Ashoka students back Gaza stir, urge VC to snap ties with Israeli varsity

Students at Ashoka University have joined the chorus of protests against the ongoing war in Gaza and have urged the vice-chancellor to end all academic and research collaborations with Israel-based......

Qatar Reprieve Highlights India Diplomacy

The incident remains a reminder of the inherent fragilities of all geopolitical relationships. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi and Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim ibn Hamad Al Thani in......

'Netanyahu cannot eradicate Hamas'

'Assassinating the leaders of an organisation, destroying their homes, buildings and institutions are not 'wiping out' an organisation.''Genociding the Lebanese or the Palestinians is something......

'A lot of Israeli soldiers will lose their lives'

''Hamas is going to be prepared. There will be booby traps and tunnels; it's going to be door to door fighting.' IMAGE: Smoke and flames billow after Israeli forces struck a high-rise tower in......

New fibre optic technology can boost Internet bandwidth

In a breakthrough, scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have devised a new fibre optic technology that promises to increase bandwidth dramatically, easing Internet congestion and video......

Tata invests in technology, R&D at Tel Aviv University

Tata Industries will invest $5 million in a new Tel Aviv University (TAU) technology fund, saying it saw the university as its Israeli research and development centre.Tata, part of Indian......

Computers to help understand neurons

Mark Shein of Tel Aviv University's School of Electrical Engineering and his supervisors, Yael Hanein and Eshel Ben-Jacob, in their quest to understanding logic followed by the brain, have......

'If you don't innovate, someone else will'

India is the 11th country on his agenda this year-- and the diary's still open. But Robert Tucker doesn't find the constant travel exhausting. Instead, the corporate innovation guru uses the......

George Clooney and 10 movie gems from Berlin

Aseem Chhabra spots 10 must-see movies at the Berlin Film Festival. George Clooney was pissed. He was the headliner at the opening day press conference at the Berlinale, for his new film Hail......

Why films give me hope in these times of war

What happens when two teenagers -- one Israeli and one Palestinian -- discover that they were accidentally switched at birth? The Other Son is a wonderful vision of Israel and Palestine. There is......

It'll be the White House for Kal Penn now

From a hit TV show named House to the real-life White House in a matter of months. Sounds crazy, right? Not for prominent Indian American actor Kal Penn, who on Monday night took a giant step......