PepsiCo's India-born CEO Indra Nooyi has been ranked third most powerful businesswoman by Fortune, the only Indian-origin woman on the 2014 list topped by IBM Chairman and CEO Ginni Rometty and General Motors CEO Mary Barra.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to nearly 20,000 Indian-Americans in New York during his United States visit will be beamed live on the giant screens of the iconic Times Square.

'The Modi-Xi and Modi-Obama meetings, with an interval of just 12 days, are juxtaposed superbly at a crucial point in the prime minister's life. Can Modi carve out a win-win situation with the superpower and the emerging superpower at the same time?'

High-networth individuals and domestic funds from India are eyeing a slice of the much-touted mega IPO of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, which looking to raise an eye-popping $21.1 billion.

'Tibet remains a prickly issue between the giant Asian nations. China still claims more than 80,000 sq kilometres of Indian territory in the Northeast. Why? Just because Beijing refuses to acknowledge the McMahon line which separates India and Tibet, and this, simply because the 1914 Agreement delineating the border was signed by the then government of independent Tibet with India's then foreign secretary (Sir Henry McMahon),' says Claude Arpi.

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Wrist bands range from leather and stainless steel to sports models in hues from pink to blue.

Japanese trailblazer Kei Nishikori had a thrilling run at the US Open, but could not summon a finishing kick as he hit the wall against big-hitting Marin Cilic in Monday's final at Flushing Meadows.

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Conde Nast Traveller sorted through the wish lists of wildlife enthusiasts from around the world to collate this definitive guide. How many will you cross off?

The women's draw at the US Open has been in news for the upsets it created. Almost everyday one or some days even two of the top seeds feel to unknown players.

The search giant is building a system that stores information so that machines as well as people can read it

'One of the reasons I like Mumbai is because I find your prices unbelievably low,' Donald Trump declared.

World No 2 Li Na of China has been ruled out of this year's US Open with a knee injury.

The Indian-American community will accord a grand reception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he travels to the United States in September to attend the annual General Assembly session in New York and a White House meeting with US President Barack Obama.

In a brief letter to his colleagues and shareholders, Dimon disclosed that the cancer was detected quickly and is confined to the original site and adjacent lymph nodes on the right side of his neck with no evidence of cancer elsewhere in his body.

American soccer fans decked out in red, white and blue flocked to stadiums and giant TV screens on Tuesday to see their team knocked out of the World Cup by Belgium in a heart-breaking game.

The youngest winners of the thriving tech economy, many of whom came of age during the last financial crisis, aren't often interested in the ideas that attracted clients in the past.

The company announced the launch at its 'small' Surface event, but didn't launch the Surface Mini rumored to debut at the presentation.

NaMo supporters in New York and New Jersey step out to celebrate the BJP's election victory, reports Aseem Chhabra.

'Imagine a scenario where a terror strike by Pakistan-supported jihadis causes thousands of deaths in India. India in retaliation destroys terror camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir.' 'There is a clamour for revenge in Pakistan and that country begins to fuel its missiles for a nuclear strike against India and that is detected by Indian satellites.' 'No sane government in India will then wait for the nuclear bombs to fall on Delhi before launching its own strike. To be effective, this may well involve nuclear weapons.' Colonel Anil A Athale (retd) says the change in the 'No First Use' pledge in the BJP manifesto is long overdue.

260 two-and-a-half-foot-tall eggs, designed by varied artists, made up the New York debut of the Faberge Big Egg Hunt. Chaya Babu tracks them across the five boroughs and rediscovers her city

The Chinese e-commerce giant has outlined its vision, but hasn't really explained the logic behind a recent spree of investments.

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Deal with current owner Exide may be signed next week

A replica of the Olympic torch was unveiled in New York in honour of Indian spiritual leader Chinmoy Kumar Ghose. The giant 25-foot tall torch, considered the world's largest, was unveiled by Ashrita Furman, 59, who holds numerous Guinness Book World records.

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As part of this expansion plan, IBM will hire 1,000 employees across the globe to create new models of engagement through data and design.

Microsoft needs to become a company where people find deep meaning at work, said Nadella.

Phony NFL merchandise and tickets worth $21.6 million have been seized and 50 people arrested in a crackdown on counterfeiting ahead of this weekend's Super Bowl, U.S. law enforcement officials said on Thursday.

Indian American Ashwath Nityanandan recollects a particularly cold winter that cost him a job interview.

Despite Facebook's user base being bigger than Twitter, it is speculated that the 140-character site will outshine Zuckerberg's child.

I-T dept has asked for Rs 5,357 crore ($865 million) alleging the company had suppressed its revenue for FY09 to evade taxes

Fair trade watchdog CCI has approved Microsoft's proposed $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia's mobile devices business, citing that the deal would not have adverse impact on competition in the Indian market.

The valuation was more conservative than the $15 billion some analysts had expected for the social media phenomenon, potentially attracting investors who might consider the money-losing company's listing price a better deal, with room to rise.

Real Madrid headed a trio of European soccer clubs at the top of a list of the world's 50 most valuable sports teams released by Forbes on Monday which was dominated by National Football League (NFL) franchises.

'As I became a citizen of the United States of America, I knew I was supposed to be shedding my Indian citizenship, but at the end of the day, Mera dil hai Hindustani,' says Roopa Unnikrishnan, Rhodes Scholar, Commonwealth Gold Medalist and Arjuna Award winner.

With India becoming the second-biggest victim of cyber-attacks after the United States, the government wants to install a foolproof security cover; but it could invade the privacy of Indians, says Ajai Shukla

The world's first flying car, developed in 1949 by an American designer, is up for sale for nearly $1 million.

There's very little of Superman in the film.