'We have about Rs 4 lakh crore debt on a state budget of about Rs 1.5 lakh crore.''We are in a debt two-and-a-half times our annual budget,' says the banker who would have been Tamil Nadu's finance......
'The state's finances are in a mess...we are in a debt two-and-a-half times our annual budget.'From my perspective, distributing cash to voters is a dying business, not because of morality, but......
Two Indian-Americans -- Sriram J Hathwar and Ansun Sujoe -- have scripted history by becoming co-champions of the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee, the first since 1962. This is......
Arvind Mahankali from New York has scripted history by winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee for 2013, becoming the sixth Indian-American to win the title in a row. Arvind, from New York,......
Twelve-year-old Indian origin boy Sathwik Karnik, the winner of the prestigious annual National Geographic Bee, is still too excited to plan for his future, reports Chaya Babu. “I don’t......
The high drama of startups speed-dating with angel investors is hard to match, but will India get a new economy at the end of it?, asks Rahul Jacob. Image: India is witnessing a boom of......
Is your new logo doing more harm than good? Here's a look at the issues that could potentially derail a redesign exercise, and how to get around them. Image: A wrong strategy can derail a redesign......
The chipmaker also promised to hire more women Image: Intel CEO Brian Krzanich introduces Intel's Edison, a new personal computer in the size of an SD card, driven by China. Photograph: Robert......
Indian Idol, licensed from the American Idol format, went on air on Sony Entertainment Television in October 2004. The talent hunt for singers had already been a huge hit in the US. The show was......
At the tender age of 31, Praveen Suthrum would already seem to have achieved the American dream. He came to the United States from India in 1999 to work as a software consultant. He got an MBA from......
Former American Idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar will make his stage debut in New York on February 23.The 22-year-old performer will sing and dance in Freckleface Strawberry,the New York hit show......
Vicky Nanjappa chats with Srikar Varadaraj, the lad who held World champion Viswanathan Anand to a draw in the simultaneous chess games at the International Congress of Mathematicians. For 14-year......
Reigning national champion Akshay Bhandarkar of Mumbai won the first international scrabble tournament, held at the Juhu Ville-Parle Gymkhana in Mumbai on Sunday.Bhandarkar won 12 games out the 14......