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Rishi Sunak joins Oxford, Stanford in academic roles

Britain's former prime minister Rishi Sunak has taken on new academic roles at the University of Oxford in the UK and University of Stanford in the US -- both alma maters of the Conservative Party......

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......

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.......

India's New Trilemma

...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......

Wealthy Indian-origin couple, daughter found dead in US

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......

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......

Have You Heard Of Crotonville?

The top-notch faculty at Crotonville, including Noel Tichy, Ram Charan, Vijay Govindarajan, along with GE's top leaders Jack Welch, Gary Reiner, Bill Conaty, Jeffrey Immelt and Susan Peters,......

Stanford University praises Mukesh Ambani

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......

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......

Rafi's Toote Hue Kwaabon Ne, unplugged

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......

IMAGE: Shah Rukh's day out with Stanford students

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......

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......

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:......

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......

Spotted: Andrew Flintoff at Manchester

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)'......

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......

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