There is deep angst and growing concern by America Inc, over India's Preferential Market Access policy and fears that as a quid pro quo, lawmakers in the US Congress may limit or even prohibit the free movement of Indian technical professionals, including quashing efforts to expand the H-1 B visa program.

Barack Obama's re-election reflects how much the Republican Party, held hostage by the Tea Party, has alienated minorities and women. Aziz Haniffa reports

The digital revolution in education is coming at a most opportune time for India. Leadership in this is something India could seize, if only it had the vision, feels Rajeev Srinivasan.

Parasharan Chari, Chief Operating Officer of Ahmedabad-based test-preparation institute Endeavor Careers, analyses the first-day-first-slot of CAT 2011 and identifies pointers that test-takers in the later slots could use.

The Blind Foundation of India's founding director Dr Manu Vora and many of the organisation's volunteers received the United States President's Volunteer Service Award. Vora and his wife Dr Nila Vora received the award for Lifetime Service given to those who do 4,000 hours of service.

All that the children at Kolkata's CINI Asha shelter want is a real home, discovers Sandip Roy

Zuccotti Park near the September 11 memorial site in New York City turned into a garden of mourners in black. It also saw politics creeping in to the celebrations as well as rallies later in the afternoon supporting and opposing the proposed Ground Zero Mosque two blocks away.

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday ruled out any "conspiracy or sabotage" in the fatal helicopter crash, which killed the then Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S R Reddy.

The World Economic Forum last week named former Clinton Administration official, erstwhile Congressional staffer and longtime Democratic Party activist Shamina Singh, 41, as one of its Young Global Leaders for 2010.

David Coleman Headley, the American Lashkar-e-Tayiba suspect in the Mumbai terror attack case, did not disclose his Pakistani-origin while seeking an Indian visa, raising no alarm bells at the Indian Consulate in Chicago. Headley, who was earlier called Dawood Gilani, gave 'Headley' as his last name at birth in his visa application and wrote his father's name as 'William Headley', according to reliable information.

So it's 24 hours to D-day and you're nearly done with those long hours of study for the CAT. But here are a few dos and don'ts to ensure you're in top form for the exam.

We can only calculate the probability of change in prices just like the probability of outcomes from the toss of an unbiased coin.

Shameem Akthar, yoga acharya trained with the Sivananda Vedanta Yoga Center, shares these stress-busters.

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At this juncture, when aspirants and training institutes are bewildered with the new method of test administration, experts at TCYonline welcome the move.

Innovative companies the world over are discovering the research and development advantages to be found in India

Follow a few of these simple tips to become more "green" - and keep more of it in your wallet.

The U.S. is mortgaging its future by outsourcing technological inventions in exchange for short-term cash.

Syed Faiz Ahmed, general manager, IMS Learning Resources Pvt Ltd, hosted a chat with GA readers on September 10, to tackle CAT questions. The transcript.

One of the world's most futuristic phones began life as a block of wood with a painted-on screen. Swedish start-up Neonode created what was at the time an innovative design for a phone--a super-compact device with a large touchscreen and menus that flipped with the swipe of a thumb.

In his plea to Congress, Gates emphasizes science education.

The New York branch in midtown Manhattan plans to offer a suite of banking services, including working capital, acquisition finance, trade service and treasury solutions to corporates, and savings products to qualified individuals, subject to guidelines.

A profusion of religious architecture spreads over an ancient agrarian landscape in Tamil Nadu, the deep south of India. Guy Trebay takes it in.

The announcements made in Los Angeles Tuesday morning saw No Country for Old Men getting eight but the big surprise was the same number of nominations for the much acclaimed There Will Be Blood which was expected to pocket three or four noms. Both films were nominated in the best picture categories.

The best in museum dining. Here, even the food is a work of art.

Here's a look at the Oscar favourites.

In the heart of India's Silicon Valley, Bruno Maddox finds a city transformed by globalisation, dreaming of the future.

Harold Sirkin of Boston Consulting says rapidly developing economies, once content to copy and improve, are institutionalizing new thinking.

'A Chinese company is in the final fray to get a foothold in the strategic Port of Colombo.'

NASA engineers are focusing their attention on a gap about 4 inches by 6 inches that was discovered after Friday's launch from Kennedy Space Center.

Hiring a professor's top students and getting the professor for free seems to be the way R&D is done today. And the irony was that we found it in our own backyard.

Even though the two state-owned airlines, Indian Airlines and Air India, have announced a merger, the country is on its way to once again have two scheduled airlines controlled by the government.

Thangapaandi stars SJ Suryah as a strapping village lad with an active love life, as three women fall in love with him.

Marketing gurus believe 'Hutch' should give way to 'Vodafone', quickly. Here's why.

All you needed to know about digital film making, but didn't know whom to ask.

Wipro chairman Azim Premji said that, going forward, a series of liberalisations of the economy will be announced by the Indian government, but the pace may not as fast as would be expected by many in the United States.

A who's who of the most creative minds and business ideas of 2006 from the covers of Fast Company.

Ten young under-40 innovators and entrepreneurs of South Asian origin will be given the Global Indus Technovators Awards at a ceremony at MIT on Monday.