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The American Awarded A Padma Shri

'I was more at home in Maheshwar than in Dallas,' says Sally Holkar who left America and made India her home nearly 60 years ago. She went on a mission to revive a dying craft and changed the lives......

Rishi Sunak joins Oxford, Stanford in academic roles

Britain's former prime minister Rishi Sunak has taken on new academic roles at the University of Oxford in the UK and University of Stanford in the US -- both alma maters of the Conservative Party......

Indian-American Jay Bhattacharya to be Trump's health agency head

US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Indian-American scientist Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the country's top health research and funding......

Kamala Harris: Her Life In Photos

A peek into the life of United States Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic presidential nominee. IMAGE: Kamala with her mother Dr Shyamala Gopalan, a cancer scientist.......

India's New Trilemma

...Kids, jobs, emigration, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "Aren't you kids going to have children?" I asked one of my nieces who had come for a one-week......

2024 an inflection point in race to become unicorn

Startups that became unicorns in 2024 took an average of nine years and six months to reach $1 billion valuation, reflecting the impact of a prolonged funding squeeze from PE/VC firms over the past......

IITs, IIMs Lose Grip on Unicorn Growth

BITS has produced 10 startup unicorn founders in the US. Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind courtesy IIM-Calcutta If you thought that......

US firms can now hire Indian graduates from top universities

US President Donald Trump has said that the newly proposed ‘gold card' initiative will allow American companies to hire Indian graduates from top US universities like Harvard and Stanford.......

Why Is India Not In The Innovation Race?

India has its share of both large tech companies and large national laboratories, but why is it that these don't seem to be at the forefront of any innovation news headlines? asks Ajit......

Have You Heard Of Crotonville?

The top-notch faculty at Crotonville, including Noel Tichy, Ram Charan, Vijay Govindarajan, along with GE's top leaders Jack Welch, Gary Reiner, Bill Conaty, Jeffrey Immelt and Susan Peters,......

Quiz: How Well Do You Know Farhan Akhtar?

Writer, director, actor, singer, producer, Farhan Akhtar dons many, MANY hats and makes the world, well Hindi cinema for sure, a cooler place. Three cheers to his multiple talents with Sukanya......

Farrey review: Confident Alizeh Scores In Cheating Games!

Alizeh demonstrates smarts as sharp as her cheekbones and a restless fire in her eyes raging to conquer the world, observes Sukanya Verma. Cheating in exams is a little like stealing diamonds from......

Hollywood Gets Emotional At SAG Awards

Hollywood's awards season continues with the Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, on February 26. A look at the big winners of the night. Photograph: Frazer......

Durgamati review

Durgamati's idiocy knows no bounds, observes Sukanya Verma. In Chachi 420, Kamal Haasan creates an on-the-spot alter ego named Laxmi Godbole inspired by a bunch of billboard ads while talking to......

Aus Open PIX: Djokovic survives scare; Alcaraz cruises

IMAGE: Novak Djokovic reacts after winning the third set during his first round match against Nishesh Basavareddy of the US at the Australian Open on Monday. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters Novak......

US Open PIX: Alcaraz, Murray advance; Minnen routs Venus

Images from Day 2 of the 2023 US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Tuesday. Alcaraz advances as injured Koepfer retires IMAGE: Carlos Alcaraz in action during his first round match against......

Day 4: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Freestyle skiing- China's Gu wins Bir Air gold IMAGE: Gu Ailing Eileen of China reacts after her run during the Freestyle skiing Women's Freeski Big Air final Run 2 at the Big Air Shougang,......

Indian origin golfer Megha in surprise lead at US Open

IMAGE: High school student Megha Ganne, 17, is the first amateur in 15 years to take the lead in the first round of the US Women's Open since Jane Park achieved the feat in Newport Country Club in......

All about Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka

IMAGE: The first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam title, Naomi Osaka has now won four of the last nine Grand Slams. Photograph: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images Factbox on Japan's Naomi Osaka, who......

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