NRI elected to top US medical board

An Indian-American has been appointed to the Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates Board in the United States. Dr Rajam Ramamurthy, who holds the Rita and William Head distinguished......

The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments,......

The world rushes to aid India battle Covid surge

The global community on Wednesday rushed much-needed life-saving drugs, oxygen cylinders and machinery, that India needs to combat the massive surge in the coronavirus cases. IMAGE: A patient......

Indian doctor chosen for Thai award

Indian doctor Dilip Mahalanobis and three other medical professionals have been chosen for the Prince Mahidol Award for 2006.Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej constituted the award.Mahalanobis,......

Tips for recession-racked entrepreneurs

How gloomy are entrepreneurs? Check out the latest results of a survey of 805 small-business owners by the National Federation of Independent Businesses, a Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group. In......

Seshadri Ramkumar recognised for textile research

The International Conference on Performance Wear and Functional Textiles presented the Technical Textiles Accomplishment Award to Professor Seshadri Ramkumar of Texas Tech University. Ramkumar......

Do BPO jobs hold a future?

The recent US federal law against outsourcing American support services to foreign shores has invited a series of protests from sources in the Indian government and the Indian corporate sector.......

Bangladesh sweat over pacer Shoriful's fitness

IMAGE: Shoriful Islam took one wicket in the match against India, before injuring himself while trying to stop runs off his own bowling in the final over. Photograph: Screengrab/X Bangladesh......

Zika virus prompts Australia to take bug spray maker on-board as Oly sponsor

A small Australian maker of bug sprays became an unlikely beneficiary of the mosquito-borne Zika virus outbreak this week when the country's Olympic team signed it up as its first official insect......