Israel's dogged refusal to permit entry of computer communication equipment, which was to have been gifted to a Palestinian university by President Pranab Mukherjee, has introduced an irritant into his landmark visit to the Jeweish state starting on Tuesday.

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A number of Xooglers are employing lessons and practices learnt during their stint at Google to branch out into innovative ventures.

From earning Rs 5 a day as a farm labourer to starting an IT services company that is worth Rs 15 million, Jyoti Reddy's story of success is nothing short of an inspiring movie plot.

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The company has also stepped up its courtship of machine-learning PhD's, joining Google, Amazon, Facebook and others in a fierce contest

China's economy is worse than it really is, but then these are emblematic of the baffling self-congratulatory mood that exists in India today.

The office building housing Chinese supercomputer Tianhe-1, one of the world's fastest supercomputers, suffered damage.

With Sundar Pichai becoming the CEO of Google, India has one more reason to cheer its prowess in the global IT sector.

There is too much focus on building, infrastructure, the number of teachers (as opposed to quality), number of laboratories and so on, says Vineet Gupta.

'Sundar Pichai is not only a great engineer but a good leader too'

Networking can be an invaluable skill for job hunting, start-ups and picking up best practices.

'I can't hear or talk but I could build an aircraft and fly it," says Saji Thomas.

A clear aim, knowledge, hard work and perseverance spells success: President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam.

Seeking a peaceful and secure neighbourhood amidst threat of terrorism and extremism, India and Kyrgyzstan on Sunday signed four agreements including one on bolstering defence cooperation and holding annual joint military exercises.

Reddi has so far made 10 investments in the US.

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'Everywhere our younger computer professionals are in the forefront, defending our national interest in every forum and keeping our flag flying high.'

The ICAS, a unique twinning programme, allows students to choose from international universities from USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany and France.

In an online chat with readers, overseas consultant NNS Chandra shares career advice.

15 per cent of startups in Silicon Valley are founded by Indians.

The threat of landslides and mudslides remains high in the earthquake-hit Nepal in the coming weeks, and the risk is likely to increase when the monsoon rains arrive this summer, scientists have warned.

Shiv Nadar University is pulling out all stops to attract teaching talent from the US, but will it be enough?

While chips have become ubiquitous, Moore's Law has remained a self-fulfilling prophecy even half a century later. Not bad for an industry where the time scale is not measured in decades and centuries, but in annual quarters, says Shivanand Kanavi.

Chanda Kochhar is among the three Indians in Time's Most Influential list.

Satya Nadella is the highest-paid CEO in the US. So how do the other Indian-American executives fare?

Premier Li Keqiang highlighted his government's performance in the last one year and the challenges ahead in various fields. Compared to other reports by his predecessors, Li spoke more frankly about the mounting challenges faced by the country. Srikanth Kondapalli on the two recent Chinese parliament sessions.

Obama said a lot of foreign students come to USA to study.

'Where have we failed, as parents, teachers and leaders, that our children have forgotten all tenets of decent behaviour and respect for women?' President Pranab Mukherjee asks the nation on the eve of Republic Day.

'The real test will be in defence-related deals, for instance the Javelin anti-tank missile: Is the US willing to co-develop something with India, on terms that will support the 'Make in India' initiative? Is there defence technology transfer? Or will it dump old junk on India?' asks Rajeev Srinivasan.

Google has announced that it will no longer sell its experimental first version of Glass which went on sale in the UK last year priced at 1,000 pounds

New age technology will reshape India's future.

'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.

Rohan Murty was speaking at the 50th anniversary symposium of the computer science department at Cornell University.

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Zoho founder and CEO Sridhar Vembu noticed that there was not much of a correlation between an employee's academic credentials and his performance at work.

Choose a career that motivates you and one that you are good at, says Prof RSS Mani, education consultant and vice president-institutional development, ITM Group of Institutions.

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Researchers are investigating how software-defined cellular networking might be used to give smartphone users the next generation of super-superfast broadband - 5G.