Sivan K named new ISRO chairman

Noted scientist Sivan K was on Wednesday appointed as the chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation to replace A S Kiran Kumar. The announcement comes two days ahead of the proposed historic......

Speedy justice still a distant dream: Chief Justice of India

Chief Justice of India Justice T S Thakur on Saturday said that "corresponding upgradation" of judiciary was a must to face the challenges of emerging social and economic scenario and observed that......

Modi apologises for declining BHU honorary degree

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had declined an honorary doctorate degree from Banaras Hindu University, on Monday apologised for having refused "politely" a proposal in this regard and......

Writer Ashok Vajpeyi returns D.Lit to protest Dalit student's suicide

Noted writer Ashok Vajpeyi on Tuesday decided to return D.Lit given to him by Hyderabad University in protest against the “anti-Dalit” attitude of authorities which has allegedly driven......

Murthy to be honoured by Australian varsity

Infosys founder chairman N R Narayana Murthy will be conferred with an honorary doctorate degree by Australia's prestigious Monash University.Recognising Murthy as an IT world leader and visionary,......

IIT- Kharagpur honours HCL founder

HCL Founder Shiv Nadar has been awarded the Honoris Causa Doctorate of Science (D Sc) by the Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur. The award was presented for Nadar's outstanding contribution......

IIT-Madras director on IITs and Pan-IIT event

Prof Madaboosi Santanam Ananth is one of the most vocal academicians in the country. He has been the director of IIT-Madras since 2001. Prof Ananth joined as faculty in the department of chemical......

American Paul Krugman wins Economics Nobel

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday announced that American Paul Krugman has won the Nobel economics prize "for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity." "What......

Say hello to Dr Vidya Balan

Another feather in Ms Balan-Roy Kapur's cap!Vidya Balan received a Doctor of Arts Honoris Causa degree from Ahmedabad-based Rai University for her contribution to Hindi cinema. The......

Think you know Yash Chopra?

Nobody can craft a romance like Yash Chopra. After a long directorial sojourn, one of the best directors in the business is finally back. The maestro is all set to dazzlewith the upcoming Veer......

It's his birthday! Yuvraj Singh turns 36!

IMAGE: Warm birthday wishes poured in for Yuvraj Singh. Photograph: Yuvraj Singh/Twitter Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh turned 36 on Tuesday and warm birthday wishes poured in from the cricket......

Less awareness in sports led to only 2 Oly medals: Mary Kom

IMAGE: Indian boxer MC Mary Kom. Photograph: PTI. London Games bronze medallist boxer M C Mary Kom on Tuesday described her trials for Rio Olympics as "unfortunate" and said things probably would......