India may see wave of peaks in COVID-19 cases

Many experts feel the concept of a national peak is nebulous, given that the growth in case numbers is dominated by a handful of states, reports Ruchika Chitravanshi IMAGE: Patients at CWG village......

How 'Feluda' will detect COVID-19 in minutes

'This health emergency has brought a lot of people together with the common purpose of getting Feluda to play detective as quickly as possible.''As a scientist, if we can make a small difference in......

Space pioneer U R Rao passes into the ages

Renowned space scientist and former Indian Space Research Organisation chairman Udupi Ramachandra Rao, who was the brain behind India's first satellite Aryabhata and guided the country's key space......

Desi among 12 NASA astronauts chosen from 18,300

Lt Col Raja "Grinder" Chari, 39, is in the batch of 2017. IMAGE: Lt Col Raja "Grinder" Chari, 39, front row, far right, is part of NASA’s brand new batch of 2017 astronauts. The 12......

How a Kanpur-born Indian-origin CEO is a chip off the old block

In the technology (tech) world, especially storage, Sanjay Mehrotra is a well-known name. Co-founder of SanDisk, a flash memory storage company in 1988, it was eventually acquired by Western......

Vikram Kirloskar: The man who brought Toyota to India

In just a few years, Vikram built a giant quality-driven automobile manufacturing system that had percolated to the supply chain and the automotive ecosystem in southern India, says Venu......

Duflo, Rajan, Dreze on TN economic panel to advise CM

An economic advisory council to the chief minister would be constituted with leading experts, including Nobel laureate Prof Esther Duflo, Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit said in Chennai on......

How India's handset makers are planning a comeback

At least two of them - Lava and Micromax - are arming themselves against the Chinese rivals which made them insignificant in the local market over the past few years. After languishing for long,......

'We are open to DRS, IF...' : BCCI

ICC to make presentation on DRS before BCCI on October 20 ‘We have never said no to DRS. We are open to DRS if it is near perfection’ IMAGE: BCCI president Anurag Thakur speaks to......

ICC's Cricket Committee 'concerned' about quality of Test pitches

'The committee also discussed a number of other issues relating to Test cricket, believing a coordinated approach to the marketing of Test cricket was needed, and also expressing concern about the......

Richardson lauds Manohar's stance on conflict of interest

‘I know that our new chairman Mr. Manohar is a very principled man and seems to be trying to at least adhere to the principles of no conflict of interest’ ‘What DRS has been able......

Can MIT make DRS foolproof?

ICC involves Massachusetts institute to achieve uniform DRS IMAGE: India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni gestures for a review. Photograph: Reuters In an effort to bring all Test nations on board,......