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.'......

Selling crackers, not nukes: Shopkeepers react to SC order

IMAGE: People buying fire-crackers near Jama Masjid in old Delhi on Monday. Photograph: Vijay Verma/PTI Photo News of the Supreme Court order decreeing a cracker-free Diwali......

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......