PICS: Indian Americans declared co-champions of Scripps Spelling Bee

For the first time in 52 years, in the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition, two boys were co-champions -- and you bet, they were Indian Americans. Sriram Hathwar, 14, an eighth-grader from......

Fifth year in a row, a desi kid wins US spelling bee

That Indian American kids rule when it comes to the National Spelling Bee, particularly in the last two decades, was manifest on Thursday night when Snigdha Nandipati, a 14-year-old from San Diego,......

Indian American girl becomes Spelling Bee champion

Anamika Veeramani, 14, an eighth grader from Incarnate Word Academy in Parma Heights, Ohio won the National Spelling Bee on Friday. Shantanu S Srivatsa, 13, an eighth grader from Cheney Middle......

Kashyap wins National Spelling Bee championship

Thirteen-year-old Anurag Kashyap held on to his nerves and his memory as he edged out Samir Sudhir Patel and Aliya Robin Deri in the final round to win the 78th Scripps National Spelling Bee that......

Festive season fails to cheer banks this year

The festival season this year has failed to bring in good news for banks. Bankers believe consumers' reluctance to buy has made this season worse than even the previous two years, when lenders had......

40 years ago and now: A fascinating journey for Havells

In the 70s, the brand Havells picked up momentum and became a reasonably well-known name in the electrical trade circles of Delhi.  Image: Havells’ amazing rise to become one of......

The best global brands

Not long ago, Motorola saw itself the same way its customers did: as a tech-driven seller of products, not a brand. The success of the RAZR changed all that. By ringing the consumer's bell, the......

Meet India's rustic knowledge providers

Three months ago, at a CII symposium on decoding rural markets where rural marketing gurus spoke of their approach to capturing the largely unaccrued volumes of rural consumption, one person turned......

John Abraham works his muscles for Rocky Handsome, Dishoom

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: John Abraham is training hard for his upcoming films. He turned to Twitter to share his latest picture (left) and tweeted:......

Review: Harold & Kumar 3 is outrageous

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas does not boast of a strong script or any other major artistic merit, Aseem Chhabra warns viewers with discerning taste for good cinema.Harold Lee and Kumar Patel......

New York calling John, Farhan Akhtar

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The ULTIMATE Lata Mangeshkar playlist

Nightingale of India. Greatest Indian Singer ever. Goddess Saraswati incarnate. Hyperbole becomes Lata Mangeshkar. No amount of praise is lavish enough to describe the supremacy of her voice as it......

India becoming a Global Chess Superpower

Since 2012, 44 Indians have been anointed as grandmasters -- the highest achievement in chess, points out Arvind Subramanian, economist and former chief economic adviser to the government. IMAGE:......

PIX: Leicester sink Man United; Liverpool whip Watford

IMAGE: Patson Daka celebrates scoring Leicester City's fourth goal during the Premier League match against Manchester United, at The King Power Stadium in Leicester, on Saturday. Photograph: Alex......