Global financial crisis dogs Singapore Pravasi Bharatiya meet
The turmoil gripping world economies is dogging a global conference of overseas Indians.
Remittances from Indians in Oman on the rise
Expatriate Indians in Oman are flocking exchange houses as remittances from that Gulf nation rose with the fall in the value of the rupee.
Two Americans, one Japanese share 2008 chemistry Nobel
Two U.S. and a Japanese scientist shared the 2008 Nobel Prize for chemistry, the prize committee announced Wednesday.
ITC to turn waste into wealth across the country
India's multi-business conglomerate ITC plans to take its "Wealth Out of Waste" (WOW) program across the country, encouraged by its success in Hyderabad, Chennai and Coim...
Two Japanese, U.S. scientist win physics Nobel Prize
Two Japanese and a U.S. scientist shared the 2008 Nobel Prize for physics.
Obama leads McCain among Indian Americans, other Asians: survey
Most Asian ethnic groups including Indian Americans support Democrat Barack Obama over Republican John McCain by a substantial margin, but a still undecided one-third cou...
AIDS vaccine within four years: Nobel laureate
A vaccine that would prevent the HIV virus from progressing in the body could be ready by 2012, says Luc Montagnier, the medical researcher who has won this year's Nobel ...
MIT engineers edge closer to creation of 'artificial nose'
MIT bio-engineers have found a way to mass-produce smell receptors in the lab, edging closer to creation of 'artificial noses'.
Demolition of Hindu temples raises tempers in Malaysia
The demolition of Hindu temples built illegally on government or forest land continues in Malaysia although the ethnic Indian community voted overwhelmingly for the oppos...
India-born former Australian Medical Association head assaulted
India-born doctor and former Australian Medical Association (AMA) head Mukesh Haikerwal is recovering in hospital after being brutally assaulted and mugged in Melbourne, ...