Despite the vicissitudes of the policies of their governments, emotional bonds have already existed between the two countries, certainly from the Indian people's side.

Starting from next week several US business delegations would visit Bangalore to interact with Karnataka government to explore investment opportunities and at least Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) investment would be flowing soon.

In a unique honour, Indian woman scientist Mala R Chinoy has been chosen for the 2006 Science Spectrum Trailblazer award for her pioneering work in cardiopulmonary defects in newborns.

India were 33 for one after dismissing Antigua and Barbuda for 300 on the first day of their warm-up match

Australia will use baseball coach Mike Young as a fielding consultant to help their World Cup defence next year, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Thursday.

Hasim Rahman will be declared World Boxing Council heavyweight champion, filling the void left by the retirement of Vitali Klitschko.

The 10-year-old girls conjoined at the head share a blood drainage vessel in the brain - a concern for doctors.

Police officers used lounge chairs by the side of the tennis court as shields and formed a human chain to corral the wayward buffalo in the court before returning them to the farm later in the day.

In a nationwide crackdown, over 103 members of Mara Salvatrucha, an international gang involved in murder, narcotics trafficking and human smuggling have been arrested.

'India is developing call centres and Saudi Arabia is developing madrassas. One is calling the world, in a perfect accent, the other is calling God, in only one language.'

The American is aiming to achieve his dream of beating Mark Spitz' record of seven gold medals at a single Olympic Games.

The revelation about the Los Alamos labs come days after it reported that several disks containing classified nuclear material were 'missing.'

The 19-year-old triple world record-holder clocked 4:08.41 seconds on the first day of the U.S. Olympic trials.

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The Australian is no longer thinking about trying to match American Mark Spitz's record of seven Olympic golds.

Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon have won for discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes.