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'Om Shanti Shanti': Hindu priest opens DNC Day 3

The third day of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday kicked off with a first-of-its-kind Vedic prayer where the priest sought blessings for a united country. IMAGE: Rakesh Bhatt, a......

Cyclone Biparjoy may prove to be killjoy for onset of monsoon

Cyclone 'Biparjoy', the first storm brewing in the Arabian Sea this year, rapidly intensified into a severe cyclonic storm with meteorologists predicting a "mild" monsoon onset over Kerala and......

Why Mumbaikars Are Wheezing And Coughing

La Nina, construction worsen air quality; spike in respiratory ailments. IMAGE: Citizens walk on Marine Drive on a winter morning in Mumbai as haze engulfs buildings in the background. Photograph:......

NRIs: Pop Nationalism To Identity Supremacy

Brand India's societal divisions and distortions have remained as much relevant in 'liberal' America and Europe as it still is in the structurally stratified Indian society of the 21st century,......

25-year-old Telangana native shot dead inside SUV in US

A 25-year-old man from Telangana, who was found injured inside a Sports Utility Vehicle after sustaining an apparent gunshot wound to his head, has died, according to authorities in the US state of......

In case of war, can India be cut off from internet?

With Western corporations, including Microsoft, AWS and Oracle, shutting down their operations in Russia, the rest of the world has become acutely aware of its dependence on a clutch of technology......

NCAER pegs GDP growth at 10% this fiscal

The Indian economy is expected to grow around 10 per cent during the current financial year on the likelihood of fewer COVID-19-linked supply disruptions and buoyancy in the global economy, said......

Modi could name Arvind Panagariya as RBI governor: TV channels

Panagariya, who heads the government's main economic advisory body NITI Aayog, is also India's Group of 20 summit negotiator Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan's successor is likely to be......

Jagdish Bhagwati chair at Columbia University

The prestigious Columbia University in the United States has established a chair in Indian Political Economy to be named after noted economist Jagdish Bhagwati.The chair, endowed by multiple......

Niti Aayog being decked up to welcome new members

Hectic preparations are on at the newly-formed Niti Aayog to welcome the first Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya and other members whose appointments were approved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on......

Meet the first Indian origin player in MLB!

Kumar Rocker scripts Major League Baseball history IMAGE: 24-year-old Kumar Rocker was on fire on his Major League Baseball debut on Thursday. Photographs: Kind courtesy Texas Rangers/X To say......

News media relations with Obama hit low ebb over golf weekend

Relations between the White House and the correspondents who cover it, always edgy and adversarial, have hit a low ebb in a dispute over whether the press should have access to the president during......

PIX: Olympic champ Phelps throws ceremonial first pitch

The most decorated Olympic champion Michael Phelps threw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to Arizona Diamondbacks’ game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday. Phelps has 28 total......

U.S. cagers crash to Lithuania

The United States crashed to their second defeat in the Olympic men's basketball tournament on Saturday when a late shooting spree by Sarunas Jasikevicius propelled Lithuania to a 94-90 victory.The......

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