CAUTION! Fraudsters posing as tax officials dupe Indian Americans

The Indian-American community is increasingly being targeted by telephone fraudsters. Rediff.com's George Joseph reports from New York. On January 29, a woman (who does not want to be named for......

Arvind Subramanian in race to be next chief economist of World Bank

Arvind Subramanian was appointed CEA in October 2014 and got a year’s extension in September 2017 Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian is in contention to be the next chief......

With a British adieu to EU, it's farewell to a Fed rate hike for now

Weaker-than-expected growth in US jobs in recent months had already forced US central bankers to put off a rate hike at their meeting last week The US Federal Reserve, already undecided on when......

US plans to combat Chinese currency manipulation

Two powerful US Senators introduced legislation in the Senate on Thursday that will give the Obama Administration additional tools to address currency manipulation by China."By combating currency......

IPL shifting may cost tax loss to government

With the shifting of second edition of multi-million dollar Indian Premier League cricket tournament to South Africa, government may lose revenue as the law leaves room for not paying tax deduction......

Avatar, Hurt Locker lead Oscar nominations

The nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards have been announced, and some of our predictions by Aseem Chhabra, Arthur J Pais and Raja Sendid come true! Here's a look at the nominations:......

Oscars 2010: Winners at a glance!

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards have been announced. There were quite a few surprises and many more expected nods. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: Best Picture AvatarJames......

Winners at a glance!

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards have been announced. There were quite a few surprises and many more expected nods. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: Best Picture AvatarJames......

Top seeds advance; Tsonga to retire after Roland Garros

IMAGE: Aryna Sabalenka hits a forehand against Irina-Camelia Begu. Photograph: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters The top two seeded players, Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and Paula Badosa of......

Shiv Kapur wins first Asian Tour title

'I was telling myself just finish the race, finish the race and it's just amazing to be able to do it' IMAGE: Shiv Kapur with the champions trophy. Photograph: Asian Tour/Twitter India's Shiv......

Lahiri stays ahead in Malaysia

Indian star Anirban Lahiri birdied three of his last five holes to maintain a tight grip in the weather-disrupted Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters on Friday. He holed a 20-feet birdie putt on......

Wimbledon PIX: Serena retires; Federer survives while Zverev, Barty through to second round

Images from Day 2 of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, on Tuesday Federer survives big scare as Mannarino retires injured IMAGE: Roger Federer in action......

Sports Shorts: Chawrasia falters, Ormsby grabs Hong Kong title

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday IMAGE: India's SSP Chawrasia hits a tee shot. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/File Photo/Reuters After playing some amazing and......