America at 250: Why Trump's second term is reviving fears of an 'imperial presidency'As America marks its 250th anniversary, President Trump's actions have drawn comparisons to monarchy, with critics pointing to his use of p...
28 Jun, 2026, 11.11 PM IST
Former US Fed chairman Alan Greenspan passes away at 100Alan Greenspan, former US Federal Reserve chief, has passed away at 100. He steered the American economy through significant events like th...
23 Jun, 2026, 05.48 AM IST
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has only one direct reportAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei has an unusually small direct report count, focusing his time on big-picture strategy and culture. This leadersh...
10 Jun, 2026, 07.59 PM IST
Researchers say guardrails built around AI systems are not so sturdyResearchers from Princeton University, Virginia Tech, Stanford University, and IBM have found that guardrails put in place to prevent AI ch...
20 Oct, 2023, 12.37 PM IST
Vaccine nationalism could lead to increase in coronavirus variants: StudyThe researchers noted that allocation of COVID-19 preventives between countries has so far tended towards vaccine nationalism, wherein coun...
18 Aug, 2021, 07.08 PM IST
After ‘KBC’ moment, Gita Gopinath says she is a ‘huge fan of Big B’The economist tweeted about her ‘special’ moment.
23 Jan, 2021, 11.12 AM IST
Meet Akshay Venkatesh: The Delhi-born who got the Nobel Prize in mathematicsVenkatesh won the Fields Medal for his “profound contributions to an exceptionally broad range of subjects in mathematics”.
04 Aug, 2018, 11.39 PM IST
Springboard raises Rs 11.4 crore in seed funding from a set of marquee investorsSlideRule started off as a search engine for online courses, but later tweaked its model, to add a human element to learning.
17 Dec, 2015, 08.36 AM IST
Economics Nobel winner strong critic of India’s poverty lineIt's not only collaboration with Indians and on India, the Princeton professor even had a tiff with Arvind Panagariya, former Columbia Univ...
13 Oct, 2015, 11.29 AM IST
Nobel-winning Economist Angus Deaton worried prize phone call was prankAngus Deaton, who was honored for groundbreaking work on poverty and data collection, knew he had been on the shortlist but said he never t...
13 Oct, 2015, 02.08 AM IST
Abandoned oil wells 'super-emitters' of greenhouse gas methaneKang, now a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford, said the lack of documentation made it hard to tell when the wells were originally drilled.
14 Dec, 2014, 02.44 PM IST
Indian-origin Manjul Bhargava wins Fields Medal for MathematicsBhargava’s Indian connections are deep even in mathematics. His first major work, actually his PhD thesis, cited the work of only a few mat...
14 Aug, 2014, 01.30 AM IST
Indian-origin professor Sanjeev Kulkarni named dean of Princeton University schoolSanjeev Kulkarni, professor of electrical engineering and director of the Keller Center, has been appointed as the next dean of the Princet...
06 Feb, 2014, 01.08 PM IST
- In US, MIT the place to study, Georgia univ party hotspot
Students at MIT are most studious in the US, while University of Georgia is the best party school. Dos & dont's for students going abroad
04 Aug, 2010, 02.20 AM IST
- Kaushik Basu appointed eco advisor to FM
Cornell University professor Kaushik Basu on Tuesday took over as the chief economic advisor in the finance ministry, replacing Arvind Virm...
09 Dec, 2009, 02.31 AM IST
- Manjul Bhargava: Youngest prof at Princeton University
At 33, Manjul Bhargava is a whiz at maths, music and hiking. And he’s the youngest professor at Princeton University, US. Bond with your bo...
16 Aug, 2008, 04.50 AM IST
- Career opportunity high for Maths students in IT, finance
Indian students who take keen interest in Mathematics in schools should be encouraged and nurtured as there is a huge demand and opportunit...
12 Aug, 2008, 04.43 PM IST