Blue Velvet might just be the director's next, if he manages to lock the script.
Japan's Asahi Shimbun, an official partner of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, called for the Summer Games to be cancelled in an editorial
Philip G Altbach, Monan University Professor and director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College in an interview with Suman Guha Mozumder says that foreign universities is not the solution to India's education problems.
The Delhi High Court issued notice to the city government seeking its response as to why criminal case should not be registered against hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, writer Arundhati Roy and Delhi University professor S A R Geelani for allegedly making anti-India speeches.
Japan has always been the quickest to extend relief to any country facing a humanitarian crisis. In the wake of its cataclysmic earthquake and subsequent tsunami, former Indian ambassador to Japan Aftab Seth hopes that India can extend the same measure of compassion to a country that is celebrated for its resurgence.
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre and Chhattisgarh government to find a peaceful solution to the Naxal problem in the state and adopt a "pragmatic" approach towards life.
An internationally respected Australian academic has told a major conference in Switzerland that Australia is in a state of denial on the racially motivated attacks against international students, including Indians, and has failed to deal with the issue. Melbourne University professor Simon Marginson, delivering a keynote address to the World Universities Forum in Davos, said the Australian government was trying to spin itself out of a crisis.
Hany Babu Musaliyarveettil Tharayil, 54, a resident of Gautam Buddha Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, is an associate professor in the Department of English
The AMU authorities would have to explain as to why no official internal probe was conducted to trace out the persons who reportedly orchestrated the sting operation, which took place place on February 8 at the residence of the professor Srinivas Ramchander Siras, they said.Also, senior district police officials would have to explain as to why they failed to register an FIR on the basis of a written complaint filed by the professor.
Kumar's five-year term as dean at Chicago Booth will begin on January 1, 2011. The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore alumnus is currently Stanford Business School's senior associate dean for academic affairs.
A leading Australian university is offering iPods, laptops and even airfare for recruiting fellow pupils from overseas.
Under Khosla, an Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur alumnus who did his MS and PhD from Carnegie Mellon, there has been a 25 per cent increase in the number of PhD students there, and an increase of more than 50 per cent in the number of graduate students who were women or underrepresented minorities.
Two video journalists, who allegedly conducted a sting operation on the gay Aligarh Muslim University professor, were on Monday arrested in Aligarh on charges of forcibly entering his house on February 8 and causing physical harm to him.
Aligarh Muslim University professor Dr Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras, who was suspended after being allegedly caught having consensual sex with a rickshaw-puller in his campus home, was found dead at his residence.
'The Indian economy is at a crossroads,' says Professor Jagdish Bhagwati, a University Professor at Columbia University and senior adviser to the Institute.
The Tokyo Olympics next July will be a "uniquely risky" event, demanding flexibility from organisers amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, particularly if a vaccine has not been rolled out by then, medical experts say. Japan and the International Olympic Committee made the unprecedented decision last month to delay the Games for a year, as the world battles the virus that has infected 2.3 million people and killed more than 150,000 globally. But questions persist whether the Games can go ahead 15 months from now, as a vaccine could still be at least a year away, according to the most optimistic estimates.
Saibaba, who was on bail till December 31, gave himself up to jail authorities on Friday night, prison sources said on Saturday.
The friendly, over-considerate shy person may have phenomenally intelligent things to say, but without being assertive and speaking up, they are left in the dark, says trainer and communications expert Nasha Fitter.
The 5G road map pursued by India should not only move the country forward but also result in progress of weaker sections of society.
Rights group vowed to continue the struggle for human rights in the Communist nation.
The citation for his medal -- awarded at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro -- highlights his "profound contributions to an exceptionally broad range of subjects in mathematics" and his "strikingly far-reaching conjectures."
IITian award winners at the conference held in Schaumburg, near Chicago.
Columbia University professor of medicine Gaurav Shah and his wife Falu are emerging as a high-profile singing couple. Arthur J Pais reports.
On Wednesday, Nair and Verghese met at Asia Society in New York in a conversation discussing life and the arts.
She also alleged that police has been forcing some people to name them in someway since May.
Asserting that he is a testimony to the progress America has made with regard to racism, President Barack Obama has acknowledged that race remains a factor in the US society.
Additional sessions judge of the fast track court, Om Prakash sentenced Shankar Sah to death. The Court also awarded life imprisonment to Ashish Kumar, Manohar Kumar, Anil Oraon and two year imprisonment to Ramchandra Mahto.
The committee has concluded that the alleged victim was a creation of the conspiracy as she had claimed that her name had been dragged into the controversy with malafide intentions.
'Iranian protestors are participating in a civil disobedience, the kind of peaceful protests Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Henry David Thoreau advocated,' says Columbia Prof Hamid Dabashi.
An Indian-American post-colonial theorist, who describes herself as a 'para-disciplinary, ethical philosopher,' has been appointed to the highest faculty rank at Columbia University, the school announced on Friday.
When developed, Dr Jayaraman's work could be applied to various light-induced transformations to the synthesis of a number of chiral molecules.
After the hearings, the Air India public inquiry commission headed by Justice John major will start working on the final report that is likely to be submitted this spring.
Not only is it the year's top animated film thus far, it's the top Kung Fu offering as well, and an effort that will doubtless bring a smile to fans of both genres. Lord knows, it's the best film to star Jackie Chan in ages.
Females who dressed sexily at their graduation, according to a study, were perceived as less competent.
Reforms have to accentuate if we have to reach a double-digit growth rate. That's the only way to be able to spend more on social issues like health and education, says Jagdish Bhagwati.
The Delhi high court issued notices to Anil Kapoor and Subhash Ghai over on a petition filed by a Delhi University professor seeking a ban on the screening of their recent film, Black And White, alleging that it was anti-Muslim.
Noting that he was in India in January, Bhagwati said there is no way anybody in India could be prevailed upon to make the kinds of concessions that are required by the US farm lobby, against a cut of only $3 billion.
"It's (demonetisation) a disaster on economy of trust. In the last 20 years, the country has been growing very fast. But it is all based on acceptance of each other's word. By taking despotic action and saying we had promised but won't fulfil our promise, you hit at the root of this," Sen, also a Bharat Ratna awardee, said.
Technology can certainly help the spreading of education, for example in making the schooling of maths easier and faster
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances