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World lauds ISRO for Chandrayaan-3's success
Rediff.com23 Aug 2023India scripted history as the ambitious third Moon mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) touched down on the Moon's south pole, propelling the country to an exclusive club of four and making it the first nation to land on the uncharted surface.
'Modi phenomenon' captures US ahead of state visit
Rediff.com19 Jun 2023Chanting slogans of "Modi Modi" and India-US friendship, Indian Americans walked in a procession for over an hour towards the historic Lincoln Memorial where the participants busted into an impromptu dance.
Will take US-India ties to next level again: Trump
Rediff.com27 Oct 2022Former United States President Donald Trump has promised that he will take America's relationship with India to the next level again if he wins the presidential election in 2024.
4 Americans evacuated from Afghanistan overland
Rediff.com7 Sep 2021The official confirmed that these are the first four Americans that "we've facilitated in this manner" since the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.
The Desi Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
Rediff.com2 Sep 2021'I consider myself a pilgrim who is here to shape tomorrow.'
Why are govts out to de-fang FAANG?
Rediff.com8 Jan 2021So far, there seems to be limited debate about their activities in India, where virtually all FAANG companies have teamed up in different ways with India's most powerful businessman, observes T N Ninan.
I'm feeling great: Trump in 1st public event after COVID
Rediff.com11 Oct 2020Hundreds of Republican supporters sporting light blue T-shirts and the familiar red MAGA (Make America Great Again) caps gathered at the South Lawns of the White House as the US president addressed them from his balcony in a campaign-style event.
We are all Americans!
Rediff.com12 Aug 2020'What Kamala Harris' rise and rise underscores is that our old ways of identifying the Indian-American Diaspora need to change...' 'None of this detracts from her Indian-American identity, which makes us feel as if we are Americans too,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Modi concludes US visit, thanks Trump, Americans
Rediff.com28 Sep 2019Just before emplaning the special aircraft, the prime minister detailed his week-long visit and the programmes he attended in the US, including his address to the 74th UN General Assembly in New York and the mega "Howdy Modi!" event in Houston, Texas.
After Houston, the road ahead
Rediff.com23 Sep 2019'The challenge before the two countries is to turn the peak into a plateau and enter an irreversible phase of cooperation,' notes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Watch: Highlights of PM's 'Howdy Modi' event
Rediff.com23 Sep 2019Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed over 50,000 Indian-Americans in Houston, Texas at the 'Howdy, Modi!' event. Here are highlights of the event in videos:
Trump listening, Modi targets Pak for supporting terrorism
Rediff.com23 Sep 2019At the Howdy Modi event, the PM said that the people who cannot even manage their own country are harbouring terrorists and supporting terrorism.
Trump woos Indian-American voters at Howdy Modi
Rediff.com23 Sep 2019During his nearly 25-minute speech, Trump praised Modi's economic reforms and said these reforms have lifted more than three million people out of poverty. "And that is an incredible number," he added.
PM hits the ground running, meets CEOs in Houston
Rediff.com22 Sep 2019"Getting straight to business. PM @narendramodi just concluded a fruitful interaction with top energy sector CEOs at a Roundtable meeting in #Houston. Discussion focussed on working together for energy security and expanding mutual investment opportunities between India & US," MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a tweet.
'Howdy, Modi': Houston all set to welcome PM
Rediff.com21 Sep 2019The gates of NRG Stadium will open at 6 am to accommodate and seat 50,000 people by 9 am, after which cultural programme will begin and continue till 10:30 am, and will be broadcast live in Hindi, English and Spanish languages followed by the address of the two leaders.
10 amazing photos you missed this week
Rediff.com9 Sep 2019A West Indian Day celebration, Hurricane Dorian destruction, and the immersion of Lord Ganesha in Mumbai round out this week's best images.
Should yoga therapy go the Western way?
Rediff.com7 Feb 2019Why must Indians adjust their time-tested system because of what the West needs, asks Sanjeev Nayyar.
A life in photos: George H W Bush
Rediff.com1 Dec 2018With a rich political and personal legacy, George Herbert Walker Bush left no shortage of memorable photos from his time both in and out of office. Bush died at the age of 94. The 41st US president, congressman, Central Intelligence Agency director and oil tycoon was also father to the 43rd president -- George W Bush. The younger Bush in a statement remembered his father as "a man of the highest character and the best dad a son or daughter could ask for." Delving into archives here are the US former president's most memorable days.
PHOTOS: Indians across the world celebrate Independence Day
Rediff.com16 Aug 2017Indians in countries like the United States, China, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Egypt, Israel and South Africa celebrated the day with hoisting of the national flag and singing of patriotic songs.
For many Americans, Election Day brings relief
Rediff.com9 Nov 2016"Neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton represent the values and ideals of America." "After long quarrels, it is finally getting close to being over." George Joseph hears from voters.
