New York: Indian American professor Anantha Chandrakasan, dean of the School of Engineering and the Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been named as MIT’s first chief innovation and strategy officer. He will continue to serve as dean of engineering, a role he has held since 2017. As chief innovation and...
By John Di Leonardo Lent—the Christian religious observance commemorating the 40 days Jesus Christ spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke—has begun. Long before I discovered Jainism, I was raised Christian. I attended Church every Sunday, went to Bible school, worked in the rectory,...
By Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj In today’s uplifting discourse, Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj shared a blueprint for navigating life’s storms with hope and positivity, reminding us that we are never alone. As the pendulum of our life oscillates between moments of joy and times of sorrow, we may find that when surrounded by turmoil,...
Spotting Criminals Is A Challenging Job If you happen to see the police in your neighborhood, make sure you wave, smile or greet them politely. It’s important for police officers to feel appreciated because they have extremely dangerous and challenging jobs. One of the biggest challenges is figuring out who is a bad guy and...
A team of archaeologists from Oxford University have excavated a new Harappan site near Dholavira called Lodrani. Residents of a village in Gujarat's Kutch searched for gold for five years. However, their digging efforts yielded a much more valuable treasure. They discovered a Harappan-era settlement during the excavation. The discovery was significant enough that archaeologists...
Beijing: China has warned that a US decision to veto a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza pushed the conflict into an "even more dangerous" situation. Washington this week vetoed a UN Security Council resolution drafted by Algeria, which demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in war-torn Gaza and the...
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange began his final legal challenge in the UK on against his extradition to the US on espionage charges. The UK approved his extradition to the US in 2022 under then Home Secretary Priti Patel after a judge initially blocked it on Assange's mental health concerns. Assange and his lawyers...
New York: The US is set to announce a major package of sanctions against Russia over the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the two-year Ukraine war, President Joe Biden said this week. Biden, speaking to reporters as he departed on a trip to California, did not give details. The latest sanctions on Russia...
In a huge loss for the legal fraternity and nation, veteran advocate Fali S Nariman died today at the age of 95. Nariman was suffering from multiple ailments, including cardiac issues. Nariman was born on January 10, 1929, and enrolled as an advocate at the Bombay High Court in November 1950. He was promoted...
