Cities, roads, stations rechristened in the time of Modi.
'What Kamala Harris' rise and rise underscores is that our old ways of identifying the Indian-American Diaspora need to change...' 'None of this detracts from her Indian-American identity, which makes us feel as if we are Americans too,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
US' IT industry wants a cap on H!B visas.
The World Bank report said Brand Northeast would build on elements such as healthy living, environmental sustainability, social responsibility, service orientation, among others.
Trump to sign an executive order aimed at achieving a more skills-based and merit-based immigration system.
Companies such as Amazon, Uber are looking at expanding their hubs in Canada.
'He is busy building an image on the social media as an anti-right-winger.' 'But remember: An actor is only good at what he was born to do,' observes Subhash K Jha.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
There is no guaranteeing the quality of India's engineers, because of the lack of trained faculty and because of the dismal spending on research and development in higher education in India.
Rarely have we seen such intoxication over power, which ignores the cries of those dying, notes Jyoti Punwani.
Mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
Physicist Kanwal Singh appointed dean of Sarah lawrence College, the first Indian American to head a leading liberal arts college in the US.
He will be remembered not only as a writer but as one of the great chroniclers and interrogators of the history of our times, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Online learning platforms have become go-to places for those suffocated by the current curbs on movement.
India ranks low at 105th on human capital index, Finland tops
'We teach our kids the 3 R's -- reading, writing, and arithmetic -- so that they can be successful. It's time the fourth R joined that list: Programming. My vision is to expose every student to computer science and show them that coding IS fun and applicable to their daily lives.' Just 15, Swetha Prabakaran, founder and CEO of Everybody Code Now!, a non-profit working to empower the next generation of youth to become engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs, is already a White House Champion of Change for teaching hundreds of students how to code.
Disability activist Virali Modi recounts her life's most challenging moments and how she turned adversities in her favour.
Given India's political scenario, where parties seek votes on the basis of caste and religion, the issue of using mother tongue in schools is more of a political vendetta, says Devanik Saha
In her keynote address at the 8th annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit, she said that despite the soaring rate of female entrepreneurs, women still face steep obstacles to starting, owning, and growing their businesses.
It's another year of beautiful birds for the Audubon Photography awards. The Grand Prize went to Kathrin Swoboda for her photo of a Red-winged Blackbird. The National Audubon Society is an American non-profit environmental organisation dedicated to conservation. It protects birds and their habitats throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education and on-the-ground conservation. See all of the winners below, and if you are still craving more avian photography.
The tally of 114 includes two fatalities and 17 foreigners as well as 13 people who were discharged after they recovered from the infection.
'Terrorists are killing ordinary citizens, huge crowds brave a pandemic to attend militant funerals, and artillery is booming on the LoC.' 'This April seems like a run-of-the-terror-mill Kashmiri spring: Violence is emerging like a prickly new bud,' warns David Devadas.
India's stand is important against the backdrop of US FCC's decision to roll back its net neutrality rules adopted in 2015
Kerala has recorded 24 cases including two foreign nationals.
'We don't know if the water we are drinking has lead in it or not.' 'In India, we don't have ways to easily detect or measure contamination levels.'
To secure a work visa in the US, students have to find an employer who can sponsor it.
CBI not to need prior approval to probe corrupt govt officials.
Most Indian engineers can code but are not confident in their ability to do so, notes Narayan Mahadevan.
Vanita Kohli-Khandekar reports on the ongoing battle for the top spot between publishers S Chand and Navneet.
US Senators introduce legislation to cut H1B visas by 15,000.
The education minister has ordered varsities to ban western textbooks
The United Nations Children's Fund on Tuesday said that 2014 has been "devastating" for some 15 million children caught up in violent conflicts around the world.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
There is a high demand for IT professionals who can envision, design and develop applications for the future.
Accept imperfection. Be prepared for choppy waters. Be open to change.
'Instead of doing reforms and restructuring, the present government is busy with the perception that everything is fine and the economy is hunky-dory.' 'Such hollow perceptions are very dangerous for the Indian economy in the long run.' 'The real risk to India is the lack of decent employment opportunities for youth in general and educated youth in particular.'
'I am waiting for my result now. I am not scared,' Rinku Rajguru tells Justin Rao.
Fanney Khan is in the same space as Tumhari Sulu and Secret Superstar, where starry-eyed aspiration and gullible hearts of gold go but nowhere as grounded in reality, feels Sukanya Verma.
'The heart of the matter is that India is not Israel.'
