US varsity returns $3 million grant; claims donors were 'Hindu right-wingers'

A top US university is "walking away" from the USD 3 million (around Rs 20 crore) grants it received to establish endowed chairs in Hindu and India studies after faculty members and students......

Indian-American student charged with carrying gun on campus

Manas Moole Reddy, a University of California, Irvine student was arrested November 18, for possessing a loaded firearm on campus. Reddy, 28, was charged with one felony count each of possessing a......

India faces scary groundwater scenario

US satellites are being used to gauge groundwater use in India and the observations are worrying, according to a report published in sciencemag.org. The report notes, 'For the first time, satellite......

Indian Americans named to digital task force

G Sayeed Choudhury, associate dean of libraries at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, and Dr Vijay Gurbaxani, senior associate dean, the Paul Merage School of Business, University of......

Work place pauses? $588 bn loss annually!

Interruptions consume 2.1 hours a day or 28 per cent of the workday and cost American economy $588 billion a year, a new survey shows.The survey by Basex, an information technology research firm,......

World's 10 biggest tech acquisitions

In one of the biggest mergers in the IT space, Microsoft on Monday said it will acquire professional networking platform LinkedIn in an all-cash transaction valued at $26.2 billion. IMAGE:......

Beat memory blues with Brain Fitness 2.0

Adults aged 65 and above showed improvements in memory by working for an hour a day for eight weeks on a computer-based programme called Brain Fitness 2.0 from Post Science, a study published on......

Recession: Some US cities will be safer

Oct. 13's 937-point surge in the Dow notwithstanding, the economic crisis has left Americans -- even those with no obvious connection to Wall Street -- wondering about their own future. The 401(k)s......

Discus thrower Seema Antil qualifies for Olympics

Seema Antil has become the second female Indian discus thrower to make the cut for this year's London Olympics by achieving the 'A' qualification mark at the University of California (Irvine) Open......

Profile: Dr Vijay Mallya

Dr Vijay Mallya -- Chairman and Managing Director, Force India Formula One Team The UB Group is one of India's largest conglomerates with annual sales of over US$ 4 billion and a market......