Search for life on Mars: NRI spearheads NASA study

A team of scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, led bynon resident IndianDr Kasturi Venkateswaran, is spearheading a study that will advance the search for possible......

The Chhattisgarh tragedy and Indian surgeons' love for speed

This cult of speed reaches its crowning glory during that peculiar Indian spectacle called medical camps. Medical camps are an activity in which doctors from cities travel to underserved areas,......

'We are a government organisation, not a company'

For almost a decade now, the softspoken Dr K Kasturirangan has led the Indian space programme as its chairman. During his tenure, India began marketing her space services in the global marketplace.......

RBI Deputy Governor to retire today

Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Usha Thorat is demitting office on Tuesday, after spending nearly 38 years at the Mint Road in various capacities during which she has had a stint in virtually......

RBI weighs $ sell-buy swap to stem liquidity

The Reserve Bank of India is exploring the use of a dollar sell-buy swap to drain liquidity from the banking system, having used the most common instruments over the last two and a half years in......

MSS to continue next fiscal

The Reserve Bank of India and the government are understood to have decided to keep the market stabilisation scheme going in the next financial year, albeit with a smaller target compared with the......

Market stabilisation fund mooted

An internal Reserve Bank of India committee has suggested setting up of a new market stabilisation fund for excess liquidity management. The fund will issue debt to complement the stock of......

Flintoff makes giant strides

There are many ways to skin cats.Jonny Wilkinson would probably accomplish it armed with sterilised surgical instruments and under laboratory conditions, his every move watched by a hand-picked......