The Star Gazer Stars At TIME Gala

At this year's TIME ball in New York City on Thursday, April 25, you would have run into a Coimbatore-born American scientist, looking lovely in Sabyasachi Mukherjee designer finery, who would most......

British Chevening Scholarships 2004

The British Chevening Scholarship Programme offers up to 120scholarshipsfor Indians to study in the United Kingdom in 2004. The scholarships will be awarded under the following three schemes:Scheme......

4 Indian-Americans in 'Junior Nobel' race

Four Indian-American youngsters are among 40 students who have been named as finalists for this year's Intel Science Talent Search award, billed as the Junior Nobel. The contest is America's oldest......

'Govt should unite, not tear people apart'

'I'd like to see an India where people will not be afraid of the government.'Post doctoral students at India's premier institute of science discuss their angst and their hopes with Rediff.com's......

Kurien quits as IRMA chairman

Dr Verghese Kurien, father of the White Revolution in India, on Monday announced his decision to resign from the chairmanship of Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) in the wake of the......

Pranab Mukherjee's Budget Speech

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the BudgetSpeechof Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for......

Pranab Mukherjee's Interim Budget speech

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is also managing the finance ministry, presented the Interim Budget for 2009-10 in Parliament on Monday. Following is the text of the entire Budget......