PIO woman cancer-free after experimental drug trial in UK

An Indian-origin woman who was given just months to live a few years ago is celebrating on Monday after doctors say she is showing no evidence of breast cancer following a clinical trial at a UK......

Republic Day Tableau: Why Tamil Nadu Feels Bitter

There is a deep-seated sense of rejection that the new generation Tamil youth have felt for a decade and more now, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: A tableau from Tamil Nadu takes part in the......

COPD: 2nd biggest cause for deaths in India

'COPD causes an economic loss of Rs 35,000 crores.''We cannot afford to lose such a huge amount due to one disease.''COPD is a non-communicable disease and that's why it remained low in......

'The past has a knack of exploding in our faces'

'People beat their chests when the Babri Masjid was brought down, not realising that it was just one event in a chain going back centuries; to look at the last link or two in isolation is absurd.'......

Global Dark Economy Clouds Hover Over India

'Rhetoric and chest-thumping are running high on India's recent growth record.''But will the giant waves developing elsewhere allow us to sail smoothly into fair winds?' asks Debashis Basu.......

Rebuilding America's job machine

As staff at the College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering wait patiently in a conference room, a loud rumble shatters the silence. "Must be him," someone says. Alain E. Kaloyeros has just pulled......

A look at would-be Microsoft killer

"Woo-hoo." "Whoever just joined, you're breaking things up. It might help if you muted your phone." "We got a lot of good stuff done last week." "Fish got that working; that's pretty cool." "We......

Cadila Pharma likely to go public

Indravadan A Modi, chairman of the Ahmedabad-based pharmaceutical major Cadila Pharmaceuticals, gave an indication for the first time on Friday that the company will go public in the near......