Indian-American Jay Bhattacharya to be Trump's health agency head

US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Indian-American scientist Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the country's top health research and funding......

UK's richest 10% took half of wealth from India during colonialism

The United Kingdom extracted USD 64.82 trillion from India over a century of colonialism between 1765 and 1900 and USD 33.8 trillion of this went to the richest 10 per cent -- enough money to......

Mamata silent on demands of junior docs; health of medics deteriorates

Junior doctors in West Bengal continued their indefinite hunger strike for the sixth consecutive day, drawing support from several senior doctors across the country and prompting the Indian Medical......

Delhi Metro cancels ad referring to breasts as oranges

Delhi Metro on Thursday said it has withdrawn a poster on breast cancer awareness that asked women 'to check your oranges' but the questions remained -- does the metaphor obscure the message, does......

'We Have An Indian Tiger That Needs To Be Uncaged'

'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.' Interview with......

Companies Plan Yoga Day Celebration

'An in-house contest encourages employees to share yoga and well-being practices with their families.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph:......

What Led To Paytm's Big Fall

At the heart of Paytm's slide lies the abject failure of its Super App strategy, notes Indrajit Gupta. IMAGE: Vijay Shekhar Sharma. Photograph: ANI Photo For more than three weeks now, the......

Stock Market: Which Sectors Delivered?

The biggest bounce is in the realty sector, where the industry index jumped 80%.There's been a turnaround also in automobiles and ancillaries (up 45%).The pharma and health care indices have a......

Why Anjali Sacrificed Her Career For Sachin

Anjali quickly decided not to pursue her career in medicine. If she had worked in a government hospital, she would have had to do her fair share of nights and weekends in hospital, which would have......

Should Dhoni Have Done This Ad?

It is a pity that he does not take his youth influencer role more seriously and align his brand endorsements more responsibly, notes Kanika Datta. IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a Lays ad.......

PIX: Indian athletes in Commonwealth Games Village

IMAGE: Boxers Lovlina Borgohain and Nikhat Zareen pose with 'Perry the Bull', the mascot of the Commonwealth Games 2022, in Birmingham. Photograph: PTI The Indian boxing squad arrived at the......

BCCI likely to allow 50 percent crowds for England Tests

IMAGE: Photograph: Kind Courtesy Narendra Modi/Twitter The BCCI brass is seriously contemplating allowing 50 percent crowd attendance at both Chepauk and the newly constructed Motera Stadium......

Hockey in Tokyo Games: Gold for finalists in case of no clash due to COVID

IMAGE: The Indian hockey team has been in impressive form. Photograph: Hockey India/Twitter Saddled with many 'ifs and buts' around the conduct of hockey at the Olympics, The International Hockey......