Obama nominates Dr Vivek Murthy for Surgeon General

United States President Barack Obama has nominated Indian-American Vivek Murthy for the post of Surgeon General, which a top American lawmaker described as a historic moment for the community......

COVID-19: Two-wheeler sales likely to boom

Besides regular buyers, there is lot of interest among those in essential services, such as health, banking, and IT. The sales will be helped by social distancing becoming the new normal in both......

Smart cards: What US can learn from Singapore

Barack Obama has announced the single largest new investment in the nation's infrastructure since the creation of the interstate highway system in the 1950s under Eisenhower. Speculation begins to......

The kid who turned down $1 billion!

"I'm just lucky to be alive." Mark Zuckerberg, the 22-year-old founder and CEO of social-networking site Facebook, is talking about the time he came face-to-face with the barrel of a gun. It was......

McDonald's ends Olympics sponsorship deal early

IMAGE: A sign for a McDonald's restaurant. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images US fast-food giant McDonald's Corp has ended its 41-year-long Olympic Games sponsorship deal three years early, the......