Gotham Awards: Here’s the complete list of nominations and everything you may want to know about awardsMetaphysical drama 'All of Us Strangers' secures four Gotham Awards nominations, including best international feature. 'Past Lives' and 'A ...
25 Oct, 2023, 01.50 AM IST
Fraud management platform Effectiv raises $4.5 million led by Better Tomorrow VenturesThe California-based startup, with operations in India, provides artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions such as payment fraud detec...
26 Jul, 2023, 07.10 PM IST
COP26 leaves too many loopholes for the fossil fuel industry. Here are 5 of themWhile national governments and their negotiators remain willing to listen to the interests of fossil fuel lobbyists, the COP process will c...
12 Nov, 2021, 11.23 AM IST
New smartphone-based Covid-19 test gives results in less than 30 minutes, says studyThe research found that the device accurately detected a set of positive samples in 5 mins.
08 Dec, 2020, 12.47 PM IST
President Bill Lincoln: America needs to look at two giants of the 19th century for a comebackA reformed America could lead the West again; but if Washington snoozes, it could follow the way of other empires that crumbled, notably Ro...
05 Sep, 2020, 12.28 PM IST
China wants its own Goldman Sachs. It has a big headache insteadFor the executives at Citic’s CLSA unit who sat listening to Zhang in silence, it also marked the end of a tumultuous three-year relationsh...
10 Jul, 2019, 11.25 AM IST
Indians among top asylum-seekersIndia and China were the largest source countries of asylum-seekers (11% and 9%), followed by Fiji (8%), Iraq (7%) and Pakistan (6%). Refug...
18 Jul, 2017, 11.06 AM IST
Indians among top asylum-seekers, according to the International Migration Outlook 2017Indians have sought asylum in more than 40 countries for several years now, reveals data from the office of the United Nations High Commiss...
18 Jul, 2017, 07.04 AM IST
Skin cells turned into heart, brain cellsScientists,have transformed skin cells into heart and brain cells using a cocktail of chemicals, a breakthrough that may help regenerate lo...
30 Apr, 2016, 05.46 AM IST
Micro 3D heart muscle created from stem cellsAlthough there are existing techniques to make 3D tissues from heart cells, the new method dramatically reduces the number of cells needed,...
21 Apr, 2016, 01.45 PM IST
New technology to interpret human genomeScientists have developed a novel technology that allows them to read and interpret the human genome, a breakthrough that may pave the way ...
08 Apr, 2016, 02.52 PM IST
India is more French than British in partisanship over historyIn India, perhaps due to past turbulence, there has been a tendency to emulate the French and construct an idyllic past, unlike the British...
16 Nov, 2014, 01.08 PM IST
Why CAG needs to be strengthenedThough called Comptroller & Auditor General, CAG has no comptrolling, that is, before-policy decision-making, role. That should change.
26 Aug, 2012, 01.55 PM IST
Lokpal Bill necessary, but not sufficient to curb corruptionThe government’s repeated bungling is followed mercifully by the Parliament’s mature, bi-partisan and dignified response in the debate on A...
31 Aug, 2011, 08.44 AM IST
- RBS fined $43 mn over data disclosure to Barclays
This is the largest UK regulatory penalty against a financial institution, for giving confidential pricing data to Barclays. A personal bud...
31 Mar, 2010, 12.38 AM IST