US Hindu group files complaint against university over 'anti-Hindu' conference

A prominent Hindu American group on Wednesday filed a complaint with the United States Department of Education Office of Civil Rights against the prestigious University of Pennsylvania for its part......

Lant Pritchett on what ails India

Professor Lant Pritchett admires India but is willing to argue with passion that it is also a 'flailing' State. A faculty chair of the master's in public policy in the international development......

World Bank pushes efforts to reduce AIDS stigma

The World Bank, the United Nations and private sector partners recently launched a competitive development marketplace aimed at identifying and funding innovative approaches to reduce stigma and......

Endowed chair in Indian music in UCLA

Consolidating the nearly 50-year-old tradition of Indian music teaching at the University of California, an 'endowed chair in Indian Music' with a pledge of one million Dollars was set up on Monday......

India to sign major pact with ASEAN

As part of its 'Look East' policy, India will sign with the ten-member ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) a major 'framework agreement' as a precursor to a free trade arrangement......

The visionary who made Indian IT industry global

One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968.At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.They......

'Nation building, top priority for IIT-ians'

Pradeep Gupta is an engineer from IIT Delhi (1975) and an MBA from IIM Calcutta (1977). He is the chairman of the CyberMedia Group, South Asia's first and largest specialty media house, with......

India to set up separate ASEAN Mission; FTA by year-end: PM

Eyeing greater cooperation with South East Asian countries on economic and security issues, India on Thursday announced a separate Mission for ASEAN region to be set up in Jakarta with a full-time......