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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......

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:......

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 House of Reps okays FTO tag for Haqqani Network

Ramping up the pressure on the Obama administration to designate the Haqqani Network as a foreign terrorist organisation, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives has passed a bill......

It's time for us to begin dialogue with Modi: US house rep

The latest fan of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi seems to be the American Samoan delegate, Eni Faleomavaega, the ranking Democrat on the house foreign affairs subcommittee on Asia and the......

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......

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......

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......

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......

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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