Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Praveen Sood took over as the new Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director on Thursday and he will be in the post for two years, officials said.
On Thursday, June 1, 2023, Jordan's 28-year-old Crown Prince Hussein married Rajwa al-Saif, a 29-year-old Saudi architect, at a glittering wedding ceremony attended by global royalty, including Britain's prince and princess of Wales.
He has been appointed to the CBI director's post for a period of two years from the date of taking charge after Subodh Kumar Jaiswal completes his tenure on May 25, a government order said on Sunday.
He takes over the CBI in challenging times. The perception is that the agency is reduced to being an instrument of blackmail and intimidation by successive governments.
After 26 years, Aditya Chopra is set to direct DDLJ again and it will mark his debut as a director on Broadway.
The presidential dreams that the veteran leader from Delaware had harboured since childhood seemed all but over for a third time until he won South Carolina's Democratic Party primary on February 29 last year, forcing most rivals out of the race and making one of the most dramatic comebacks in American political history.
Third time lucky is an apt phrase to describe the remarkable rise of Joe Biden, a veteran in US politics for around five decades, from being one of the youngest senators in history to the oldest American president-to-be.
Here is the list of National Basketball Association champions (best-of-seven series:
American Airlines confirmed on Saturday that a 30-something woman expressed suspicions about Menzio. She said she was too ill to take the Air Wisconsin-operated flight 3950.
The real estate mogul indicated that economy and trade would be one of his major election issues this summer leading to the November presidential elections.
During her tenure, Facebook's users in the country have grown from 8 million to 138 million, making India its second largest market after the US
Well-known among the Silicon Valley elite, Vishal Sikka is the first external CEO for Infy.
A well known figure among the Silicon Valley elite, Sikka recently quit his job at SAP.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Here's a look at the top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Winner of 2014 Scripps National Spelling Bee Sriram Hathwar in conversation with Arthur J Pais on the challenges of winning the competition.
Presidential scholar and physicist Abhilasha Gokulan shares her journey.
In an online chat with Get Ahead reader, overseas education consultant NNS Chandra addressed queries related to international admissions.
The new Miss America is somebody many "relate to", as she herself said after being crowned. Here's why. And a few other interesting facts you did not know about the Indian-American beauty queen.
India is not able to specialise according to its natural comparative advantage, says Devashish Mitra.
Senior Indian Forest Service officer Surendra Mohapatra, detained by Pennsylvania police after a woman staff at a hotel filed a complaint against him, has been charged with indecent assault and will appear in court on August 1 for his preliminary hearing.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on how to pick the right international education.
A senior Indian Forest Service officer Surendra Prasad Mohapatra, who is in the US on a training course, has been detained by police in Pennsylvania following a woman staff's complaint of "sexual assault" at a hotel where he was staying.
The Davis Cup will remain an annual tournament despite persistent complaints from some players that it over-burdens an already-crowded schedule, the head of the sport's governing body said on Tuesday.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra has answers to all your queries related to pursuing an education abroad.
In an online chat with readers, overseas consultant NNS Chandra offers career advice.
Indian model of growth has unleashed the true potential of its billion plus people, says US official
Given your heart to someone? Check it out, you might have surrendered your brain too, scientists say.
Caezaan Keshvani participated and wona a reality Tv show that enabled him to study in the UK. He graduated earlier this year and shares his story...
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced the appointment of Nisha Agarwal, one of the leading advocates in the city for the immigrant communities, as commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs.
Want to spice things up in the bedroom? Well, then turn your attention to a new book that provides tips on how to turn on your partner.
A new study has made a surprising find that cities trap more carbon dioxide than rain forests. According to a report in the National Geographic News, compared to tropical rain forests, cities store more carbon -- acre for acre -- in their trees, buildings, and dirt.
Security staff examined the images, deleted some of them, and photocopied Mariam Jukaku's university ID and driver's license, then asked her if she was a US citizen
The Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore, invites applications for admission to its Postgraduate Programme in Public Policy & Management, a full-time programme for mid-level civil servants.
Sandeep Baweja, an attorney with the Baweja Law Group, with offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange County, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Irvine Public Schools Foundation.
Yet another young Indian American Democratic Party activist has been named for United States President-elect Barack Obama's transition team.Parag Mehta, 31, has been named the deputy director of inter-governmental affairs and public liaison of the Obama-Biden transition team, charged with outreach to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other minority groups.His appointment follows close on the heels of the appointments of two Indian Americans.
These three seemingly mundane businesses are living proof.
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