The Star Gazer Stars At TIME Gala

At this year's TIME ball in New York City on Thursday, April 25, you would have run into a Coimbatore-born American scientist, looking lovely in Sabyasachi Mukherjee designer finery, who would most......

PM seeks new 'work culture' to fast-track projects

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the inauguration of the NISER campus in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. Photograph: PTI Photo Sharply criticising project delays of the past that lead to huge cost......

Youngest to win top maths honour in 50 years

Professor Manjul Bhargava of Princeton University has won the 2008 Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory, a top award of the American Mathematical Society. The award, given every three years,......

Did India discover Pythagoras theorem? A top mathematician answers

The Pythagoras theorem 'should either be an Egyptian theorem if you look at the standard of just having an idea about it, an Indian theorem if you're looking for a complete statement of it, or a......