NEW DELHI: Dr Surinder M. Sehgal left India in 1959 to pursue higher studies at Harvard University in the US. After establishing himself in the field of rural development, 20 years hence Dr Sehgal, who hails from Punjab, decided to give something back to the people who helped him climb the success ladder

ASEAN energy ministers have held several discussions on issues of petroleum security, energy from renewable sources and on concerns regarding nuclear energy. A regular feature of the ASEAN, the meeting of energy ministers in the last week of August 2007 was notable for the vision it outlined for the future

When eleven-year old Mohini boards this caravan-like bus in her Gujjarwal village in interior Ludhiana, the purpose is not to get transported. For she is a book-lover, seeking a one hour get away, in the engaging company of three thousand plus books.

Despite the 'end of ideology' and the ultimate triumph of liberal faith in international politics, anti-Americanism still propels Left forces in India and many other parts of the world. The protests by Left parties and others to the Malabar naval exercises involving India and the US apart from three other countries bring home the point that the facade of ideology still remains in international relations, even if it for a rhetorical purpose.

Some two kilometers away from Qutub Minar stands the Lado Sarai office and school of Sahaj Sankalp- a non-profit started by an NRI. The small place has computers, books, interactive CDs and most of all an aura of possibility and enthusiasm.

HOUSTON: An Indian-American neurosurgeon has donated about $ 20 million, from his personal fortune, to build health facilities in his native village in Kerala. Dr Kumar Bahuleyan, born in a poor Dalit family in Chemmanakary, moved to the US where he made millions as a neurosurgeon and lived a lavish life, which included a Rolls-Royce, five Mercedes-Benz cars and an airplane.

The US decision to base interceptors and radars in the Czech Republic and Poland, as a part of its Ballistic Missile Defense shield in Europe, has forced Russia to take a series of counter measures. Offensive measures include deployment of S-400 Triumph air defense missiles and a successful test of a sea based ballistic missile on August 7.

He believes that India cannot progress till the urban-rural divide narrows down. A firm believer in Gandhian precept of service to the 'daridra narayan,' he also understands that key solutions to country's problems lay in the uplift of the villages.

The Naxalite presence in Tamil Nadu has been discovered with a training camp conducted by former People's War Group Naxals in the Periyakulum forests, Theni district, on June 25. Three persons were arrested by the police from the site while the hunt for seven other Naxals continues.