US introduces bill to designate India as its special global partner
Rediff.com9 Jun 2016Two top United States lawmakers have introduced a legislation in the House of Representatives to designate India as a special global partner of America
The Man Who Helped End The Kargil War
Rediff.com15 Dec 2015'In his eulogy at Sandy's memorial service, President Clinton recounted the unusually hot US Independence Day, July 4, 1999, when most of official Washington was more interested in watching fireworks than international diplomacy. Sandy insisted that Clinton confront Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in no uncertain terms.' Former US Assistant Secretary Raymond E Vickery, Jr salutes Sandy Berger, Clinton's National Security Adviser, as a true friend of India.
100 Indian companies invest $15 bn in US, create 91K jobs
Rediff.com15 Jul 2015The study draws attention to the contribution of the Indian industry
'We assist to bankrupt ideology of violent extremism everywhere'
Rediff.com21 Jan 2015In his penultimate State of the Union address, Barack Obama said that the economy is improving.
My first Diwali away from home
Rediff.com23 Oct 2014Desis in the US recall their earliest celebration of the festival of lights on American soil. Chaya Babu reports
Giving a voice to girls' education
Rediff.com14 May 2014Priyanka Chopra, Shabana Azmi and Sakina Jaffrey root for a cause close to their heart. Arthur J Pais listens in
'Nothing like Diwali in Amritsar'
Rediff.com2 Nov 2013The Festival of Lights is special for Sikhs too, finds Arthur J Pais.
Diwali resolution introduced in US senate
Rediff.com16 Nov 2012US Senators John Cornyn, Texas Republican, and Mark R Warner, Virginia Democrat -- the co-chairs of the Senate's bipartisan India Caucus -- have introduced a resolution to honour and celebrate the festival of Diwali.
US Vice Prez Biden leads White House Diwali celebrations
Rediff.com15 Nov 2012Just one week after United States President Barack Obama's convincing re-election, his faithful Vice President Joseph Biden led the White House celebration of Diwali, reflecting on the significance of festival of lights, and also acknowledging the presence of Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu American elected to the US Congress, and also Ambassador Nirupama Rao, who like Gabbard, seemed to have that gravitational pull in terms of the guests wanting to pose for pictures with them
'Overseas citizen shifted the basis of Indian nationalism'
Rediff.com12 Oct 2012Devesh Kapur, Director, Center for the Advanced Study of India, discusses the impact of interniational migration with Arthur J Pais
'I carry Prahalad's intellectual curiosity in my heart'
Rediff.com24 Nov 2011Dr Venkatram Ramaswamy, Hallman Fellow of Electronic Business and Professor of Marketing at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, is in India to speak at Guruspeak, an annual event organized by IIM-Calcutta.
I don't want a job from Governor Perry: Bobby Jindal
Rediff.com14 Sep 2011While he has offered his support to the candidacy of Rick Perry, Louisiana's Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal has no plans to join the Republican as his running mate in the 2012 presidential election.
What Obama said in his State of the Union speech
Rediff.com26 Jan 2011US President Barack Obama on Tuesday delivered his State of the Union speech in the US Congress. Here's the transcript:
Dipak Jain named INSEAD dean
Rediff.com20 Sep 2010Among Jain's responsibilities would be to look for opportunities to build INSEAD programmes in China and India as the business school focuses on growing its global presence and attracting more students from the developing countries.
Businessmen and society: A conflicting relation
Rediff.com13 May 2010Businessmen and society have a strangely contradictory relationship.
'Shame raises stigma against the mentally ill'
Rediff.com17 Feb 2010It is critical that we get past the stigma of mental illness, says Nisha Chhabra.
'Indo-US trade bonds can fortify strategic ties'
Rediff.com30 Nov 2009An interview with former US assistant secretary of commerce Raymond E Vickery speaks on his book The Eagle And The Elephant: Strategic Aspects Of Us-India Economic Engagement.
US indispensable partner in India's devpt: Envoy
Rediff.com29 Jul 2009India's Ambassador to the United States Meera Shankar received a warm welcome at the first meeting of the newly reconstituted US Senate India Caucus, at the ornate Mansfield Room of the US Capitol, in the presence of more than two dozen Senators from across the political divide. She said the event was "a tribute to India, to the Indian American community in the United States, to the warm and strong ties between our two countries," she said.
Thriving in the downturn
Rediff.com6 Apr 2009These small-scale entrepreneurs offer luxury goods and services that eager customers are still willing to pay for.
US: Indian Republicans hail GOP chair Steele
Rediff.com10 Feb 2009Indian-American Republicans hailed former Maryland lieutenant governor Michael Steele's election as the first African-American national chairman of the Republican Party and predicted that he would reverse the GOP's hard right drift and move it back to the centre.