'Iran's youth waiting for an Iranian Martin Luther King'

When I hear about doctors and nurses getting out of the hospitals in Teheran for about 15 or 20 minutes to talk to the protestors about the wounded and dead that peaceful demonstrators brought to......

E-mail from Goddess Durga

In the olden days whenever I, Durga, came down to earth to visit my father's home, the astrologers and priests would figure out how I was coming each year. Was it by boat? Oh no, that meant floods......

Chips: Why govt's dream to make India self-reliant may be premature

Mumbai-based Indian Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ISMC) and Singapore-headquartered IGSS Ventures have one strategy in common: They have told the government in their application for......

Challenges Chip Projects like Vedanta-Foxconn Face

Indian plants -- who plan to begin production with 28 nano metre chips -- will take two to four years to get off the ground.By that time, in the fast changing world of chip making, the global......

Chip shortage may last up to two years, say Qualcomm and Intel

Leading microchip providers Qualcomm and Intel say the chip shortage might last anything between four months to a year, perhaps even two years, depending on the various product categories - mobile......

Why delivery of your cars, iPhones may get delayed

As Work from Home, Study from Home and Play from Home became the norm, people bought more PCs, smartphones, high-end Wi-Fi equipment and routers, printers, home theatre systems, and so on. In the......

McDonald's ends Olympics sponsorship deal early

IMAGE: A sign for a McDonald's restaurant. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images US fast-food giant McDonald's Corp has ended its 41-year-long Olympic Games sponsorship deal three years early, the......

When was a whole team named MoM?

Noted cricket statistician Rajneesh Gupta replies to readers' queries. Name: SatishIn a 'no result' ODI, where a team has batted and the second team is unable to do so due to rain and the match is......

Malinga's pace too hot for Pakistan

Sanath Jayasuriya, who was a silent spectator, was the first wicket to fall, dismissed by Shahid Afridi. The left-hander, who scored 26 from 24 deliveries, tried a wild sweep-slog against the......

Images: Barcelona vs Real Madrid

Barcelona players celebrate after beating Real Madrid 6-2 in their Spanish Primera Liga match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, on Saturday night. It was the first time in the 80-year......