Support me with your technology, says Hazare to students

About 200 students mainly from Stanford University attended the ‘Meet Anna Hazare’ event hosted by Stanford India Association, at the Stanford Graduate Community Center on Saturday. The......

How Urban Flooding Affects Lives

Year by year, our cities remain defeated in the face of weather conditions, costing us time, money, resources and often lives, observe Amit Kapoor and Bibek Debroy. IMAGE: Parked vehicles......

Stanford University honours A R Rahman

A R Rahman was waiting backstage and appeared sweet, modest and patient as he chatted with the stagehands around him. He was to be honoured shortly and both of us had been told by the organisers to......

2 Indian Americans likely to be in Biden admin's cabinet

Two eminent India-Americans, including former United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, are among the potential Cabinet picks in the next Biden-Harris Administration, according to media reports.......

India, Stanford to collaborate

Stanford University in California has launched a partnership with the Indian government to establish a new training programme. The Stanford-India Biodesign will help create the next generation of......

What India's IT firms are looking for in prospective employees

AI, cloud computing, data analytics are a few areas companies are looking for proficiency in India’s information technology (IT) services industry is hiring engineers with skills in cloud......

Srikant Datar, 2nd Indian to be named Dean of Harvard Business School

Eminent Indian-origin academician Srikant Datar has been named as Dean of Harvard Business School, succeeding Nitin Nohria and becoming the second consecutive dean hailing from India to lead the......

'Make in India missing from Modi's solar energy push'

If even a fraction of the 175 GW target is achieved, India’s reliance on coal and oil would be reduced, says expert. Among Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s many engagements during his......

Penn supports immigration rights organisation

He may be best known for the stoner comedy, Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle, but Kal Penn's concern for immigrants' rights and issues involving Asian-Americans is no schtick.On his website, he......

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......

US National Jr. cricket tournament

Home to baseball and basketball, cricket is a relative newcomer to the United States. With the arrival of a large number of migrants from South Asia, however, cricket has become a passion amongst......