India's Nuclear Churning: From Idealism To Realism

Although the credit for acquiring the technological skill must be given to India's outstanding nuclear scientists, the decision to go nuclear was a political one that entailed clarity of vision,......

DRDO's secret technology wish list

This is the last of a four-part series on the DRDO, which has instituted fundamental changes in the way it will approach equipment development. Part I: New DRDO: An engagement with the military......

Shun terror, urges Musharraf

Pakistan President Pervez Musharrafhas said that the "failure to resolve Kashmir and Palestine issues led to desperation, confusion and extremism," and asked Islamic countries to ban extremist......

Indian Values Are Undergoing A Change

We are currently in a transition phase and its resultant turmoil as a titanic struggle between Indian and Western value systems is being waged, argues Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). IMAGE: Prime......

Virginia Tech, India in energy research pact

Timothy M Kaine, Governor of the US state of Virginia, has expressed elation over a clean energy collaboration with India involving Virginia Tech. Kaine skipped leading the delegation of Virginian......

Chinese partner to dress up Vimal

Reliance Industries forms 51:49 JV with China’s Ruyi for textile businessVimal, the first brand from Reliance, founded by Dhirubhai Ambani in 1966 at Naroda in Gujarat, became a household......

India's concrete facts in Paris

‘The Indian cement sector is the most energy-efficient worldwide, mainly due to modern technology used in the plants but also because of efficient monitoring of a plant’s performance on......

Microchip pioneer Jack Kilby dies at 81

Nobel laureate Jack Kilby, whose 1958 invention of the integrated circuit ushered in the modern electronics age and made possible the microprocessor, has died after a battle with cancer.Kilby died......