A meeting of the UN Security Council was briefly interrupted as a rare 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit the New York area Friday morning. The UN diplomats were in the Security Council chamber for a......
Ivan Menezes and Arvind Subramanian -- whose birthdays were separated by a month and 3 days in 1959 -- became close friends attending the economics course at St Stephen's.Ivan went on to be a......
'This has been an ongoing process,' says Ambassador B S Prakash, India's former consul general in San Francisco, 'but I believe a Modi visit to the West Coast can be a force-multiplier.' 'Go West,......
The fire of the Bharatiya Janata Party's post election purgatory refuses to expend itself, fuelled in part by an ugly self-destructive internecine fracas, sustained to a degree by the relentless,......
The monsoon in Mumbai was winding down and Ganesh Chaturthi had just been celebrated when it struck me that this would be a good time to pay my respects to a man I much admire. So, on a recent......
Many consumer good companies say they will pass on the benefits to consumers, which will bring down prices.Arnab Dutta reports. Had to cut down on your monthly budget for cosmetics or postpone......
The European Commission said this month that EU member states should only ban "sharing economy" services as a last resort. A French court fined Uber Technologies 800,000 euros ($907,000) on......
India has a huge power demand and needs to replace polluting coal, as source on energy EDF will deliver a proposal to the Indian government by year's end to build six nuclear reactors, an......
Apart from lower taxes and schemes that can motivate the 'aam aadmi' to save more, there is a long list of interesting expectations which the masses want finance minister Arun Jaitley to......
Levi Strauss & Co has entered into a Master Services Agreement with India's third-largest software services firm to outsource ‘certain global business service activities within the functional......
IMAGE: Elizabeth Debicki with her Emmy. Photograph: Mike Blake/ Reuters Elizabeth Debicki stood out at the 76th Emmy Awards, held at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, on Sunday, September......
Lavender marriages, time travel and teens turning into furry red pandas, cheer and chaos collide on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma shares her recommendations: Badhaai DoWhere to watch?......
'Shah Rukh's a possessive friend.''I think I may have hurt him when I made a film without him.''And I think I got hurt because when I did, I felt he didn't give me that paternal feeling that I had......
'One can't be inhibited in Bollywood, so southern cinema was the best place to learn and break inhibitions.''That's why I went there.''It was just dancing around trees and on top of buses, and a......
He maybein his fortiesbut that hasn't stoppedadvertisers from seeking out Akshay Kumar for their endorsements. If sources are to be believed the Khiladiis all set to become the brand ambassador of......
IMAGE: BCCI president Roger Binny with secretary Jay Shah. Photograph: BCCI The BCCI will set the ball rolling for the sale of the media rights for bilateral cricket at home and commence the......
IMAGE: Bernard Tomic of Australia returns a shot to Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina during his first round match on Day Two of the 2016 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis......
Kings XI team owner Preity Zinta cheers for her team (Photograph for representational purpose only). Photograph: BCCI Kings XI Punjab would aim to keep the winning run going when they take on......
Indian tennis players enjoyed an all-win day at the US Open as three of them reached the men's doubles third round with their respective partners, while Sania Mirza entered the women's doubles......
Shane Watson continued his impressive form with both bat and ball as Australia cruised to a comprehensive eight-wicket victory against South Africa in their Super Eight match in the World Twenty20......