Another key sponsor of the Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) has pulled out of the prestigious annual meet in the wake of the organiser's decision to cancel a keynote address by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The webpage of WIEF showed Colors' channel, which is Viacom18's flagship brand in the entertainment space in India, being removed from the list of silver sponsors of the annual event. ...
10:39 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Here is the full text of the letter drafted by three University of Pennsylvania professors and signed by hundreds of eminent academics and members of the intelligentsia to protest against Wharton's invite to Narendra Modi. This petition led to cancellation of the invite. ...
11:18 AM, Mar 06, 2013
The controversy generated over the invite extended to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi to address the India Economic Forum at The Wharton School of the ...
06:57 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Ending its silence, Wharton School has backed the organising committee of Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) on cancelling the address of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, but regretted the confusion caused as a result of the change in program. ...
04:47 AM, Mar 05, 2013
The Wharton India Economic Forum revoked its decision to invite Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to deliver a key note address after three Indian-American professors from the University of Pennsylvania sent a petition signed by about 135 people "furious" against such a move. ...
04:57 PM, Mar 04, 2013
New Delhi: Finally, there is a device that will allow the visually impaired to walk without sticks. Three Indians in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania have developed a belt that senses obstructions and helps the visually impaired walk freely. Visually impaired Wasim can walk without a stick to guide him. The hepatic belt that he is wearing vibrates on sensing human obstruction and prevents him from colliding into anyone....
08:59 AM, Jan 27, 2012
Pittsburgh: A love letter written to a US college student in the state of Pennsylvania and delivered 53 years late will be mailed to its intended recipient who is now an elderly ma. A spokeswoman for the California University of Pennsylvania said the letter, addressed to Mr Clark C Moore and postmarked February 20, 1958, arrived mysteriously in the mail room last week. On Thursday, university officials located Moore, now...
03:29 PM, Jul 16, 2011
Washington: A new study says that most people would be quite comfortable pocketing an extra $ 20 note they receive in change, especially when the cashier is not looking. "Omissions and commissions come up relatively frequently in everyday life, and we sometimes puzzle over them," says psychologist Peter DeScioli of Brandeis University, the journal Psychological Science reports. DeScioli co-authored the study with John Christner and Robert Kurzban of the University...
10:30 AM, Mar 09, 2011
The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania names its state-of-the-art auditorium as Dhirubhai Ambani Auditorium. ...
04:35 PM, May 15, 2007
