The United States on Wednesday said employment of domestic workers will now be on agenda for the bilateral talks with India with which it is in conversation to "determine the way forward" in resolving the 14-day-long diplomatic row.
More companies can now get the visa rather than very few taking a lion's share.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday summoned some officials of Uttar Pradesh for questioning in connection with alleged irregularities in utilising Rs 10,000 crore funds allocated under the National Rural Health Mission. It was likely to place some of them under arrest.
Riding on Shreyas Iyer's marathon knock of 173, Ranji giants Mumbai gathered three points against Baroda on the basis of first innings lead in their Group B cricket encounter, in Vadodra, on Sunday.
Former Sri Lanka pace bowler Ravindra Pushpakumara tells Bikash Mohapatra that he is content about his career with the Lankan cricket team and is excited about working with the Lankan cricket Board.
In the first part of last minute CAT 2011 preparation series, ARKS Srinivas, an alumnus of IIM Calcutta and ex-Director at T.I.M.E. Mumbai spoke about the mental strategy. In the second part, here, he shares tips and strategies to solving Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation sections. Read on
In an online chat with readers, Ashish N of EducationAisle addressed queries on GMAT preparation and offered advice on how to choose a good international b-school.
The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed two key bills to enable students of Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research get their degrees and give eight new IITs their status through an Act of Parliament.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) officials are hopeful that hastily arranged talks with their Indian counterparts will succeed in releasing players from that country to participate in the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) Twenty20 tournament.
Applications are invited from young scientists for the 2011 GE & Science Prize for Young Life Scientists. Established in 1995, the prize recognizes outstanding young scientists from around the world who have completed their PhDs in the area of molecular biology during 2010.
The mortal remains of the last titular Maharaja of Jaipur Brigadier Bhawani Singh was consigned to flames in Jaipur on Monday with full state honours. Padmanabh Singh, his grandson who was adopted by the maharaja, lit the pyre amid the chanting of vedic mantras at 'Gaitore Ki Chatriya', the crematorium of royal family at Amber road.
Sri Lanka will not name a successor to head coach Trevor Bayliss until after the tour of England which starts next month.
A day after skipper Kumar Sangakkara stepped down, turmoil continued in Sri Lanka's cricket team with vice-captain Mahela Jayawardene also quitting his post and the selection panel offering to resign en masse.
He said the aim should be to increase the total R&D spending as a percentage of the GDP to two per cent by the end of the 12th Plan period from the current level of about 0.9 per cent.
This includes input substitution, overhead management, rationalising personnel - all aimed at reining in expenditure.
International Cricket Council president Sharad Pawar surprised everyone as he delivered the introductory lines of his speech at the opening ceremony of the World Cup in Bengali.
The young, extremely bright Karmapa should teach his staff proper accounting ways, advises Claude Arpi
The cricketing world is all set for another feast with the Indian Premier League.
Indian economy about to take-off
Careers360 speaks to a few industry leaders about what it take to make it big in the BPO, LPO, KPO field.
The ICC on Wednesday indicated that it will take action against guilty players under its Code of Conduct if it was established that Suraj Randiv deliberately bowled the no-ball to Virender Sehwag in Sri Lanka's tri-series match against India at Dambulla on Monday.
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara on Wednesday took full responsibility for the 'no-ball' incident during his team's tri-series match against India and said any player found guilty will be punished.
Annet Mahendru -- the half-Indian making waves in The Americans -- on her love for Bollywood, daal-chawal and being a Russian spy.
A hostel warden and a college student tell you how to make the most of your hostel life.
Apprehensive that the Reserve Bank may tighten the screws on money supply to rein in the wayward inflation, the industry said the central bank should refrain from taking any knee-jerk reaction.
Satish K Tripathi, who as provost raised academic standards and spurred student development, has been appointed president of the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York.Tripathi, who maintains close relations with several major educational institutions in India, is the first Indian American to become president of one of the 63 research universities that are part of the American Association of Universities.
'There was a time when I went without salary for about six months,' says Amod Malviya, an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and currently CTO, Flipkart.
Yuvraj Singh, on 19, completed his 500 runs in T20Is. He thus became only the second Indian batsman to do this after Gautam Gambhir, who has aggregated 556 runs from 20 appearances.
A look at the scope following the course and the further study options.
In two online chats with readers on December 26, 2011 and January 2, 2012, experts Naveenan Ramachandran and Vimal Gopinathan from 4GMAT addressed reader queries related to cracking the GMAT exam and offered advise on how to prepare and score better.
Careers360 reviews Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad and its courses.
'No PM has said no to anything we have proposed. I am not a politician and I cannot give speeches about things, but a lot of good things have been done in science by previous governments.' 'Under Dr Manmohan Singh, we could do a few important things. I used to meet him once in 6, 8 weeks. He often said, 'Professor Rao, you assume that you have my approval and carry on.' He was shy and decent. He is a real gentleman.' 'Science keeps me going at 80. I feel young.' Professor C N R Rao, the eminent scientist who was honoured with the Bharat Ratna, on the state of science in India.
Sri Lanka has resettled over 1,000 internally displaced Tamils in their towns and villages in the country's war-torn northern region.
Faculty have no incentive to perform and ROI is never calculated.
Terming a separate quota for Muslims unsustainable, the Andhra Pradesh high court on Monday quashed the state government's decision to give reservations to the minority community.Under the Reservation in Favour of Socially and Educational Backward Classes of Muslims Act, passed on July 23, 2007, the Congress government had extended 4 per cent reservations in education and government jobs to the 15 backward groups of Muslims in Andhra Pradesh.
The US Consulate officials on Tuesday announced that a new online visa application process would be launched from February 1, wherein non-immigrant visa applications will be submitted using an electronic form.
Want the Congress MP to stop the process of transfer of stake, divestment.
In an online chat with readers on September 29, Aziz Manva, an IIM-Lucknow alumnus and head of Testfunda.com addressed queries related to cracking the CAT 2011 in one month. For those who missed it, here's the transcript:
The Symbiosis National Aptitude Test or SNAP, scheduled on December 21, is the first step for admission to any Symbiosis Institute that offers postgraduate programmes. TCYOnline.com, brings you the SNAP GK question bank, with answers.
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