these crimes at the state level.
Noted American mathematician John Nash, who inspired the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind, has died in a car crash.
