Don't mock India's scientific past!

It is important to approach the belief of people in ancient India's achievements with a sense of proportion, balance and empathy, argues B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.Illustration:......

Rare French privilege for Dr Singh

In a rare honour for India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was on Tuesday the Chief Guest of Honour at the French National Day celebrations, witnessing an impressive parade, in which a contingent of......

Indian American girl wins Spelling Bee

In her fourth appearance at the annual spelling marathon, a supremely-confident Kavya Shivashankar, 13, of Olathe, Kansas, breezed through to win the 82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee competition,......

Should you opt for the new retirement funds?

Between the new schemes and existing pension funds from mutual fund houses, the latter seems like a better option for conservative investors Mutual fund (MF) houses are lining up new retirement......

High-level delegation of US pension funds to visit India next week

A delegation of high-level executives from US public pension funds (non-profit and government sectors) is visiting India next week to assess and familiarise themselves with the investment......

Your salary, last year, was more than Mukesh Ambani's!

Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani drew nil salary from his oil-to-telecom-and-retail conglomerate Reliance Industries for the fourth straight year in a row while his children earned a sitting fee......

Hinduja group firm gets conditional nod to acquire RCap

Insurance sector regulator IRDAI has given conditional approval to Hinduja Group firm IndusInd International Holdings Ltd (IIHL) for the takeover of debt-ridden Reliance Capital. Photograph: Kind......

Sania-Nestor off to a flier

Sania Mirza teamed up with Canadian Daniel Nestor to outplay Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan and Ashley Fisher of Australia 6-3, 6-1 in the first round of the mixed doubles. Sania, who couldn't......