In a first, IIT-Madras to set up campus in Tanzania

The first IIT campus outside India will come up in Tanzania's Zanzibar and it is expected to launch academic programmes in October, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.......

Tanzania's Abdulrazak Gurnah wins 2021 Nobel Prize for literature

Tanzanian author Abdulrazak Gurnah on Thursday won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature. Photograph: @NobelPrize/Twitter   "The 2021 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the novelist......

Mumbai's Tireless COVID-19 Warrior

'These are challenging times and we get energised by that.''I don't feel 'I am tired now and I should relax', because even if someone calls us at 12 o'clock I have to answer his call.' IMAGE:......

6 Indian sailors killed, 6 missing in Kerch strait ship accident

IMAGE: Smoke rises from a fire at a ship in the Kerch Strait near Crimea. Photograph: Reuters TV/Reuters At least six Indian sailors were killed and an equal number of them went missing after two......

Lessons for CEOs: How to retire gracefully

Most successful and ambitious business leaders feel persuaded that they have no competent successor, says R G Vilakudi. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com There is considerable literature on how......

Autos put markets in reverse gear

Markets snapped a three-day winning streak to end marginally lower on Tuesday as investors turned cautious and booked profits after recent gains. Auto shares were among the top losers on weak......

India bids for Africa's hearts and minds

"When elephants fight," Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi told Business Standard in Addis Ababa recently, "the impact is felt by the grass."Zenawi's comment, accompanied by a knowing smile,......

Sewage cycle to clean life in slums

Pedal power may hold the answer to cheap and efficient sewage removal in some of the world's poorest slums -- if the work of a Cambridge University researcher can be taken into large-scale......

What's HOT on OTT this week

The streaming scene is bustling with so much action that Just Watch, an international streaming guide, wrote to us and shared a cool new tool Ghostwrite me a story (external link) where all you......

On Netflix: The show no photography buff should miss

Tales By Light is devoted to the kind of nature photography that appears on the pages of Nat Geo, but it exposes viewers to fascinating vistas that have only partly to do with photography, says......

Ali Zafar flaunts his six-pack abs

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Ali Zafar will make a special appearance in a song titled Six Pack Abs from Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive, and showed off......

The Last King is worth a watch

Conscience. It is a word that makes a lot of people do things despite the fact that they get nothing from it. But, what happens when your conscience compels you to do something good for humanity,......

PICS: Chebet, Obiri take honours at Boston Marathon

IMAGE: Kenya's Evans Chebet crosses the finish line to win the elite men's race at the 127th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday, April 17. Photograph: Sophie Park/Reuters Evans......

Boxing Worlds: Jaismine, Shashi advance, Shruti bows out

IMAGE: Jaismine Lamboria won her opening bout. Photograph: Twitter/BFI Commonwealth Games medallist Jaismine Lamboria packed a powerful punch to win her opening bout against Nyambega Beatrice......

PIX: Toothless Barca held by Slavia; Liverpool go top

A summary of Tuesday's Group stage matches in the UEFA Champions League. IMAGE: Slavia Prague goalkeeper Ondrej Kolar saves a shot from Barcelona's Lionel Messi during the Champions League Group F......

Sports Shorts: Sharmila first Indian to qualify for China LPGA Tour

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday IMAGE: Sharmila Nicollet fought her way back into the tournament. Photograph: Sharmila Nicollet/Twitter Sharmila Nicollet......

Vijender KOs Cheka to retain Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title

Vijender Singh knocked out Tanzanian Francis Cheka inside 3 rounds to defended his WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title on Saturday. This is the Indian boxer’s 8th win in a row since......