'If he was in India, Einstein wouldn't have got out of school'

'Most students find it difficult to cope with the way they are expected to learn at the IITs.''So, all the students face the same stress.''But those students who are mentally weak are more......

'We are becoming a macro image of Pakistan'

'If we go in the same direction as them, we cannot expect a different result from them.''Our fall is going to be very swift.''Within a decade, we can expect the situation to change for the worse.'......

Why Doctors Stopped Being Gods

I got to know that every referred case for angiography and angioplasty got a kickback of Rs 5,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively.Seeing this trend, doctors started paying referring doctors Rs 1 lakh in......

Smriti injects patriotism in universities; told to fly tricolour on 207 ft mast

All 46 central universities will fly the tricolour atop a 207-feet tall flag mast "prominently and proudly" on their campuses to signify a "strong India" and the first will be hoisted at JNU, a......

100 years of IISc: Global meet in US

The-Bangalore based Indian Institute of Science (IISc), founded in 1908 by legendary industrialist J N Tata, will be celebrating its 100 years of accomplishments throughout 2008-09. In the run-up......

Ex-CTO of US may run for governorship

It is widely believed that Aneesh Chopra, who resigned last week as the first White House Chief Technology Officer, is mulling a run for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, and is likely to make an......

Deshpande Center awards $500,000 in grants

In an economy where millions of dollars in venture capital go to scientists and innovators, a mere $50,000 'ignition grant' may be small potatoes. The Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation......

Reliance is ready for a big surge: Mukesh

"It took three decades for Reliance to create an enterprise value of over $80 billion - that is, over Rs. 370,000 crore. However, I feel hopeful and confident that Reliance can accomplish value......