The 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a new class of tiny RNA molecules that play a crucial role in gene......
Indian Americans are likely to vote in the United States presidential elections based on what the candidates have done for them and not on the basis of their heritage or race, a newly formed body......
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.......
Former US president Donald Trump has lobbed racially charged attacks at his Indian-American Republican rival Nikki Haley by repeatedly referring to her as “Nimbra", in an apparent intentional......
Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has said that he is weighing a Senate bid in California, sparking speculation among Democrats in several key United States states that he may be eyeing to run......
Dinesh Thakur, the whistle-blower who put Ranbaxy in the dock, was heading the company's information technology division for research and development (R&D) until eight years ago.Thakur, a Bachelor......
It's what most women would agree upon -- washing machine is their most favourite time-saving gadget ever invented. According to a survey conducted by Internet service provider Hotmail, 32 per......
The US-based computational fluid dynamics company, Fluent Inc, will make India its second hub for global operations. The company will set up a research & development centre in Maharashtra. The $77......
The slightly built young man sitting across the table from me did not look like the typical entrepreneur one meets in India. He wore thick rimmed spectacles, and had close-cropped hair and a Ph.D.......
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Photograph: Kind courtesy Shane Warne/Twitter Australia's spin legend Shane Warne has passed away at the age of 52. His death comes hours after another former Australian cricket great,......
Chris Gayle overtook Sir Vivian Richards as leading run-scorer in England and West Indies ODIs. ‘Come in number 45, your time is up’ must be one of the most unwelcome cries in cricket......
IMAGE: Chris Gayle gives a TV interview to Mel Mclaughlin during the Big Bash League match between the Hobart Hurricanes and the Melbourne Renegades in Hobart. Photograph: Darrian Traynor/Getty......
Trump trying to divide us, cries NBA star LeBron James even as Cowboys, Cardinals link arms amid anthem protests IMAGE: Cleveland Cavaliers' forward LeBron James has come down hard on......
Shane Warne has described world record Test wicket-taker Muttiah Muralitharan as "thin-skinned" for withdrawing from Sri Lanka's forthcoming tour of Australia. "I think it is the wrong decision not......