Salman Rushdie out of race for Whitbread Award

Controversial India-born novelist Salman Rushdie has been knocked out of the race for the 25,000Whitbread Book award this year as five relatively unknown writers were pushed into the ring for the......

The music of Ishiguro's words

'Did the Nobel committee, reviled for awarding Mr Dylan, play a little inside joke this time around, by awarding another lyricist who was once an aspiring musician?' asks Uttaran Das......

Climate change? India must play it hard

Even as some within the United Progressive Alliance government say that India hopes to become less of an obstructionist in dealing with the international community on global climate change......

India on the cusp of 30-year cycle of good monsoons

This could have huge implications for agriculture, food prices, supply and overall economic growth of the country The bountiful southwest monsoon so far in 2016, which has been the best in the......

UK visa curbs will hit Indian MBA students

Britain's move to abolish the visa that allows Indian and other non-EU students to take up employment in the UK for two years after the completion of their courses is likely to reduce the number of......

Pachauri attacks the 'climategate' affair

The largest ever UN climate summit opened in Copenhagen on Monday with the head of the UN's Nobel winning panel of environmental scientists accusing vested quarters of not being ready to face the......