From a dark horse in the Democrat race to the first black US presidential candidate from a major party, Barack Obama has had a meteoric rise from political obscurity to be at a sniffing distance of the White House.
Sameer Mishra, 13, of West Lafayette, Indiana, won the 81st Scripps National Spelling Bee, correctly spelling 'guerdon,' which means something one has earned or gained, a reward.Mishra, an eighth-grader at West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School, is appearing in the competition for the fourth time.In second place was Siddharth Chand, 12, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, who was making his debut and went toe-to-toe with Mishra in the 12th,13th, and 14th rounds.
Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan, 45, a brilliant Indian American legal mind, who, in August last year was named principal deputy solicitor general of the United States, succeeding Neal Kumar Katyal, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve on the US court of appeals for the District of Columbia.
With better-paid, better-trained operators working for foreign call centers, Indian consumers are often frustrated by the service they get
The 60-year-old millionaire is the first person to make a non-stop, solo flight around the world without refuelling.
Millionaire aviator Steve Fossett became the first pilot to circle the globe nonstop, solo and without refuelling, when his GlobalFlyer touched down at the Salina, Kansas airport 67 hours, two minutes and 38 seconds after taking off.
The awards, the U.S. governing body's highest honour, are presented annually to the outstanding U.S. male and female performers.
Thirteen governors in the United States have written to senior senators urging the need to streamline the immigration laws in the country.
"The world record is very possible this year. I just have to execute it," the Olympic 100 metres champion said.
The Sri Lankan company that made the personalised stationery for the US president from paper made of elephant dung is asking people to use its products to help the country's dwindling elephant population.
While the cost of the entire security framework for the former president's funeral is several million dollars, the Friday holiday for government departments will result in a loss of at least $423 million.
Even as the world's urban population explodes, these eight cities face potential extinction.
The discovery was made by David A Grimaldi, curator of entomology at the American Museum of Natural History, and Michael S Engel, University of Kansas.
The 21-year-old India-born US Army trooper was killed in an ambush near Habbaniyah Air Force near Baghdad.
The affected areas were in the midwest and south of the United States.
Forget shuffleboard and croquet. With Americans living longer, a growing number of people are embarking on entrepreneurial second careers -- well into their 80s. So what are the real secrets to longevity, in business and in life?
US Senator Sam Brownback warned India of the impending "danger" from China, which he said was becoming economically and militarily stronger by the day due to its encouraging policies for attracting foreign direct investment.
Business leaders have always flocked to self-help books and gurus that focus on getting the most out of your career and your life, but since Oprah plugged Rhonda Byrne's The Secret the business of positive thinking is booming.
Four Indian nuns, teachers in California, were kept off an American Airlines flight after crew members complained of a sulfur smell in the cabin.
'There has been an almost palpable change in the black community. There is a energy in the air that wasn't there before; there's a spark and a light now that was previously missing. I look around and I see a change in the way we carry ourselves, the way we speak to each other and treat each other,' says Jann Marie Hodge, one of the thousands of African Americans who have arrived to witness the Barack Obama's historical swearing-in as America's first black president.
Maybe the Republicans too will find their saviour in a fresh-faced minority with a funny name and unlikely story: Piyush 'Bobby' Jindal, the Indian-American son of a Hindu named Raj, who became America's first Indian American governor (in Louisiana, of all places), converting to Christianity and pledging to restore Reaganism along the way. 2012, Obama vs Jindal. Wouldn't that be something, asks Matthew Schneeberger
Nearly 100 public-company CEOs in the US are 40 or younger. Here they share war stories and tips on how to get to their position.
For many years Leela Prasad, associate professor of ethics at Duke University, had known Sringeri only as visitors know it: As the home of a 1,200-year-old Shankara Math and Sharada Temple. But in this pilgrimage town in Karnataka, she also discovered the importance of orally transmitted stories in shaping ethics and daily life.
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