Leading India-born structural biologist, John Kuriyan, has been named the next dean of the Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences, joining a growing number of Indian-Americans heading top US schools and colleges.

We are in an inflationary environment; this means the real purchasing power of money is decreasing every day.  Currently, they say we are at 9.1%, the highest in 40 years.  However, there are many metrics to measure inflation, and within this...

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s prime minister says its debt-laden economy has “collapsed” after months of shortages of food, fuel and electricity, and the South Asian island nation cannot even purchase imported oil.

Unabated foreign funds selling in the domestic market and the strength of the dollar against some major currencies took a heavy toll on Indian rupee. 

Amid mounting concern about wage awards fuelling inflation, ministers have been given the message that there will be “no new money” for pay rises, meaning that any extra funding will have to be found through spending cuts or underspending.

Air India has recently sent job offer letters to around 55 pilots who retired in the past four years as the airline plans to re-hire them as commanders to fly for another five years or till they reach the age of 65, whichever happens first.

Mastercard and Visa process about 99 per cent of debit and credit card payments in the UK, by volume and value.

The Lloyds Bank has warned its customers to stay alert over rise in purchase scams, notably through fake adverts. As per the Lloyds’ data, reports of purchase scams which involve shoes and trainers have more than doubled so far this year.