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......

NYC settles with desi professor for racist remark

New York City has settled a case by Ravi Shankar, associate professor of English and poet-in-residence, Central Connecticut State University, for wrongful arrest and detention last year. Shankar......

US: How an Indian poet was arrested and tortured

The detention of actor Shah Rukh Khan in the United States may have raised a storm in India, but the arrest of Ravi Shankar, associate professor of English and poet-in-residence at Central......

17 US states, tech giants sue against new visa rule

As many as 17 United States states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration's new visa policy for international students, calling it a "cruel, abrupt, and......

The visionary who made Indian IT industry global

One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968.At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.They......

US launches civil action against S&P

The US government has launched a civil lawsuit against Standard & Poor's and parent The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc over mortgage bond ratings, the first federal enforcement action against a credit......

The new global hot spots for business

You may never have heard of Chengdu, a city of 4.1 million people in central China. But you will soon. The Chinese government has invested billions of dollars to entice U.S. companies to start......

Ahmedabad, Kolkata among new global hotspots

You may never have heard of Chengdu, a city of 4.1 million people in central China. But you will soon. The Chinese government has invested billions of dollars to entice U.S. companies to start......