More than Rs 6 crore raised for Modi's Silicon Valley event

The organisers of Modi's Silicon Valley event will have only a few hours to get the stage ready after the Shark Tanks' ice hockey game at the SAP Centre ends. Ritu Jha/Rediff.com reports from......

'Indiawallah' to be prestigious Wadhwani Chair

'In the time I have been an Indiawallah, I have seen three US Presidential visits to India, nuclear sanctions, nuclear cooperation, a border conflict with Pakistan, the growth of IT services, a......

The project that helped prevent over 6 lakh HIV/AIDS cases in India

According to a report published by Lancet Global Health, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-funded Avahan programme, first launched in  India in 2003, might have prevented over 6 lakh HIV......

Ami Bera and Raj Shah create history, again

In a year of countless accomplishments, India Abroad for the first time chooses two icons as the India Abroad Person of the Year. Monali Sarkar reports from New YorkWith two Indian-American......

Nandan and Rohini Nilekani join Gates-led philanthropic group

The grouping, which is called Co-Impact, has been set up with an initial corpus of $500 million and will focus providing healthcare, education, and economic opportunity to the underserved populus......

The next Microsoft or Google from India? Possible!

India also has the distinction of being one of the fastest growing start-up eco-systems in the world. An entrepreneur-friendly environment in India could lead to the next Microsoft or Google......

India set to sign climate change treaty on Friday

About 150 countries are expected to sign the agreement in New York on the same day. India will sign the Paris Agreement on climate change on Friday in New York. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime......

Premji, Nadar among world's richest tech tycoons

Forbes said Premji, 70, who has a net worth of $17.4 billion, is among Asia's most generous tycoons, having given away more than $4 billion of his fortune. Image: Wipro chairman Azim Premji.......