31 years on, horrors of the Bhopal Gas tragedy continue

Gas affected areas in Bhopal are still bereft of basic amenities, reports Shashikant Trivedi. Survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy hold a banner during a protest march in New Delhi. Photograph: B......

Indian American Fulbright scholar to research ayurveda

Kolkata-born Indian American physician Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya, who practices holistic medicine in New York, has created history by being selected the first US scholar by the Fulbright Program to......

SpiceJet starts probe into offloading of disabled woman

No-frill carrier SpiceJet has begun an enquiry into an incident in which a differently-abled woman was off-loaded from its Kolkata-Mumbai flight on Sunday after the crew claimed it was not safe to......

From pilot to Santa, all in a day's work for Kalam

From pilot to Santa, President A P J Abdul Kalam did it all within no time. The 75-year-old Kalam, who is in Greece on a three-day state visit, began his morning on Friday with a visit to the......

A technology designed to touch many lives

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur have developed technologies that will enable people with disabilities enjoy the digital world, says Indrani Roy. Image: Professor......

5 things you should know while donating to save tax

Don't end up claiming tax by just referring to Section 80G. There are some sub-sections also True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of any compensation. However, in the......

IIT-ians' boon for kids with cerebral palsy

Ajit Narayan and his IIT-Madras colleagues at Invention Labs have created a device that lends voice to children with cerebral palsy! Even when 21-year-old Ajit Narayan packed his bags for the......

ISB to nurture startups

The Indian School of Business is creating a corpus to nurture start-up companies. The institute would host ISB alumni entrepreneurs on the campus for sometime and offer mentoring services for their......