WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has reappointed Indian-American Sachin Dev Pavithran to a key independent government agency devoted to accessibility for people with disabilities. Mr Pavithran has been reappointed as a Member of the Architectural and […]
When America’s leading companies look to hire top technology talent, their search often follows a well-worn path: Recruiters fan out to world-renowned institutions like MIT, Caltech and Stanford, or they solicit applications from community colleges […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Consul General Ambassador Riva Ganguly Das will inaugurate the Third International Hindi Conference 2016 on Friday, April 29 at the Consulate General of India Ball Room in New York. Dr. Heinz […]
Indian universities are far more in the news than earlier but for reasons other than their contribution to society. Most recently, Central University, Jharkhand, did a flip flop by first suspending a professor for inviting a […]
Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have pinpointed the area of the brain responsible for recognising human facial expressions. The area is on the right side of the brain behind the ear, in a region called […]
RIYADH/DUBAI (TIP): In late February, several hundred Saudi officials, company executives and foreign consultants gathered in a luxury Riyadh hotel to discuss how Saudi Arabia‘s economy could survive an era of cheap oil. One company […]
The Republican Party and the “conservative establishment” do not disagree with Trump’s racism, xenophobia, prejudice and bigotry toward Hispanic and Latino immigrants, non-whites, Muslims and women. They are just embarrassed and aghast that Donald Trump […]
The Republican Party and the “conservative establishment” do not disagree with Trump’s racism, xenophobia, prejudice and bigotry toward Hispanic and Latino immigrants, non-whites, Muslims and women. They are just embarrassed and aghast that Donald Trump […]
LONDON (TIP): Scientists have developed a system, inspired by insect eyes, that may allow drones to adjust their speed to their surroundings and fly on their own – without human intervention and control. After studying […]
MELBOURNE (TIP): A series of massive supernova explosions near our solar system showered the Earth with radioactive debris between 3.2 and 1.7 million years ago, a new study has found. Scientists found radioactive iron-60 in […]
DHAKA (TIP): A 28-year-old Bangladeshi law student who was critical of radical Islamists has been hacked to death here by machete-wielding militants, the latest in a series of attacks on secular bloggers and activists in […]
HOUSTON (TIP): An Indian-American professor and pharmaceutical department chair at a prestigious American university has been selected for the Fulbright Specialist Roster for his outstanding achievements in the field of pharmacy. Rajender R Aparasu is […]
NEW YORK CITY, NY (TIP): The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) that represents more than 100,000 Indian American Physicians, reflects the range of physician specialties seen in the physician community at large […]
A mysterious, hidden planet that could be sitting on the edge of our solar system might be linked with periodic extinctions on Earth, according to a researcher. The unconfirmed planet might trigger comet showers, bringing […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): American scientists have created in a lab the smallest viable genome existing in nature with just enough essential genes for an organism to function and reproduce on its own, in a major step […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A new male contraceptive injection may provide rapid, durable and potentially reversible birth control for about a year without the need for condoms, a new study has claimed, ahead of its first human […]
You may want start working out to turn back your ageing clock as a recent study has found that oldies, who exercise regularly, end up with metabolically younger muscles. University of Guelph’s Geoff Power showed that […]
LONDON (TIP): Young mothers in the UK are getting babies as young as five months old hooked on junk food even before they learn to chew, scientists, led by an Indian-origin researcher, have found. Researchers […]
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