US-India ties the cornerstone of strong Asia-Pacific: Burns

United States Deputy Secretary of States William J Burns addressed a lecture on 'US-India partnership in an Asia-Pacific century' at the University of Pune on Friday. We present edited excerpts......

Soros connection? US lawmaker challenges Adani probe

Challenging the decision of the Biden Administration to investigate the activities of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and his companies, an influential Republican lawmaker on Tuesday said such......

ChatGPT-maker fires CEO Sam Altman, co-founder quits

In a surprising move, Sam Altman, CEO and co-founder of OpenAI, the organisation behind ChatGPT, has been sacked from the artificial intelligence company. IMAGE: Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends......

Still believe he's a dictator: Biden after meeting Xi

United States President Joe Biden has once again called his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping a 'dictator', just hours after they met for the first time in more than a year and held candid and......

RBI's Shaktikanta Das is Asia Pacific central banker of the year

Nominating Das, the Banker magazine, which announced the award, said India’s banks have faced a series of challenges, from non-performing loans to issues around fraud. Faced with these......

Asia-Pacific bubble may burst: UN report

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacifichas warned the region's governments to protect and prepare against sudden or unexpected market downturns rather than......

India's foreign policy change opens new avenues for trade with US

Change in India's foreign policy has not only opened up ‘new avenues’ for Indian businesses globally, but also allowed them to shed the earlier ‘defensive outlook’, a......

Shunning protocol, Obama interviews billionaire Jack Ma

Obama joked comfortably with the eccentric founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group.  Image: US President Barack Obama and Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma take part in a dialogue at the......