Professor Dr Aravinda Chakravarti of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, who is president-elect of the American Society of Human Genetics, and Professor Dr K Ranga Rama Krishnan of the Duke University Medical Center, who is now setting up a medical school in Singapore for Duke, have been elected to the Institute of Medicine, one of the three components of the National Academy of Sciences.

Is there a well-concealed additional vision of an 'arc of democracy'? That is the nagging question in the Chinese mind. It will nag even more after they have read Dr Singh's positive reaction to the idea of closer co-operation among major democracies

By prosecuting copyright infringers in Asia, it drives consumers into the Linux camp.

For less than three cents a day, largely uneducated women are learning how to invest their money and run their own profitable businesses

As always, scientists, it seems, are on top of this problem, and have discovered a biological switch by which stress promotes obesity, the Washington Post has reported

'He reduced the secretary general's position so low that his brilliant successors like Boutros Ghali and Kofi Annan looked like rebels.'

'I don't think the Indo-US relationship can be built on the principle that India is going to be, essentially, a piece of American strategy involving China,' feels foreign policy expert Rajan Menon.

A tribute to General Indar Jit Rikhye, soldier turned peacemaker.

The Institute, which held its inaugural meeting in New York recently, aims to facilitate the exchange of ideas among policymakers, diplomats and scholars.

Rajmohan also acknowledged that Gandhi was unsuccessful in his attempt to prevent the partition of India.

"We all can work toward a dual-goal, I would say a single dual-goal -- one is protect our environment, our planet earth. The second thing is to protect the human values -- compassion, friendliness, and cooperation," he said.

Dying to snag a job in the States? Forget New York City. If you want to get a job in the U.S. this year, go south and west. Oklahoma City, anyone?

California is home to one of the largest Sikh populations in the United States, numbering more than 150,000 people, according to a Sikh organisation.

Negotiating the 123 agreement may be tough but well within reach, says nuclear expert Dinshaw Mistry.

The use of complementary or alternative medicine has increased tremendously in the West with more and more people believing in its benefits.

'It's important to keep this on the level of a rational friendship and not look at it as a love affair, because that always carries the risk of disappointment.'

The ICCR currently has 18 cultural Centres in countries like Fiji, Trinidad, Mauritius and Malaysia for interaction with the people of those countries, especially the large Indian Diaspora.

China's multinationals, powerful as they seem, are still beholden to the Communist Party. That's both a blessing and a burden.

In his last years, the sickly Fahd was mostly a figurehead as the close relationship he nurtured with the United States deteriorated after the September 11 terror attacks