India Abroad Person of the Year 2012, a milestone

US Congressman Ami Bera, right, and USAID Administrator Raj Shah, left, at the India Abroad Person of the Year Awards 2012 at The Pierre in New York City. After creating history in two very......

Preet Bharara is India Abroad Person of the Year 2011

The India Abroad Person of the Year 2011 Awards in New York celebrates incredible Indian- American achievements. Preet Bharara made history when he became the first Indian-American US Attorney of......

'How will India deal with an increasingly assertive China?'

Image: Peng Liyuan, her husband Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and president of China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a cultural performance on the Sabarmati River......

'President Obama has a very, very, great respect for the prime minister'

As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets President Obama at the White House on Friday, September 27, former US Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott, the man who set the ball rolling in......

Even after a week, new I-T e-filing portal continues to face glitches

A week after the Income Tax Department's much publicised new e-filing portal went live, users continued to face technical glitches ranging from longer than usual logging time, inability to respond......

India, China moving in right direction? Both must be more proactive

Indian and Chinese firms recently signed joint work plans. That is the way to go - compete, but also cohabit if feasible, says Kishan S Rana. The ecosystems of India and China today jostle against......

M E Meeran: India's curry powder king

Not many people know that infotech major Wipro's chairman and CEO Azim Premji was once a vegetable oil products trader until the media came up with his personal details. Dhirubhai Ambani's meteoric......

Srikant Datar, 2nd Indian to be named Dean of Harvard Business School

Eminent Indian-origin academician Srikant Datar has been named as Dean of Harvard Business School, succeeding Nitin Nohria and becoming the second consecutive dean hailing from India to lead the......

Watch Raj Kapoor's Films On OTT

The world is celebrating Raj Kapoor's birth centenary, but when was the last time you watched an RK film? The younger generation perhaps may have never. They may not know his tremendous......

Dev Anand Would Be 101 Today!

Did you know Dev Anand worked as a clerk at a salary of Rs 85 before he became an actor? IMAGE: Dev Anand. Dev Anand led a larger-than-life existence on screen. His real life was just as eventful.......

'Will audiences be ready to enter cinema halls?'

'The entertainment industry is on the verge of a big, big, change over the next few months and years.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Madhur Bhandarkar/Instagram The world will never be the same after......

View: How India may have blown its best Oscar chance

Aseem Chhabra is heartbroken that India overlooked the acclaimed film, The Lunchbox, as its Oscar nominee. Two weeks ago, I sat at the Starbucks coffee shop inside the Chapters bookstore on John......

Gurpreet named captain for India's game against Puerto Rico

IMAGE: Indian goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu in action. Photograph: Twitter. India's national football coach Stephen Constantine on Friday anointed towering goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu as......

'I want to show the world that India has potential in skiing'

'To represent one's country at the biggest stage is what drives us.''My goal is to reach the Olympics. So, Beijing 2022 it is!' All Photographs: Kind Courtesy Arif Mohammad Khan/Facebook  ......

Olympic gold-winning hockey legend Datt passes away

IMAGE: A formidable half-back, Keshav Datt was part of India's historic feat at the 1948 Olympics where the country beat home team Britain 4-0 at the Wembley Stadium in London to win the first......

Smriti Mandhana's Journey To 3.4 Crore

Smriti Mandhana isn't actually known to be the most prolific T20 player -- her career T20 International average of 27.32 is middling at best.There have been failures too, but her ability to analyse......

Yuvraj steers India to victory

Scorecard An unbeaten 61 by Yuvraj Singh helped India beat South Africa by six wickets and clinch a rare cricket series triumph abroad on Sunday. Chasing 149 to win in 31 overs in the......