Rescue work has intensified in Texas with officials launching search operations as desperate residents remain stranded without food and water.
Reliance Industries Ltd has exited the last of its shale gas assets in the US after it agreed to sell its holding in Eagleford shale gas assets for an undisclosed sum of money.
Energy supermajor Exxon Mobil Corp is in talks to buy a stake in producing oil and gas fields in India, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday showcasing efforts to raise domestic output to cut imports. Exxon Mobil had in October last year signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to offer its expertise and technology for developing resources in offshore blocks.
More than 1,85,000 homes were damaged and 9,000 destroyed as 42,000 people remain in shelters amid overflowing rivers and reservoirs, Texas officials said.
The official confirmed that these are the first four Americans that "we've facilitated in this manner" since the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.
According to CNN, millions of Americans have voted in person or by mail this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is a look at how ballots would be counted in some of the key battleground states across the US.
The winners of the Natural History Museum's prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition were announced at an awards ceremony in London. American photographer Karine Aigner was announced as this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
A man opened fire at a suburban home in Houston on Thursday, killing four of his children as well as two adults and then surrendered to the police following a lengthy standoff in an incident that authorities say was triggered by a domestic dispute.
The 40-year-old Vijay Kumar was arrested at George Bush Intercontinental airport on Friday after "acting suspicious," when screeners thought they saw a possible handgun in a scan of his baggage. Investigators found the brass knuckles, a manual for a handgun and Islamic literature in Kumar's checked luggage
Images from the US Grand Prix held at the at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on Sunday.
Floyd's death has sparked nationwide violent protests with some protesters resorting to looting and rioting across the country, leaving behind a trail of destruction.
The gates of NRG Stadium will open at 6 am to accommodate and seat 50,000 people by 9 am, after which cultural programme will begin and continue till 10:30 am, and will be broadcast live in Hindi, English and Spanish languages followed by the address of the two leaders.
The Indian-American community has emerged as a force to reckon with for the first time in the history of the US presidential election.
'Just put a patch on your arm and the vaccine can be absorbed by the body.'
Mercedes's Valtteri Bottas snatched pole position for the US Grand Prix on Saturday, breathing life into his remote title hopes while signalling to Lewis Hamilton he will not be gifting a sixth drivers' crown to his team mate.
However, Trump refused to concede defeat, saying that the election was "far from over".
According to the data from the New York City government, an increase of at least 5,695 cases on Sunday put New York City's total number of coronavirus infections at over 1,04,410 as of April 12 and 27,676 hospitalisations. The city's death toll is 6,898.
Billionaires are not only eyeing a profit as they push mankind out into the stars.
It appears India will be among those nations consigned to being among the watchers and not participants of this crucial phase, observes Aakar Patel.
FHM India has put Texas based fitness model and influencer Elizabeth Marshall is on its April-May cover.
"Indian-Americans are an 'organic bridge' between the world's two largest democracies," he said.
Four firefighters were killed and 13 injured while trying to douse a massive fire that broke out at an Indian restaurant and spread to an adjacent motel near a busy highway on Houston.
Biles posted the highest scores of the night on vault (15.800), floor (14.650) and beam (14.350).
With more than 50,000 people registering for the Houston event and the numbers expected to climb, the organisers have asked those who may not be able to attend to cancel and so open up slots for the hopeful, and cautioning those coming from afar to book their air tickets soon.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav in their city.
The NBA sides Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers will play two pre-season games on October 4 and 5 in front of students under the Reliance Foundation Jr NBA programme.
The arrest comes as the district is in a state of heightened security following the January 6 insurrection attempt at the US Capitol.
The President said he made the decision in consultation with European allies but added they may not be in a position to join the US in banning Russian energy imports.
'There are reports that the Biden administration is contemplating imposing CAATSA sanctions against India, the largest democracy on Earth'
The former president will have two funerals -- a state funeral at the National Cathedral and a local funeral at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston.
Indian-American teen wins 2019 South Asian Spelling Bee contest.
During his nearly 25-minute speech, Trump praised Modi's economic reforms and said these reforms have lifted more than three million people out of poverty. "And that is an incredible number," he added.
A record seven Indian-origin students and one American have won the prestigious 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
If you are all in for thrills, London has a new offering: A pool positioned nearly 115 feet in the air. Welcome to The Sky Pool -- a 82-foot (25-metre) transparent swimming pool stretched between the 10th stories of two residential skyscrapers in southwest London's Nine Elms neighbourhood -- and it's only open to the apartment complex's lucky residents. Here's at how amazing it looks!
Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL) on Thursday said it has entered into a Master Franchise agreement with 7-Eleven to run convenience stores in India. The first 7-Eleven store is set to open on Saturday, in Andheri East, Mumbai, RRVL, the retail arm of Reliance Industries Ltd, said. "RRVL, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, 7-India Convenience Retail Limited, has entered into a master franchise agreement with 7-Eleven, Inc (SEI) for the launch of 7-Eleven convenience stores in India," said a joint statement.
In the first reduction in rates in over a year, petrol price on Wednesday was cut by 18 paise per litre and diesel by 17 paise a litre as international oil prices tumbled to the lowest since early February.
Petrol and diesel prices are likely to be hiked this week as oil companies prepare to pare losses accumulated from keeping rates steady for over four months in the run-up to assembly elections in five states, including UP, despite international oil prices jumping to a 13-year high of $140 per barrel. West Texas Intermediate crude futures, the US oil benchmark, rose to $130.50 per barrel on Sunday evening, its highest since July 2008, before retreating. The international benchmark, Brent crude, hit a high of $139.13 at one point overnight, also its highest since July 2008.
Chaitanya was working in Cognizant Technologies on a Southeast Airlines project.
Gates, 66, on Tuesday, said that "I know it's frustrating to go into another holiday season with COVID looming over us. But it won't be like this forever. Someday the pandemic will end, and the better we look after each other, the sooner that time will come."
Kate Winslet won her second Emmy for playing the role of Detective Mare Sheehan in Mare Of Easttown.
