Genetic Destiny Or Hard Work?

Just as the atom and the byte needed careful societal control to prevent damage to society, perhaps, so does the gene, particularly in debates like 'genes vs merit', explains Ajit Balakrishnan.......

PhD scholar is 4th suicide in IIT-Kanpur in a year

A 28-year-old PhD student at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur ended her life by hanging herself from the ceiling hook in Kanpur  on Thursday, the fourth such case in the last one......

Explained: How National Testing Agency functions

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is at the centre of controversy over alleged irregularities in competitive exams conducted by it. Amid the raging row over the recently conducted NEET-UG and......

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......

Interested in working with OpenAI? Please feel free to email Sam Altman

If you are interested in working with OpenAI, feel free to email Sam Altman. IMAGE: Sam Altman, CEO of Microsoft-backed OpenAI and ChatGPT creato. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters In a free-wheeling......

Twitter's Agrawal latest Indian to head a global giant

With his elevation as the CEO of Twitter, Parag Agrawal, in whom co-founder of the microblogging giant Jack Dorsey has “bone-deep” trust, joins the growing power club of Indian-origin......

Why Amit Mitra is important to Mamata

No longer Bengal's finance minister, Amit Mitra, Mamata's principal chief advisor, will still advise and aid the 'chief minister and finance department on all matters relating to management of......

Anish Shah is new MD-CEO of Mahindra group

IMAGE: Anish Shah. Photograph: Courtesy, Anish Shah on Twitter. When Anand Mahindra becomes non-executive chairman in November, Shah will become the first professional MD and CEO in the history of......