Hong Kong's COVID-19 lessons for the world

'The rate of transmission of COVID-19 in Hong Kong was 0.7 -- anything below 1 suggests the epidemic is receding.''The city-State achieved this without the de facto police-State curfew that India......

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......

Omicron to soon replace Delta as dominant global variant: Experts

Experts in Singapore, which is seeing a surge in Omicron cases, have warned that the new and supposedly more contagious variant is likely to replace Delta over the coming weeks as the dominant......

No Indian varsity among world's top 200 univs

No Indian varsities, including the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology, figure among world's top 200 universities this year while six Chinese universities were listed, signalling the rapid......

B-school whiz kids turn to rural India

If you thought business school students were interested only in slick city jobs, think again. The ITC-sponsored 'Mera Gaon Mera Desh' rural business plan contest at B-schools has suddenly become......

IITs slip in Asian university rankings

A majority of premier Indian Institutes of Technology have not performed well in the 2010 QS Asian University Rankings released on Thursday. IIT Bombay's rank, for instance, fell six places to 36......

The way we work now

Things like the increase in worker diversity can only be all to the good, but what about the steadily rising proportion of “temporary” workers? Asks Ajit Balakrishnan.Look around your......

The Credila Success Story

Education finance is a complex and dynamic sector.There are too many variables -- the course, the calibre of students, the universities, and the job prospects once the course is over, notes Tamal......

Olympics: Timetable of events for August 9

Olympic timetable of events for Saturday, August 9: SWIMMING, National Aquatics Centre 1530 Men's 400m individual medley heats1631 Women's 100m butterfly heats 1758 Men's 400m freestyle heats 1751......

Olympics: Timetable of events for August 10

Olympic timetable of events for Sunday, August 10 (all times IST) SWIMMING, National Aquatics Centre: From 0730: Men's 400m individual medley final; Women's 100m butterfly semi-final; Men's 400m......