He was caught trying to ship to the United Arab Emirates graphite products that could be used for nuclear or military purposes.
Dr Balu, who arrived in the United States in 1968 from Chennai, is planning to visit southern India periodically to help strengthen the programme.
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 2015 I watched films in so many places. I attended several film festivals around the world -- Berlin, Tribeca (New York), Telluride, Toronto, Zurich, Mumbai, Dharamsala and Goa,' says Aseem Chhabra, author of a forthcoming book on Shashi Kapoor.
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.
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.
Internet users are doing far fewer searches for porn compared to seven years ago, US researchers say in a new book.
The 2004 Nobel Prize for Economics was jointly won by Finn E Kydland of Norway and Edward C Prescott of the United States on Monday.
Raj Reddy, a researcher of Indian-origin has developed a PCtvt, a wireless network personal computer.
Only strategic sales can serve the purpose of disinvestment, by freeing PSUs from govt control.
Striker Didier Drogba scored on his debut as Chelsea won 3-0 in the Champions World Series.
aig Beattie's 71st minute strike gave Celtic their first victory in the Champions World Series.
Kerry is expected to announce this at a rally in Pennsylvania later today, but will have to formally nominate Edwards---who fought against him for the presidential nomination--at the Democratic National Convention at the end of July.
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.
The cost of living in Mumbai is the highest in India followed by that in Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore, a latest global survey said.
Infosys and other Indian companies are recruiting more locals in the U.S.
Chelsea, Liverpool, Celtic, AC Milan, AS Roma and Bayern Munich join Manchester United for the Champions World series. \n\n
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
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.
Tata Steel is bracing to deliver what investment bankers say will be a knockout punch to its competitor, Brazil's Companhia Siderurgica Nacional
He won't do unicorns, but for snakes and skulls, tattoo artist Paul Booth charges $400 an hour.
London-based NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul's Caparo Group on Friday announced a tie-up with the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University of the US to establish a university near Delhi.
The India Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies -- a leading Washington, DC think tank -- will be occupied by Karl F Inderfurth, erstwhile Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs in the Clinton Administration.
US-based IT solution provider Ness Technologies on Tuesday announced a merger agreement with Pittsburgh-based software services firm Apar Infotech, which has development centres in Mumbai and Bangalore, in a stock swap valued at $78 million.
Mukherjee is in Washington, DC to co-chair the US-India CEO's Forum with US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
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