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'Imran Khan's praise of India was a surprise'

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'Biden govt has really leaned into India relationship'

'The pressure to work together is even greater than before because the Chinese have launched a full-court press on the border, in the region, and globally to advance their geopolitical agenda.'......

A passage through India

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The incredible story of the Rs 1-lakh car

An Indian car may soon earn a parking place in history alongside Ford's Model T, Volkswagen's Beetle and the British Motor Corp.'s Mini, all of which put a set of wheels within reach of millions of......

The world's largest malls

Heading out to the mall--isn't that yesterday's way to shop? Not in Asia, where a building boom has enormous shopping malls popping up in China, Malaysia and the Philippines, with India expected to......

Cognizant among world's top 10 hot growth tech cos

In recent years, with few exceptions, technology companies have appeared to be in a rut from which they couldn't extricate themselves. Still recovering from the bubble-bursting years of 2000 and......

New York marathon has annual Indian contingent

New Yorkers say they run a marathon every day. They run for the subway and for the bus, they run to keep up with the city's frenetic pace.So there is a special place in the city's lexicon of urban......