India reports 2nd coronavirus death, several states in shutdown mode

A 68-year-old woman in Delhi became the country's second victim of coronavirus on Friday as several states went into battle mode to contain the spread of COVID-19, shutting down schools, theatres......

Indian-Americans pool resources to help Irma-hit Floridians

Indian-Americans in Atlanta and Georgia pooled in their resources to help several million people from Florida who were affected by hurricane Irma that plummeted parts of the US coastal State with......

Images from around the world compete in EyeEM photography award

EyeEm, a global community and marketplace for photography and video, is in the middle of its fourth and largest photography competition yet. With more than 590,000 submissions from 88,000......

Indian-American doctor indicted on 3 counts of murder

An Indian-American psychiatrist, dubbed by local media as "Dr Death" for his alleged role in the deaths of 36 patients, has been indicted on three counts of felony murder and 57 charges of......

Markets end higher led by software shares

Markets extended gains on Thursday to end near their day's high, amid a surge in late trades, led by ITC, software and financial shares.The 30-share Sensex ended at 19,414 up 161 points or 0.84%......

Infosys to hire 200 in US; expand in Atlanta

Infosys said on Monday it will expand operations in the Atlanta metro area and add around 200 people at in Cobb county in the US in the 2013-14 fiscal.In a filing to Bombay Stock Exchange, the IT......

Building cities for 21st-century India

Mahatma Gandhi had once famously said, "India lives in its villages". With the urbanisation of China in the last 20 years, India is the last major country with a rural majority (65-70 per cent of......

America's most overpriced cities

Vexed by gang wars and rising real estate prices, late rapper Tupac Shakur mused in 1996 that the overall cost of living in Los Angeles was so high he would almost rather "live life in the......

2022 FIFA WC: Climate-controlled stadiums the future

Al Janoub, a 40,000-seat venue made to resemble the sail of a dhow, or traditional wooden sailboat, was opened last May and is the first to showcase the new cooling system. IMAGE: Al Janoub, a......