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The Star Gazer Stars At TIME Gala

At this year's TIME ball in New York City on Thursday, April 25, you would have run into a Coimbatore-born American scientist, looking lovely in Sabyasachi Mukherjee designer finery, who would most......

Indo-American academic wins award

An Indian-American Connecticut College professor, who in 2005 received the college's highest award for teaching, was on Monday named for the prestigious Sigmund Koch Award for Early Career......

'Make caste discrimination in schools and colleges a crime'

'The government should immediately enact an Act to make caste discrimination a criminal offence and lay down a procedure similar to that of the Anti-Ragging Act.' 'Ragging has nearly been......

Why corporal punishment needs to end

A new study has shown that sexual problems can be attributed to a painful childhood, by finding that children who are spanked or have been subjected to some corporal punishment are more likely to......

10 things to know about COVID-19 vaccines

As India holds its breath for the Covid vaccination to be begin, Sudhir Bisht provides a quick checklist of what you must know about the vaccines that will be administered to citizens. IMAGE: A......

Higher salary for good looking, brainy people

At a time when people are concerned about the uncertainty in the job market, a study has revealed that being good looking and intelligent can fetch a higher salary and reduce financial stress.......

World's 10 most innovative nations

Does the 21st century belong to the Asian nations? Time only will tell, but there is little doubt that the world's only superpower -- the United States of America -- is indeed in deep trouble. Not......

'India as a brand only needs repositioning'

Jagdish Sheth's rsum runs into 35 pages! But when you've got over 200 published books and papers on marketing to your credit, have taught at Columbia and MIT, and are an American Psychological......

Keep track of auto numbers

Dealer despatches will probably be a good signal of economic turnaround or further deterioration, says Devangshu Datta. There was a good harvest in 2016, after two poor years. The Seventh Pay......

COLUMN: Legitimising myths about gold imports

The massive buyers of gold in the past two years have not been distressed farmers or manual scavengers, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. When an economic crisis hits, everyone goes looking for someone to......

007 gets American touch, again

James Bond, Agent 007, the suave star of dozens of novels, short stories and films, is perhaps the most famous fictional detective of all-time. The quintessentially British spy was first brought......

James Cameron, ex-wife fight over Oscar noms

Given the glowing early reviews and Hollywood insiders betting a gargantuan $500 million gross in its first week worldwide, James Cameron's Avatar could become the biggest hit of 2010, earning over......

Disappointing opening for Vanity Fair

In a lacklustre weekend that saw no movie cross$9 million, Mira Nair's period drama Vanity Fair ate thedust. Its $4.8 million three-day estimated gross was uninspiring even for a film that was......

'Whole of India is with Vinesh, she is a champion'

IMAGE: Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the Paris Olympics after she failed to make weight for her women's 50kg freestyle final. Photograph: Reuters The Indian sporting fraternity reacted with......

No silver for Vinesh as CAS rejects appeal

IMAGE: Vinesh Phogat was left heartbroken after she was disqualified ahead of her gold-medal bout in freestyle 50kg for being 100gm overweight in the morning weigh-in, crushing her Olympic......

Harsha unplugged, literally!

'Out of the Box: Watching the Game We Love' is eminent cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle's latest book. It was launched by Sachin Tendulkar at a glittering function in Mumbai on......

Sports Shorts: Prominent coach offers to train Budhia Singh

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday. No one in the history of marathon has won nine out of 10 races, including an Olympic gold, except Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge. Considered......

Ritwik to work harder on defence

The only Indian to wina title onthe world Professional Squash Association circuit, Ritwik Bhattacharya plans to work harder on his fitness and defence to achieve the larger goals he has set for......

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