The scholars are awarded for their outstanding scholarly achievements, character, commitment to others and to the common good.

Australian Olympic officials say they will oppose plans to stage the 2016 Rio Olympics swimming finals late at night.

Market breadth ended weak on the BSE with 1,838 declines against 1,218 advances.

Roadshows will be held in Singapore, Hong Kong, London, New York and Boston, NTPC gained close to 1%.

Boston Marathon champion Meb Keflezighi and Diamond League winner Jenny Simpson have been voted as US athletes of the year, USA Track & Field (USATF) announced on Monday.

Bestselling author Dan Brown spoke at the Penguin Annual Lecture in Mumbai on November 12. Snapshots from the evening

Pranav Adani has come a long way since 1999, when he first got actively involved with the Adani Group's businesses, run by his uncle, Gautam Adani.

Eight of the newly inducted ministers in the Union cabinet have criminal cases against them, a report released by election watchdog Non-Governmental Organisation's on Monday said.

Aditya Birla Retail set up seven years earlier, posted a 20% growth in sales over a year earlier for 2013-14.

'It is important to note that American officials were trying their best to use the Taliban for their oil games till December 1997 when Mullah Ghous was invited to America. State Department officials did not show any interest in capturing or killing Osama bin Laden even at that time.'

Customers using e-commerce websites are young and techno-savvy.

Tennis star Caroline Wozniacki ran the New York Marathon and completed the course in just over 3 hours and 30 minutes on a chilly Sunday.

Wilson Kipsang won a lucrative duel to the finish to join compatriot Mary Keitany in a Kenyan sweep of exciting men's and women's races at a cold, windy New York City Marathon on Sunday.

There are few firms that are applauded for managing a healthy top line growth along with an impressive brand image that inspires most companies.

Switzerland remains the 'biggest private banking financial centres for cross border wealth management' with assets worth over CHF 2.11 trillion ($2.2 trillion), as per the study conducted by the Swiss Bankers Association and the Boston Consulting Group.

Wipro makes it to the up-and-coming companies with potential to join the top 50 list.

From a ruling party's perspective, the BJP is in a sweet spot; editorial independence and analytical coverage of governance is rapidly declining

A 63-year-old Indian-American has been sentenced to life in the US for murdering his ex-wife.

Average monthly searches for 'bull market' have gone down significantly from May-June peak.

Pradip Burman belongs to one of India's most illustrious business families, one which runs the noted Dabur brand of mostly Ayurveda-based FMCG products.

For Rahman, who had never attended college, the event hosted by the Berklee College of Music must have seemed humbling.

The plain, simple, minimal user interface that the CyanogenMod custom Android ROM brings to the One is delightful.

Happy New Year is watchable in parts but its three hours and plus running time makes it woefully difficult.

'Modi is a symbol of Asia Rising; and, for the first time in decades, a non-white has the potential to be the most compelling global leader.'

Nandita Shetty left an exclusive job in Boston behind and moved back to India to participate in the growth story of this country.

'He brings fresh ideas and leadership.' 'Modi is bold, doesn't care about criticism.' Members of the Madison Square Garden audience praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech.

'Only he can bring change in India that all of us have been dreaming of since we saw America for the first time when our plane touched down at JFK airport.' Narendra Modi's friends in New York and New Jersey travel down memory lane and remember a simple man with great ambition. Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com tracks down the Modi bhakts, who knew since his first visit in 1993 that he was destined for bigger things.

Accommodative monetary policy has driven a bull market in stocks in recent years, but the Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates early next year and the U.S. Federal Reserve not long after, tempering future gains.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his first trip to New York as leader of the world's most populous democracy, will draw perhaps the largest crowd ever by a foreign leader on US soil when he takes the stage on Sunday in Madison Square Garden before a crowd forecast to total more than 18,000 people.

High growth is also much easier to log in a small business than in a Reliance.

Top American lawmakers and eminent Indian-Americans have hailed President Barack Obama's decision to nominate Richard Rahul Verma as his next envoy to India, noting that he would make an excellent ambassador.

Indian American Harvard Medical School student Sachin Jain looks beyond boundaries of direct service.

Also says PSU banks divestment to be considered after improvement in governance

Mallya, whose Kingfisher Airlines owes money to several banks, had on Thursday said he will challenge UBI's decision to declare him a willful defaulter.

Rajan addressed a group of investors in Boston on Thursday.

Co-founder of Twitter Biz Stone tells us what he learned from his enterprising entrepreneurial journey.

In the second of a special series on second generation Indian Americans giving back to India, Shaun Jayachandran tells Arthur J Pais how he is using basketball to get the young in India to build their educational skills and career goals.

Ministerial consultations on, with recognition of the potential, and the need to not classify it under the same rules as for pharmaceuticals.

The United Nations has said an American freelance journalist, held captive for nearly two years by militants in Syria, was freed and handed over to its peacekeepers in the Golan Heights.

The search giant is building a system that stores information so that machines as well as people can read it