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US Senate confirms Lloyd Austin as 1st black Pentagon chief

The United State Senate has confirmed the nomination of General (retired) Lloyd Austin to serve as secretary of the defence department, making him the first ever African American to occupy the top......

Janet Yellen becomes US' 1st woman treasury secretary

The United States Senate has confirmed eminent economist Janet Yellen as the first woman Treasury Secretary of the United States. IMAGE: Janet Yellen is the third cabinet member of the Biden......

US will repair its alliances and engage with world again: Biden

Asserting that America and its diplomacy are back, United States President Joe Biden said his administration will repair the relationship with allies and engage with the world once again. IMAGE:......

The best of November -- in images

As we have entered the last month of 2019, here's a rewind of the top moments in November. An Iraqi female demonstrator takes part in ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq. Photograph:......

America protests against Trump's immigration policies

Tens of thousands of people, including Indian-Americans, took to streets in several United States cities to protest against controversial immigration policies of US President Donald Trump which has......

Google aims to store all human knowledge

The search giant is building a system that stores information so that machines as well as people can read it Google is building the largest store of information in human history - a knowledge base......

Homes of the world's richest

The world's second richest man lives in the same five-bedroom, gray stucco house he bought in 1958 for $31,500. That's right. Legendary investor Warren Buffett, 77, still calls his humble digs in......

Compute your way through traffic

The Hairy Man Festival, the Austin Batfest and the U.S. Congress have two things in common: Any of them could leave you stuck in traffic, and they're all in the database at Inrix, a company that......

Kartiki's Fangirl Moment With Tom Cruise

India got a special seat at theOscars luncheon table as our film folk mingled with Hollywood's biggest stars. M M Keeravaani, Kartiki Gonsalves, Guneet Monga and Shaunik Sen were among the nominees......

Golden Globes: Meet The Red Carpet Divas

The 80th Annual Golden Globe awards saw Hollywood's A-set at their glamorous best. Here's a look at the red carpet arrivals at the Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills in California. ......

Golden Globes: Top 10 Moments

It was a night of happy, hilarious speeches. It was a night of delirious, drunk and irreverent winners. It was a night of jackpots for shows like Abbott Elementary and The White Lotus as well......

Elvis Review

Elvis is a missed opportunity, notes Aseem Chhabra. Baz Luhrmann is a master showman and everything he has touched so far -- Strictly Ballroom, Romeo+Juliet, Moulin Rouge! and even the sometimes......

Elvis Hasn't Left The Building... He's In Cannes

Baz Luhrmann's Elvis got a 10-minute standing ovation at Cannes, making it a record of sorts at the famed French film festival where standing ovations are a genre by itself. We in India know Baz......

Tokyo Games: Sensational Pix!

Please click on the images for a better look at the action. IMAGE: Shen-Yan Freida Lim of Team Singapore competes in the women's 10m Platform preliminaries. Photograph: Tom......

Is Sunday's F1 race weird enough for Austin, Texas?

As the Texas capital prepares to host the first Grand Prix in the United States in five years, some in laid-back Austin say this weekend's glamorous race clashes with the city's soul. -'F1 will......

F1 to hold Miami Grand Prix in 2021

'With an estimated annual impact of more than $400 million and 35,000 room nights, the Formula One Miami Grand Prix will be an economic juggernaut for South Florida each and every year.' IMAGE:......

EPL: Southampton's Austin sinks Burnley, Watford beat 'Boro

IMAGE: Charlie Austin of Southampton celebrates scoring. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images. Southampton's rich vein of form in the Premier League continued as they beat Burnley 3-1 with......

F1: Mission impossible for Vettel as Hamilton nears fifth title

'I've seen many black swans swimming across the pond in my life... that's why I'd rather wait until it's really done.' IMAGE: Sebastian Vettel is now 67 points behind his Mercedes rival with four......

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