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Indian American C R Rao awarded statistics 'Nobel' for work 75 years ago

Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, a prominent Indian-American mathematician and statistician, will receive the 2023 International Prize in Statistics, the equivalent to the Nobel Prize in the field, for......

Indian-American professor wins Norway's Abel Prize

An Indian-born professor collected a leading maths award for work on probability theory and said he planned to use some of the almost $1 million in prize money to aid an Indian town. Srinivasa......

Has one of mathematics's toughest problems been solved?

Mathematical problems can sometimes turn out to have real-world applications.This is true for the Riemann Hypothesis.Crypto-currency investors will heave a sigh of relief if the problem is unsolved......

Slurrrp! Beat the heat with this Museum of Ice Cream

It's hot and sweltering and all we can do to survive this blistering heat is think of ice cream. And speaking of ice cream, the Museum of Ice Cream, a pop-up institution that fulfills all your......

Queen's pictures giving Nazi salute upsets Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace has expressed its disappointment over a British tabloid to dig out private archival pictures showing a young Queen Elizabeth II seemingly performing a Nazi salute in 1933. The......

Indian statistician wins Abel prize

An Indian American, Srinivasa SR Varadhan of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, has won the 2007 Abel Prize awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. The......

Succession is a lesson even Buffett hasn't learnt

It is almost puzzling to see more old men and women hang around long enough for people to begin wondering 'why not retire?' Warren Buffett is a wise man. The chairman and chief executive officer......

Buffett on US-China, missing Amazon story, cryptocurrency

Here’s a pick of what Warrenn Buffett had to say over the weekend, and his annual ‘Woodstock for Capitalists’. Saturday saw the staging of ‘Woodstock for......

Indian-origin executive appointed co-head of Goldman Sachs' securities business

Indian-origin Ashok Varadhan has been appointed co-head of the Goldman Sachs' securities division, the largest and most profitable of the global investment bank's four units.Varadhan, 41, is......

Warren Buffett looks to succession, signals future growth problems

Greg Abel and Ajit Jain, two top Buffett lieutenants, would be prime candidates Image: Buffett is preparing in May to celebrate 50 years of running Berkshire, whose market value is now $363......

'We'd have never known there was a brilliant actor lurking inside him'

'I was so nervous and embarrassed that I hid behind a pillar, just watching my son quietly.''I could see him very quiet, not communicating with anybody.''I thought he was not interested. But when......

10 Films You Must Watch

Aseem Chhabra picks 10 movies that amazed him at the international film festival in El Gouna, Egypt. Last month as film people from around the world traveled to El Gouna, an Egyptian resort by the......

Avengers Assemble!

Are you ready for Avengers: Endgame? Avengers: Endgame saw a grand premiere in Los Angeles, and its huge cast made sure to walk the glamorous red carpet. Social media has gone on overdrive,......

The Artist heroine Berenice Bejo to work with Dhanush in next

Tamil actor Dhanush, whom we loved in Raanjhanna, is all set to work with an Oscar-nominated actress in his big international film The Extraordinary Journey Of A Fakir. According to a report......

Kate Winslet marries boyfriend Ned Rocknroll

Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has married boyfriend Ned Rocknroll in a secret ceremony in New York.Winslet, 37, who has been dating billionaire businessman Richard Branson's nephew for just......

PICS: Mbappe misses penalty as Real Madrid lose

IMAGE: A screengrab of Kylian Mbappe missing a penalty during the La Liga match against Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday. Photograph: Kind courtesy La Liga/X Kylian Mbappe missed his second penalty......

All You Want To Know About Women's T20 World Cup 2024

All Photographs: Kind courtesy ICC The ninth ICC Women's T20 World Cup is set to ignite the United Arab Emirates from October 3 to 20th. Ten teams will battle it out in a thrilling......

PIX: Osasuna stun Barcelona; Bayern-Leverkusen draw

Osasuna shock leaders Barcelona IMAGE: Osasuna's players celebrate after Abel Bretones scored the fourth goal against Barcelona. Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters Croatian forward Ante Budimir......

La Liga PIX: Real Madrid salvage 1-1 draw at lowly Las Palmas

IMAGE: Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior in action with Las Palmas' Marvin Park during their La Liga match at Estadio Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain, on Thursday. Photograph: Borja Suarez/Reuters......

La Liga: Girona hold Betis in season opener

IMAGE: Action from the La Liga match played between Giron and Betis on Thursday. Photograph: Girona/X Girona substitute Gabriel Misehouy struck in the 72nd minute to rescue a 1-1 draw at Real......

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