The S&P and Dow dipped the most in a day since September 28.
India is the world's leading offshore services location according to the Global Services Location Index, the latest annual survey by global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney.
The US Department of Immigration will administer the pilot exam early next year.
Esprit Timewear presents trendy designs in its Fall-Winter 2006 watch collection.
As Guinness World Records turns 60 this year, Rediff.com takes a look at some of the weirder records that are featured in the new edition.
C Mauli Agrawal was made the Dean of the College of Engineering by the University of Texas at San Antonio.
In one of the worst school shootings in American history, an 18-year-old gunman has killed 21 people, including 19 children, and two adults at an elementary school in Texas state, with an emotional President Joe Biden urging lawmakers to 'turn this pain into action' to control the powerful gun lobby.
Sikka ranks 35th in the list.
The Indian golfer fired an even par round to ensure yet another cut this week at the Texas Open.
Chauncey Billups scored 25 points to lead a team effort in the Detroit Pistons 110-101 victory against the San Antonio Spurs.
Eddie Jones registered 18 points as the Miami Heat overcame a sluggish start to defeat the New Jersey Nets 90-65.
Tim Duncan hit a 19-foot jumper just before time expired to give the San Antonio Spurs a dramatic 94-92 win over the Cavaliers.
Allen Iverson collected 15 points, 10 assists and five steals to spark the Eastern Conference to a 125-115 win over the Western Conference in the 54th All-Star Game.
Karl Malone, the second highest scorer in NBA history and twice league Most Valuable Player, ended his career Sunday where it all began with the Utah Jazz.
Houston's Yao collected 2.558 million votes, the most ever, in balloting by fans around the world.
Shaquille O'Neal, Eddie Jones and Dwyane Wade teamed up to lead the Miami Heat to a 100-88 home win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
LeBron James became the youngest player in NBA history to achieve the triple-double triple as the Cleveland Cavaliers eased past the Trail Blazers 107-101.
Kobe Bryant, the NBA's second leading scorer, left the game in the opening quarter after he severely twisted his right ankle fighting for a rebound under the Cleveland basket.
Kobe Bryant poured in a game-high 31 points to spark the Los Angeles Lakers to a 105-96 win over Minnesota Timberwolves.
Here's this week of photos that prove we live in a mad world.
Experts in China created embryos using eggs from two women and sperm from a man. China now plans to outlaw such experiments.
Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant gave himself up to police in Colorado after a woman accused him of sexual assault in a hotel.
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, while addressing American Association of Physicians Of Indian Origin members, promised Narendra Modi-led NDA government's approval within 15 days if Indian-American doctors apply online for the area of choice where they want to serve. Rediff.com's Aziz Haniffa reports from San Antonio.
Tennis: Felix Auger-Aliassime toppled in Morocco
Marcus Smart had 28 points and 10 rebounds for the Celtics, who had a six-game winning streak come to a halt. Grant Williams added 17 points, and Derrick White had 15 points and eight assists. Boston was without Jayson Tatum (knee), Jaylen Brown (knee), Robert Williams III (knee) and Al Horford (personal).
A true global superstar, the depth of Kobe Bryant's popularity quickly surfaced as reports were confirmed that the Los Angeles Lakers great had been killed along with his daughter Gianna and seven others when his helicopter crashed in a remote field near the city of Calabasas.
Kevin Durant and Blake Griffin provided a potent mix of outside shooting and inside dominance to lift the Western Conference to a 143-138 victory over the Eastern Conference in the NBA All-Star game on Sunday.
The longest partial lunar eclipse on November 19 occurred after 580 years which turned the moon into blood red when Earth's shadow covered nearly all of it.
A red-hot night from LeBron James fired the Miami Heat to a crushing 98-79 victory over the Boston Celtics on Thursday, sending the NBA Eastern Conference Final series to a decisive seventh game.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that the atrocities committed by Russian troops are no different from terrorists like the Islamic State extremists as he demanded immediate action to bring the Kremlin's forces to justice for "war crimes".
Star Indian woman basketball player Geethu Anne Jose, the first from the country to be invited to the WNBA for a tryout, managed to impress the coaches of all three teams she trialled for with her "fundamentals".
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