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Diwali celebrated on US Capitol Hill on grand scale

More than two dozen lawmakers and eminent Indian Americans celebrated Diwali at the Capitol, the first major event at the US Congress after last week's presidential elections. Photograph:......

Trump picks China hawk, India's friend as NSA, Secy of State

United States President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Florida Senator Marco Rubio as his Secretary of State and Congressman Mike Waltz as his National Security Advisor. Rubio, 53, is considered to......

Highest rainfall in 88 years brings Delhi to its knees, 5 dead

Five people died in rain-related incidents in Delhi Friday as Monsoon arrived with a fury early in the morning, lashing the city with its highest rainfall in a single day of June in 88 years which......

US not in a rush to recognise Taliban govt: White House

The United States is not in a rush to recognize the new interim government in Afghanistan, the White House said on Wednesday, asserting that it is in talks with the Taliban to get American citizens......

Jaishankar holds talks with US NSA, reviews ties

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan during which they held wide-ranging discussions and agreed that people-to-people ties and shared......

Dark clouds over Sensex firms' Q1 score-card

Net profits may dip 4.9% y-o-y, but the silver lining is that performance may be better than the preceding quarter Leading Indian companies are likely to report a subdued performance in the first......

10 nations where people survive on less than $1.25 a day

A young girl with her mother attend a religious mass. Photograph: Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images About one-third of the world’s 'extremely poor' people live in India, according to......

The pill pushers: Story of a questionable nexus

There are 20,000 pharma companies in India scrambling to get doctors to prescribe their drugs. Amit Kumar was 22 when he was hired by a big pharmaceutical company as a medical representative in......

US call centre bill aims to stop jobs coming to India

A bipartisan Bill has been tabled in the US House of Representatives to make companies that move call centres overseas ineligible for grants or guaranteed loans from the American government, a move......

Interesting PHOTO: Strauss-Kahn with the Obamas

Business Insider posted this photograph, of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn meeting the Obamas, saying it was NYMag that discovered it from the IMF's Flickr page. Barack Obama's face and......

Vin Diesel honoured at Hollywood Boulevard

A lowdown on what's happening in Hollywood. Image: Vin Diesel poses for photographers during his handprint and footprint ceremony. Photograph: Phil McCarten/Reuters Action star Vin Diesel......

Cruz missiles and Mango

When they were young, they say, they used to hide in the bathroom and browse through fashion magazines. If that sounds like the beginning of a salacious anecdote, think again. Siblings Penelope......

Tearful Watson wins Augusta Masters in playoff

Bubba Watson conjured a miraculous par from pine straw to become only the third left-hander to win the Masters with an emotional playoff victory over Louis Oosthuizen at Augusta National on Sunday.......

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