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......
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.......
...Kids, jobs, emigration, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "Aren't you kids going to have children?" I asked one of my nieces who had come for a one-week......
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......
A wealthy Indian-origin couple and their teenage daughter were found dead in their USD 5 million mansion in the US state of Massachusetts in an apparent domestic violence incident, according to......
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......
Stanford University of US has commended Mukesh Ambani for his decade long support to students keen on pursuing higher studies through scholarships. Ambani, who had enrolled at the Stanford......
Ashok Vaswani, a banker with more than three-and-half decades experience in building and scaling up businesses across consumer and corporate banking and payments, will be the next managing director......
In their endeavor to produce a cost effective and environment friendly vehicle, the students of MM University has made first of its kind tri-fuel car- TRIO. Four BTech students of MM University --......
What does Neal Mohan, anointed the next CEO of YouTube, have in common with Sir Cliff Richard? They are alumni of St Francis’ College. Mohan, who will take over the reins of the social media......
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......
We have invited readers to send us videos of them singing Mohammad Rafi songs to mark the occasion of Rafisaab's 29th death anniversary on July 31, to celebrate the eternal legend's......
Shah Rukh Khan, who has acquired a sizeable number of fans overseas, recently met with a bunch of Stanford university (California, US) students in Mumbai. In the city to meet public figures who've......
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......
Reader Vineeth sent us this picture from Manchester. 'In the pic, it is myself, Sathya and Shyam (left to right) with Andrew Flintoff. We asked for a picture and he said 'jaldi jaldi (in Hindi)'......
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:......
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......
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......