Indian-American Jay Bhattacharya to be Trump's health agency head

US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Indian-American scientist Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the country's top health research and funding......

Stanford University honours A R Rahman

A R Rahman was waiting backstage and appeared sweet, modest and patient as he chatted with the stagehands around him. He was to be honoured shortly and both of us had been told by the organisers to......

Pakistanis divided over Stanford invite for Mush

Pakistanis are objecting to the Stanford University's invitation to their former president Pervez Musharraf to lecture at the varsity as 'Big Speaker-2009', later this week. 'Musharraf has been......

Kamala Harris: Her Life In Photos

A peek into the life of United States Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic presidential nominee.   IMAGE: Kamala with her mother Dr Shyamala Gopalan, a cancer scientist.......

US firms can now hire Indian graduates from top universities

US President Donald Trump has said that the newly proposed ‘gold card' initiative will allow American companies to hire Indian graduates from top US universities like Harvard and Stanford.......

IITs, IIMs Lose Grip on Unicorn Growth

BITS has produced 10 startup unicorn founders in the US. Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind courtesy IIM-Calcutta   If you thought that......

Why Is India Not In The Innovation Race?

India has its share of both large tech companies and large national laboratories, but why is it that these don't seem to be at the forefront of any innovation news headlines? asks Ajit......

India, Stanford to collaborate

Stanford University in California has launched a partnership with the Indian government to establish a new training programme. The Stanford-India Biodesign will help create the next generation of......

Quiz: How Well Do You Know Farhan Akhtar?

Writer, director, actor, singer, producer, Farhan Akhtar dons many, MANY hats and makes the world, well Hindi cinema for sure, a cooler place. Three cheers to his multiple talents with Sukanya......

Aus Open PIX: Djokovic survives scare; Alcaraz cruises

IMAGE: Novak Djokovic reacts after winning the third set during his first round match against Nishesh Basavareddy of the US at the Australian Open on Monday. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters Novak......

Kerber matches Serena's title record this season with Stanford triumph

Runner-up Pliskova will move into the top-10 of the world rankings for the first time in her career Germany's Angelique Kerber celebrates after defeating Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova in the......

Tennis Round-up: Zverev youngest to claim four titles in a year; Keys wins Stanford title

IMAGE: Germany's Alexander Zverev celebrates his win over South Africa's Kevin Anderson to win the Citi Open title at William HG FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, DC on Sunday. Photograph:......

Golf sensation Ko to balance Tour demands with university life

Despite being named one of TIME magazine's '100 most influential people' earlier this year, Ko said she still has a long way to go Lydia Ko tees off. Photograph: Victor Fraile/Getty Images Rookie......

Sania rallies to beat Morigami

Sania Mirza overcame leg cramps in the third set as she rallied to beat Japan's Akiko Morigami 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(5) to enter the second round of the US $600,000 Bank of West Classic tournament in......