‘Indian nominators for Nobel Prize letting invitations rot’
January 1, 2014
LONDON: Indian institutes, academics and scientists, invited to nominate Indians for the Nobel Prize, are "letting invitations rot in their drawers". The usually secretive Nobel Committee, which decides the coveted prizes, has told this to TOI.
15 PIOs in UK queen’s honours list
January 1, 2014
LONDON: Fifteen Indian-origin men and women, including a prominent educationist Asha Khemka, have been named in Queen Elizabeth's New Year's Honors List for the year 2014.
US ambassador ‘regrets’ Khobragade arrest
December 31, 2013
Nancy Powell says she joins Secretary of State John Kerry in expressing “regret for the circumstances of the consular officer’s arrest”; adds that “we can look forward to continuing to expand bilateral relations”
After water, electricity will be the next challenge for AAP
December 31, 2013
The Delhi government will have to incur an annual expenditure of around Rs. 5,000 crore if it decides to halve the power rates for around 40 lakh domestic consumers
10 biggest tech flops of 2013
December 31, 2013
NEW DELHI: 2013 will be remembered as the year that Google's internet-beaming balloons took flight, Amazon's robot drones took off to deliver packages and Apple ushered in 64-bit processing for mobile phones and tablets. Phones got curved screen and self-healing backs. And, everything - from TVs to phones to tablets - went Full HD.
Rupee up 11 paise to 61.80 vs dollar in year’s last...
December 31, 2013
MUMBAI: In thin trade on the last day of 2013, the rupee climbed 11 paise to 61.80 against the dollar, bringing to an end a year that saw the local currency crash to an all-time low and recover to still close with an annual loss of 11 per cent.
Five ways you could be snooped on in 2014
December 31, 2013
Surveillance of citizens is going to get bigger in 2014 and if you're using any kind of electronic medium for communicating, you're a target
Case against Devyani Khobragade on firm footing: US
December 31, 2013
NEW YORK: The US has rejected India's contention that it misconstrued salary details in the visa application of senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade's domestic help, asserting there is "no goof up" and that the case against her is on a firm footing.
President, PM greet nation on New Year eve
December 31, 2013
NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday greeted the nation on the eve of New Year, saying it was time to make a new beginning and set fresh goals to build a strong, united and prosperous India.
Indian Prime Minister - Manmohan Singh greets the Nation
Hewlett-Packard plans to cut 5,000 more jobs
December 31, 2013
NEW YORK: Struggling US computer giant Hewlett-Packard plans to slash 5,000 more jobs than previously announced because of a difficult business environment, a regulatory filing shows.
