India leads in education, says Cornell University President

A top American academician has described the drop in number of Indian students joining US universities as brain circulation rather than as reverse brain drain.

"I call it as a brain circulation and in the past it was going in one direction. We see discoveries are coming in the field of medicine, agriculture, technology from places that we did not think of in the past.

Food security law to be launched on Rajiv’s birth anniversary in Congress-ruled Delhi

Congress-ruled Delhi and Karnataka will take the lead in kicking off the populist food security law, starting with the poll-bound national Capital on August 20, the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi,he also defended the decision to promulgate an ordinance for the ambitious welfare programme championed by Sonia Gandhi. He said the government had no choice as BJP, which had obstructed Parliament in the past when the bill should have been discussed, was neither prepared to advance the next session of Parliament, nor could it guarantee a discussion on the matter when the House is convened.

American Sikhs fight for the right to keep turban on duty

an American Sikh raised in New Jersey, signed up for the United States Army, that tradition counted for nothing. Before sending him to officer basic training, the Army told him that he would have to give up the basic symbols of his religion: his beard, knee-length hair and turban.

In good Sikh tradition, he resisted. Armed with petitions and Congressional letters, he waged a two-year campaign that in 2009 resulted in the Army granting him a special exception for his unshorn hair, the first such accommodation to a policy established in the 1980s.

Since then, two other Sikhs have won accommodations from the Army. But many others have failed. So now, as he prepares to leave active duty, Major Kalsi, who earned a Bronze Star in Afghanistan, is waging a new campaign: to rescind those strict rules that he believes have blocked hundreds of Sikhs from joining the military.

Bodh Gaya blasts: UPA has politicized probe agencies, failed on terror, says BJP

Suspecting the role of home grown sleeper modules of terror groups in Mahabodhi temple blasts, BJP today lashed out at the UPA government for "totally failing" in tackling terror and accused it of linking the nation's security with "vote bank politics".

BJP President Rajnath Singh, who visited Bodhgaya along with senior leaders Arun Jaitley and Ravishankar Prasad, demanded a thorough probe into the incident and urged the Centre to show "firm will" to fight the menace of terror

Shuttler PV Sindhu wins Malaysia Open

PV Sindhu reaffirmed her status as the rising star of Indian badminton as she lifted her maiden Grand Prix Gold title in Malaysia after getting the better of Juan Gu of Singapore in a gruelling final on Saturday

Saina clinches third straight Indonesia Open trophy

Olympic-bound Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal displayed nerves of steel to clinch her third Indonesia Open Super Series title after beating China's Xuerui Li in a see-saw summit clash in Jakarta on Sunday. 

Graeme McDowell wins French Open

Graeme McDowell produced a final round four-under-par 67 to lead home the field by four strokes and become the first Northern Irishman to win the French Open on a thrilling final day at Le Golf National on Sunday