Indian eyecare NGO gets Hilton Humanitarian prize

Aravind Eye Care System, the world's largest eye care provider that has developed innovative technologies allowing it to perform 300,000 eye surgeries each year - 70 percent subsidized or free for......

PM, Sachin, Sen on Time's most influential list

Nine Indians, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and economist Amartya Sen have been named in Time magazine's annual list of 100 most influential people. The......

Indian writers are quite adventurous

Who will win the 2008 Man Booker Prize? The trade offices of literary fiction have not shaken off the miasma of Midnight's Children winning the Booker of Bookers in July. Reviewers will not let us......

Many more questions about the terror attacks

After we first posted a list of unanswered questions about the terrorist attacks in Mumbai 10 days ago, hundreds of readers mailed us with their own questions that need to be investigated by the......

Why this eye hospital is a case study at Harvard

R V Ramani and Radha Ramani, a doctor couple in their 20s, were fired with the urge to change the world. The two decided to do this through their work at a private clinic in Coimbatore in the......

Why healthcare sector is upbeat about telemedicine

Karutha Gengachi, a 47 year-old single woman in Alanganallur near Madurai in Tamil Nadu had trouble in her eyes for some time. It got so bad that she could barely see anything and neighbours had......

Anil Agarwal is E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year

Anil Agarwal, executive chairman of the London Stock Exchange-listed Vedanta Resources (pictured), is the Ernst &YoungEntrepreneur of the Year. Agarwal will now represent India at the E&Y World......

Larry Page in India

Global IT major Google is to extend its expertise in Information Technology to the world famous Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai. Google co-founder and president (products), Larry Page, who arrived......

Kamal Haasan delivers with Manmadhan Ambu

Pavithra Srinivasan reviews Tamil film Manmadhan Ambu. Post YOUR reviews here! There are several things going for Red Giant's Manmadhan Ambu (Cupid's Arrow), but chief of them all is Manush......

Review: Mankatha works only because of Ajith

Pavithra Srinivasan feels Mankatha relies heavily on its lead actor Ajith. Post YOUR reviews here!The first thing that needs to be said about the enormously anticipated movie of the year, Cloud......

Ranji: Delhi made to chase leather as Ishan ton takes Jharkhand to 359/6

IMAGE: Jharkhand's Ishan Kishan celebrates his century against Delhi on Saturday. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter Delhi bowlers frittered away the initial advantage as Ishan Kishan's brilliant unbeaten......