Here's the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the United States Congress.
'If only our roads were less congested, metros less crowded, markets a little more cleaner and air and water purer our happiness would be greater...'
Stating that transparency and rule of law will be the touchstone of his administration, US President Barack Hussein Obama, on his first day in office, issued a series of executive orders to this effect including a freeze on the salary of senior White House staff.
They'll mostly fall within five main areas and 22 specific job titles.
Ever since he ran for the Senate in 2004, Barack Obama has had a wealth of 10-figure tycoons advising--and funding--him.
This weekend, America's capital city will welcome thousands of government officials and dignitaries from the US and around the world. Over 10,000 buses will carry 500,000 riders into Washington, DC, doubling the city's population. On Inauguration Day, the Metro is expected to have a 17-hour rush hour. District bars will be open 24 hours a day for five straight days.To manage an event of this scale, the District of Columbia will spend a mammoth $47 million. It is not enough.
It was clear in Brunei at the 8th East Asia Summit that China doesn't want the South China Sea issue to even dominate the discussion, reports Sheela Bhatt, who is part of the prime minister's media contingent to the summit
With a number of top nominations, Doubt, could emerge as yet another triumph for Meryl Streep whose Mamma Mia! is ending its glorious worldwide with over $ 560 million.
Ironically, amid these struggles, interest in these taxi services has grown, as concerns over women's safety have escalated.
As the nomination for the Golden Globe around the corner, the influential Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards have been just announced, with plenty of surprises and famous snobs for the perennially nominated Meryl Streep and well regarded star Kate Winslett.
The Ebitda margin, too, was lower than the expected 29.1 per cent.
The Obamas touched Indian hearts. The US president is an intellectual of the first order and he had done his India homework well.
Jesse Metcalfe, whose appearances in the Desperate Housewives television series has made him famous, can spin off a dozen stories of shooting his newest film The Other End of the Line, in Mumbai.
A group of Indian scientists are to traverse a 35,000-km journey by road from the Himalayas in India to the Cape Agulhas in South Africa to study the history of the continents of Asia and Africa.
For the first time in 10 years, India have a real chance of re-entering the elite 16-member group as they take on Romania, for the first time since 1971.
Barra says GM is working on putting out the right products here because it will be difficult to make a mark globally without India.
With the launch of the first indigenous aircraft today, India will join a club of nations like the United States, Russia, China, the United Kingdom and France that possess nuclear-powered submarines
The message that emanates from China's denial of a visa to General B S Jaswal has multiple messages, says Sheela Bhatt.
Dilip D'Souza on pretentious cars that cost way too much.
Vivek Gambhir revels in his two-city life between the Godrej-owned flagship in Mumbai and his own family in New Delhi.
A recently released reports shows that California, a state in the US, consumes more petrol and diesel for transportation fuel than any other nation on Earth, save the United States!
As Ankara's long-standing Kurdish conflict continues, its neighbour's breakup could create unexpected allies.
'A senior US diplomat last week asked me when things will go back to normal. I had to tell her that if normalcy meant getting back these perks, it is not going to happen for a very long time, if ever at all,' says Mohan Guruswamy. 'For the Indian public now is outraged that US diplomats have enjoyed all these winking at the rulebook.'
Bajaj Auto Ltd is foraying into commercial four-wheelers segment by launching small trucks in the next three-year period. The company is also planning to set up an assembly line for two-wheelers in Indonesia in a joint venture with a local company.
US Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is leading her party rival Barack Obama by only 5 percentage points in Pennsylvania, a new survey shows, indicating that she might not be headed for a convincing victory that she needs to jumpstart her stuttering campaign. With margin of error at plus-minus 4 per cent, the new poll shows statistical dead heat between two rivals.
Jordan's Indian driver says he knows the circuit for this Sunday's British Grand Prix well.
'If the Americans believed that India is as strong as China or Russia, would they have shown this scant respect for us,' asks Tarun Vijay, MP. 'An economically strong and militarily powerful India would never have had this experience. Not just the Americans, everyone in this world respects might. China receives respect, India gets the law book.'
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