Chennai techie spent hours on NASA pix to spot Vikram

Sitting in his "lab" in Chennai, Indian amateur space scientist Shanmuga Subramanian beat both NASA and ISRO in locating Chandrayaan-2's elusive Vikram lander by scouring through the images from......

Scientists hail ISRO for detecting Chandrayaan-2 glitch in time

Giving credit to Indian Space Research Organisation for saving the day with its alertness, several space scientists on Monday said the space agency must be appreciated for calling off the launch of......

When Chennai floods forced Chief Minister MGR to shift homes

For all the blame-game over the flood preparedness in Chennai and elsewhere in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, this is not the first of its kind. Nor would it be the last, given the nature of the......

India's first-ever hand transplant successfully conducted in Kerala

In a marathon 16-hour-long surgery, doctors at the Kochi-based Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre successfully conducted India's first hand transplant on Tuesday. A......

RBI imposes biz restrictions on Edelweiss

The Reserve Bank on Wednesday imposed business restrictions on Edelweiss Group's lending and asset reconstruction arms on concerns over evergreening of loans. Photograph: Eieleien/Wikimedia......

Kotak Mahindra Bank's joint MD KVS Manian steps down

Kotak Mahindra Bank on Tuesday announced that its joint managing director K V S Manian, a veteran at the private sector lender, has stepped down with immediate effect. Manian, who had been with the......

RBI proposes stringent norms for wilful defaulters

The Reserve Bank on Thursday proposed tighter norms for treatment of wilful defaulters under which banks and other lenders will be required to examine all accounts with outstanding amount of Rs 25......

Lessons To Be Learnt From Nitin Desai's Death

We must stop stigmatising business failures.Particularly when startups are mushrooming all around, the financial system, backed by the RBI and the government, can explore ways of extending support......