Kamala Harris picks Minnesota guv as running mate

US Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday picked Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate for the presidential elections later this year, calling him a......

India's first smog tower inaugurated in Delhi

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the 'country's first smog tower' at Connaught Place in New Delhi on Monday and said it will prove to be a milestone and many such structures can be......

India's first smog tower fails to give breathable air to Delhiites

Even the recently installed smog tower at Connaught Place could not give breathable air to residents nearby on Diwali night as the air quality across Delhi-National Capital Region nosedived to the......

Indian-American Mala Adiga appointed Jill Biden's policy director

United States President-elect Joe Biden has appointed Indian-American Mala Adiga as the policy director of his wife Jill, choosing an experienced education policy hand as the incoming First Lady......

US Bill to set up India unit at Minnesota varsity

The US State of Minnesota has adopted a higher education finance Bill that includes a provision of $150,000 for funding establishment of an Indian Center at the University of Minnesota to foster......

Government appoints Ajay Bhushan Pandey as UIDAI chief

Government on Thursday promoted DG and Mission Director of Unique Identification Authority of India Ajay Bhushan Pandey its chief executive officer. "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has......

Are Indian students shunning US business schools?

Less than two months after India's Soumitra Dutta took over as the dean at US's Cornell University's Johnson Business School, Srilata A Zaheer became the first Indian woman to head the Carlson......

American duo wins Economics Nobel; more interesting facts

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded jointly to Thomas J Sargent and Christopher A Sims "for their impirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy".......

LeBron rewrites playbook on athlete activism on way to the top

IMAGE: LeBron James became a leading voice in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Photograph: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters LeBron James broke the all-time NBA scoring......

Sixers take Fultz with top pick of youthful NBA Draft

IMAGE: Markelle Fultz (Washington) is introduced by NBA commissioner Adam Silver as the number one overall pick to the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the 2017 NBA Draft at Barclays......

Sim Bhullar, a man of superlatives

Simanta Roy looks beyond Sim Bhullar’s 7’5” tall, 360-pound frame to the first player of Indian descent to play in the high-profile NBA. FIRST PUBLISHED IN INDIA ABROAD......