Kaushik Basu, whose stint at the World Bank ends on July 31, was being looked at as a serious contender, the sources said
Trudeau has said that he will repair Canada's cool relations with United States President Barack Obama's administration, withdraw Canada from the combat mission against Islamic State militants in favour of humanitarian aid, and tackle climate change.
Totackle the serious challenges faced by the banking sector, the government will bring in more professional management and boards in the banks.
An IIT Roorkee graduate, Chandran joins a distinguished group of 24.
Hillary Clinton has ended her Democratic presidential primary campaign on a winning note as she defeated her party rival Senator Bernie Sanders in the US capital, setting the stage for a fierce showdown with Republican opponent Donald Trump in November.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday laid a wreath at the Tomb of Unknown Soldiers and paid homage to Indian-American astronaut late Kalpana Chawla at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington.
Here are a few interesting facts about the 152-year-old cemetery in whose 624 acres the dead of the nation's conflicts are buried.
'Let us celebrate the fact of his having lived amongst us, and our having lived in his time.'
A photo of a black police officer helping a white supremacist during rival rallies held in South Carolina in the United States by African-Americans and members of the white fanatic group Klu Klux Klan has gone viral and is generating positive reaction.
While the clouds of controversies surrounding St Stephen's college continue to darken, principal Valson Thampu says no other institution in the world has been subjected to such "harassment" but it is strong enough to withstand 1000 other controversies.
Football's Carli Lloyd seen as marketing darling, analysts say.
'The Tibetan movement will never turn violent during the Dalai Lama's life-time.'
'Peepli Live' co-director Mahmood Farooqui has been arrested and sent to jail on charges of raping a US-based Indian origin research scholar in New Delhi.
Fifteen years ago, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched into space aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.
Layla Bolten claims she was harassed by colleagues; sues firm in US; company says charges are 'false and baseless'.
New York-born S Mitra Kalita moved to Delhi to experience Indian life. On her return to the US she wrote a book about her unpredictable two-year adventure. Aseem Chhabra reports.
Ghatam exponent T H Subash Chandran recalls his association with the Carnatic great who passed into the ages on Monday.
Continuing his campaign of reaching out to less privileged sections, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Mhow in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, the birthplace of Dr BR Ambedkar around whose work and ideology struggles of the suppressed classes are centred.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Their love story began under the bright arc lights, where they performed dangerous stunts for a living. And culminated in a beautiful wedding under the Big Top. Hitesh Harisinghani was there to chronicle the event.
Republican Donald Trump has been elected as 45th President of the United States after winning 276 electoral votes.
Bharara alleged that before firing him, Trump tried to cultivate relationship with him.
The income inequality gap was found to be highest in South Africa and lowest in Denmark.
The number of poor children in the US grew by 18 per cent from 2008 to 2014, and the number of children living in low-income households grew by 10 per cent.
A rescue operation has been launched to find survivors buried in the rubble.
The victory celebration over, new FIFA president Gianni Infantino's first major decision in charge of the troubled world football organisation will be to appoint a secretary general, effectively a chief executive, to run day-to-day operations.
Hillary Clinton inflicted a massive defeat on Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary in South Carolina.
Popular Bollywood choreographer Shiamak Davar has been accused of sexually assault by two of his former students.
Arvind Panagariya is widely expected to take a top advisory role in prime minister-elect Narendra Modi's government.
Former United States President George W Bush campaigned for his younger brother for the first time on Monday night.
Chandigarh-born Sri Srinivasan, Neal Katyal and California Attorney General Kamala Harris are the three Indian-Americans who could be Supreme Court judges.
A part of India slid about one foot to 10 feet northwards and underneath Nepal in a matter of seconds during the devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake that hit the neighbouring country on Saturday, a US scientist has said.
Google is the most attracitve employer in India followed by Sony
"This is a very significant visit," Modi said.
On Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's 124th birth anniversary we take a look at his inspiring life journey.
At just 17, an Indian-origin student has earned admission to 14 top United States universities, including all eight Ivy League schools considered the most prestigious varsities worldwide.
From parity in 1980, China's economy has outgrown India's fivefold to $10 trillion
US News ranks the top universities to study in in the US based on quality and value. take a look at the top 25.
United States has the highest number of civilian firearms with a whopping 101.1 firearms per 100 population.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the government may consider the "next round of action" on subsidies.
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