Former slave to be new face of US $20 bill

Harriet Tubman will also be the first African-American to appear on US currency. In a historic move, the United States is set to put celebrated anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman on a $20 bill in......

India, US to work together to combat terror funding

US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew shakes hands with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley before the fifth US-India Economic and Financial Partnership Dialogue in New Delhi. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters......

US slaps sanctions on N Korea in response to Sony cyber attack

US President Barack Obama imposed fresh financial sanctions on North Korea and its senior officials in America's first public retaliation against the "provocative" cyber-attack on Sony Pictures.......

Mr Verma comes to India

Richard Rahul Verma, the first Indian American to serve as US Ambassador to New delhi, quips that surviving the first month in India is his first goal. Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com, the only journalist......

US praises reform measures of Modi govt but wants more

Lauding reform measures initiated by the Narendra Modi government, the US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Thursday said India needs more reforms and an open investment climate to attract private......

Defeat in Delhi will not slow down reforms, assures Jaitley

The defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Delhi Assembly elections will not slow down the pace of economic reforms, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley asserted on Thursday. In his first comments......

'Indian govt's economic reforms significant and meaningful'

The new Indian government's economic reforms are "significant and meaningful" but more work needs to be done to achieve the goals of economic growth, a senior US official has said ahead of Treasury......

Janet Yellen punches through 'glass ceiling'; to head US Fed

The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed Janet Yellen as the head of the Federal Reserve, making her the first woman to lead the the world's most powerful central bank in its 100-year history. Yellen,......