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Caste Is Missing In Prohibition Debates

The point made by sociologist M N Srinivas, that it represented a Sanskritic act that was linked to caste, is never raised in Indian debates and the disapproval of drink is almost universal, notes......

Remembering The Day JFK Died

On a sunny Texas day in November 60 years ago, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the president of the United States, and his elegant wife Jacqueline Lee 'Jackie' Bouvier Kennedy touched down in......

1st time in 125 years: Harvard Republican Club rejects Trump

In a major blow to Donald Trump, the prestigious Harvard Republican Club has announced that it will not support the Republican presidential nominee in the November general elections. Citing his......

'Won't seek any employment from the government'

Justice J Chelameswar, who courted controversy by virtually revolting against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, also said that impeachment cannot be an answer to every problem and there was need......

Obama's Indian classmate to attend his inaugration

Four persons have been invited tothe inaugrationof Barack Obamain Washington.America. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife,United Progressive Alliance chairpersonSonia Gandhi, business tycoon......

Rahul Bajaj, World's Favourite Indian

Two months ago, on February 12, Rahul Bajaj passed into the ages.'Rahul inspired Indian industry with an ethos, an ethos of being more confident, more independent, more thorough, more competitive,......

Harvard to study civic ills of Mumbai, Delhi

The urban infrastructure in Mumbai and Delhi-- the little there is of it-- is in a mess. Well, now no less than Harvard University is planning a study into the infrastructure deficiencies of......

India seeks US investments in power sector

Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday made a high pitch for American investments in India’s power sector, which he said, is projected to grow by leaps and bounds in the next couple of......

Sunil Mittal's son Shravin ups his reputation as VC investor

Shravin Mittal’s venture capital firm, Unbound Advisors, has made investments worth over $500 million so far. In the last one month, Shravin Mittal has invested in follow-up funding rounds......

Edtech start-up Eruditus gets funding from Zuckerberg duo

Eruditus runs on a partnership model with top global universities such as MIT, Columbia, Harvard, Cambridge, INSEAD, Wharton, and UC Berkeley, offering courses in coding, data science, fintech,......

How Well Do You Know Rekha?

Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies. Cop, courtesan, daku, don, school teacher, snakes, Rekha's played everything under the sun on screen and survived bad......

Facebook was his idea!

Divya Narendra was a junior at Harvard University when he and his roommates -- twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss approached another student Marc Zuckerberg to program a social networking site,......

How Facebook came to be

Aseem Chabbra review The Social Network.An American friend told me this story. Another friend of his came home one night, drunk after a lot of hard partying, and started viewing profiles of blond......

Mira Nair, Abraham Verghese in conversation

Over a decade ago, Mira Nair turned Dr Abraham Verghese's best-selling memoir My Own Country into a well-received telly film starring Naveen Andrews. On Wednesday, Nair and Verghese met at Asia......

When Mourinho lauded opposition; slammed own team!

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho conceded his team is "a bit" behind the level of Juventus and the elite. 'To go to the Juventus level? Barcelona level? Real Madrid level? How can you reach......

Medical experts want Rio Olympics delayed or moved due to Zika

IMAGE: A municipal worker stands next to a banner that reads, "Rio Carnival 2016" before spraying insecticide to prevent the spread of Zika's vector. Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters More than......

'Zika not a reason to cancel Olympics'

IMAGE: Members of Team USA, Gabby Douglas, Simone Biles and Ryan Lochte during their Road to Rio Tour. Photograph: Mike Stobe/Getty Images for the USOC. The widespread Zika virus outbreak in......

Chinese magnate to buy English soccer team Aston Villa

A Chinese magnate has agreed to buy historic English football club Aston Villa, the latest in a series of investments from China into football worldwide as President Xi Jinping looks to make the......

Ibrahimovic and Eto'o complete Inter-Barca swap

Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic moved to Barcelona from Inter Milan and Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o went the other way on Monday in a swap deal worth more than 66 million euros ($94.14 million).......

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