Why Jessica Lall wants to be Los Angeles's next mayor

'We need to see more Indian Americans and people of colour hold elected office and serve in executive roles.' IMAGE: Jessica Lall. All photographs: Kind courtesy Jessica Lall for Mayor of Los......

New York City has more COVID-19 cases than China, UK

New York City, the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, now alone has over 1,00,000 novel coronavirus cases, more than the confirmed cases in China and the United Kingdom,......

India reports 2nd coronavirus death, several states in shutdown mode

A 68-year-old woman in Delhi became the country's second victim of coronavirus on Friday as several states went into battle mode to contain the spread of COVID-19, shutting down schools, theatres......

George H W Bush to lie in state in US Capitol till Wednesday

George H W Bush, the 41st United States President who died in Houston on Friday at the age of 94, is to be honoured with a state funeral at National Cathedral in Washington on Wednesday,......

'Indo-US trade bonds can fortify strategic ties'

Raymond E Vickery, former assistant secretary of commerce for trade development in the Clinton Administration, who is now a senior vice president at Washington, DC-based strategic advisory firm......

India leading exporter of students to the US

For the sixth successive year, India remained the leading country of origin for students coming to the United States. About 83,333 students enrolled in 2006/2007year, according to Open Doors:Report......

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......

The BPO bandwagon just got longer

In order to save costs, reduce capital spending, and transform fixed costs into variable ones, national and state governments all over the world are rapidly going the private sector way in......