The trial found that the 37 people who participated in an eight-week mindfulness meditation programme had significantly greater pain acceptance and physical function than another group which took the same classes later and showed similar results.
Dr Jeevan S Abichandani, research and development manager at Univation, an ExxonMobil joint venture, was honored by the American Chemical Society as a 2007 Hero of Chemistry.
It said that it is seeking the partnership of individuals at all levels to give of their time, their talent or their treasure toward the goal of expansion of United Ways across India, and become involved in the United Way Friends of India program.
Only strategic sales can serve the purpose of disinvestment, by freeing PSUs from govt control.
Provided they have all the details, shareholders are best placed to do this.
The United States on Saturday said India's position on the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty will not impact the nuclear agreement between the two countries and expressed hope about moving forward with the landmark agreement."We've said before that the resolution that was passed on Thursday unanimously by the United Nations Security Council does not have any bearing on our bilateral civil nuclear cooperation," said an US official.
An Indian-American post-colonial theorist, who describes herself as a 'para-disciplinary, ethical philosopher,' has been appointed to the highest faculty rank at Columbia University, the school announced on Friday.
This time, the heads of G-8 are meeting in L'Aquila, a mountainous town of Italy, situated 120 km from Rome. To make the deliberations realistic and relevant, almost 40 countries will be present there. Many other international organisations have been invited as well. G-5, that consists of India, China, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa, has a buzz around them. G-5 plus Egypt have been invited for a special session this time; G-8 knows well that the future belongs to them
Mukherjee is in Washington, DC to co-chair the US-India CEO's Forum with US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
To cope with the backlash against globalisation, more and more transnational corporations are adopting strategies that go beyond short-term profit maximisation.
The rising heat in the race between Tata Steel and Brazil's CSN to acquire Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus
Get Ahead presents an interview with six Indian-origin youngsters who won prestigious fellowships in the United States. Here, first-year Harvard medical student Shantanu Gaur, 22, discusses how he came to win the prestigious grant and what he intends to do with the money.
A 15-year-old entrepreneur runs her business--with a little help from mom.
Bankers familiar with the development said CSN, which announced on Friday that it might trump a 455-pence-a-share offer from Tata with a bid worth 475 pence, was prepared to offer "much more" for Corus if needed.
He won't do unicorns, but for snakes and skulls, tattoo artist Paul Booth charges $400 an hour.
Babula Patel has been convicted for a sex offence and corrupting the morals of a minor.
Doctors at the hospital conducted 507 liver transplants and helped other hospital workers in completing 300 similar operations last year, accounting for one-third of the operations conducted nationwide, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain will join the Indian-American community in Austin and leading Texas lawmakers March 6 to honor Arunachala 'Raj' Nagarajan for his nearly four-decade-old commitment to Indian classical music in the United States.
The researchers, and other experts, add that while they are comfortable tracing a link between CT scans and cancer, they don't have sufficient empirical evidence to go out on a limb and quantify the magnitude of that risk
Non-Resident Indian academic Suresh Deman seems to have made it a full-fledged profession to sue universities and cash in on Britain's rights culture as he pocketed a whopping 2 lakh pounds in payouts and cost the taxpayer an estimated 1 million pounds.
He was caught trying to ship to the United Arab Emirates graphite products that could be used for nuclear or military purposes.
Just a generation ago, a person with $2 million or more in liquid assets would have had enough for a secure retirement. But not today. Combine longer life expectancies and the rising costs of health care, food, transportation and property, and you have financial challenges ahead for the mMillionaire.
The G-20's new-found importance should be used to challenge North Atlantic hegemony.
Dr Balu, who arrived in the United States in 1968 from Chennai, is planning to visit southern India periodically to help strengthen the programme.
Infosys and other Indian companies are recruiting more locals in the U.S.
Looking back 20 years from now, the month just gone by will loom even larger in history books.
'An estimated 90 million people in the developing world are likely to be pushed below the poverty line. Lower revenues will also lead to lower levels of expenditure on rural infrastructure, health and education. This will not only hurt future growth, but also delay achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.' Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech at the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, September 25.
The leaders from the US, UK, France, China and others reached a historic agreement to put the group at the centre of their efforts to build a roadmap for durable recovery, avoiding the financial fragilities that led to the crisis.
Shyam Saran, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's special envoy on climate change, who is in Pittsburgh, declared several times why India can not accept any legal or quantifiable limits to carbon emissions. There are many social issues in India, he had explained.
It would be futile to believe G-20's promises to rein in monetary and fiscal policies
India should push the World Bank to focus on generating ideas and technology.
Profound differences of views persist between the major blocs on the appropriate fiscal/monetary mix, reflecting different traditions and capacities.
American Airlines, the world's largest airline, on Friday, signed a code-share agreement with Air Sahara for its daily nonstop service between Chicago O'Hare International Airport and New Delhi
With China's entry into the WTO, India is likely to make strong gains in food grains and light manufacturing and modest growth in several other sectors but is likely to lose export shares in markets such as the US and EU especially in textiles.
In the wake of the sharp downturn in the valuations of mortgage-backed securities last year, financial firms justified their investment in these non-transparent instruments on the triple ratings accorded to them.
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