One of the first things Meera Chandrasekhar noticed at BrownUniversity, where she was enrolled in the doctorate program in physics, was that there were just three women and some two dozen men.......
Professor Niraj Verma, director of the L Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, US, who will be the operational head of the......
Why is the Indian flag in the news?The Indian flag, known as the Tiranga (or Tricolour) is in the news because the BJP is taking out a Tiranga Yatra. Why it is doing so and the motivation behind it......
Researchers have developed the world's smallest steam engine that works as well as its larger counterpart. But the heat engine that measures only a few micrometres splutters because of the thermal......
Like other major company activities, innovation must be managed in a disciplined way. Yet innovation often is treated like a corporate stepchild. Because innovation may be scattered among many......
On a bright September afternoon, a black Mercedes S320 pulls up to a curb in the middle of Beijing's bustling Zhongguancun, the consumer-electronics shopping district. Out steps a man in a......
Nanotechnology is the new frontier of scientific research. President APJ Abdul Kalam is advocating new initiative on the research in the field of nanotechnology. As Prof. CNR Rao, chairman of the......
Anil Kapoor readily admits that when he saw the completed versions of Gandhi, My Father and Short Kut, the Con Is On. He wished he had been in the two movies, doing the roles that went to Akshaye......
No one makes news quite like Shah Rukh Khan. Love him or hate him, there's no denying the fact that this superstar generates news like no other. And like a true blue celebrity, he's got his share......
His 9-gold athletic haul at the Olympics remains unrivalled with Usain Bolt coming close with 8.Raj Kishore Mishra, former joint secretary at the sports ministry, salutes Carl Lewis, 'Sportsman of......
South Korea scored, twice, and the German team crashed out of the tournament in the first round, for the first time in history.Uttaran Das Gupta discovers a stunned nation on a visit to Germany......
IMAGE: Germans are prepared to spend about 22.75 euros ($26.89) on average for World Cup products, up from just 11.26 euros during the tournament in Brazil, according to a poll of 1,000 people......
Zlatan Ibrahimovic ignored the predictable boos on his first return to Inter Milan on Wednesday without answering the sceptics who still doubt his ability to finally make a mark in Europe.......
Sanath Jayasuriya hammered a quickfire 98 from 79 deliveries, including 13 boundaries, to give Sri Lanka a flying start in the third match of the tri-series, in Colombo, on Saturday. Jayasuriya......