Techie from Maha drowns in US, had called mom earlier

A 26-year-old Indian IT professional working in California drowned in the famous Glacier National Park in the US state of Montana while on vacation with friends, according to park authorities.......

Saurabh Netravalkar And The H-1B Dream

The US needs to understand that it could potentially lose out on attracting several Netravalkars in the future if it curbs the influx of such industrious Indian immigrants, argues Vishal Menon.......

How Pune teen's family tried to coerce driver to take blame

Pune police on Saturday arrested the grandfather of the 17-year-old involved in a car crash here that killed two persons while claiming that both the teenager's father and grandfather put pressure......

Will Rajeev Chandrasekhar Upset Shashi Tharoor?

I hope those who underestimate Rajeev Chandrasekhar will be proved wrong in this fight for Thiruvananthapuram's future, notes Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: Rajeev Chandrashekhar, the Bharatiya Janata......

RBI Governor Wants Bankers To Be Like Dravid

The governor made it clear that the RBI is aware of what's happening and acts accordingly, but doesn't make a noise about that, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Dominic......

Indian Techies Write Code For Driverless Cars!

Engineers based in India are estimated to be writing roughly 35 per cent of the 100 million lines of codes required to develop one fully driverless car for global vehicle makers. *IMAGE: A Fetch......

Indian-origin techie 'helping out' Musk to revamp Twitter

Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-origin technology executive, is “helping out” Twitter's new owner Elon Musk as he revamps the social media giant following its acquisition by the billionaire......

When 'national pride' trumps obvious questions

Should we not stop uncritically celebrating NRIs' elevation without regard to what kind of companies they are getting to run, and the nature of their products or business practices, asks T N Ninan.......

Finally! An Indian Coming-Of-Age Movie For Grownups

Dear Friend is for those who idealised Dil Chahta Hai all out of proportion, and then warmed up to the premise that friendship could be a lot more complicated, and transient, observes Sreehari......

ROMANCE. GANGSTERS. FEAR.

A gangster's recollections, a tennis champ's triumph and a two-timing teenager -- Sukanya Verma gives you OTT recommendations for the week. MalikWhere to watch? Amazon Prime VideoLanguage:......

The lady who wrote Badhaai Ho, Good Newwz

'The producer will wear these gold ornaments, but they will not part with Rs 30,000 or Rs 50,000 to pay the writer.' IMAGE: Jyoti Kapoor. Photograph: Kind courtesy Jyoti Kapoor/Facebook "No one......

Coding to Pro Cricket: Netravalkar's unique journey

IMAGE: Netravalkar was instrumental in USA's historic win against Pakistan in New York on Thursday. Photograph: ICC / X Does IPL auction cross your mind? You ask, and on the other end of the......

Kerala's Mohd Azharuddeen destroys Mumbai with 37-ball century

A summary of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 group matches played on Wednesday. Kerala's Mohd Azharuddeen destroys Mumbai with 37-ball ton IMAGE: Mohammed Azharuddeen smashed 137 not out from 54......

How this Holland-based Indian techie is helping cricketers

‘Ludimos’, launched by Madhan Raj, is an online platform which can be used by players to upload videos and receive tips from coaches from any part of the world.    IMAGE: A......

Ranji Roundup:Ranji Roundup: Abhimanyu, Tiwary stage Bengal strong fightback

A round-up of Ranji matches played on Wednesday IMAGE: Bengal captain Manoj Tiwary celebrates his half century. Photograph: Ashok Bhaumik/PTI Opener Abhimanyu Easwaran cracked a second......