Columbia gets Ambedkar chair, Bhagwati fellowships

The government of India has set up the B R Ambedkar Chair in Indian Constitutional Law at the Columbia University Law School. It also established the Jagdish Bhagwati Fellowships at the law school......

Nasheed seeks US support for free and fair polls

Former Maldivian president Mohammed Nasheed has sought a "robust" US support for free and fair elections in his country that has been hit by political crisis following a regime change. He also......

Only Ambedkar, Bhagat Singh's photos in Delhi govt offices: Kejriwal

Henceforth, all Delhi government offices will carry photos of Babasaheb Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh, and no pictures of any political leader, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday.......

7 Indian-Americans get Soros fellowship

Seven Indian-Americans are among 31 recipients of this year's Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. The fellowship, open to resident aliens, naturalised US citizens, and first......

Ajay Banga to hang up his boots at Mastercard on December 31

Ajay Banga, one of the topmost Indian-American corporate leaders, and a strong advocate of India-US relationship, would retire from Mastercard at the end of the year, the global credit card company......

Karan Bhatia lands top job in GE

Former senior Bush administration official Karan Bhatia has landed a top job with General Electric. He has beennamed vice president and senior counsel in the conglomerate's international law and......

'Should We Hand Over PSBs To Private Sector'?

'We have to think of the repercussions if public sector banks are privatised and if they go to foreign hands.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has only been published for representational purposes.......

India-born US judge will decide antitrust case against Google

India-born US district judge Amit Mehta, an Obama appointee, has been assigned the justice department's crucial lawsuit against internet search giant Google. IMAGE: US district judge Amit P Mehta.......

When Satyajit Ray got UPSET

There is a world that Satyajit Ray created in his films that I wanted to be a part of -- as Durga bathed in the rain to Ravi Shankar's music; when Charulata sat on the swing regretting she never......

'If you have too many girls, that's a problem'

'If you don't have children, that's also a problem.''There's no right way to live because everybody has an opinion about your personal life, and how you should live.''You have to listen to them,......

First Look: Vikram Chandra's Sacred Games

And so, after seven years, fans of author Vikram Chandra will finally have something new to keep them up in the early hours. Early copies of his latest novel Sacred Games have begun to trickle in.......

What Juhi Chawla likes about the lockdown

'What I'm really worried about is that the day this lockdown ends, we will all rush to work and we'll kill the lovely environment we are seeing now.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Juhi......