India's first smog tower inaugurated in Delhi

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the 'country's first smog tower' at Connaught Place in New Delhi on Monday and said it will prove to be a milestone and many such structures can be......

Indian-American Mala Adiga appointed Jill Biden's policy director

United States President-elect Joe Biden has appointed Indian-American Mala Adiga as the policy director of his wife Jill, choosing an experienced education policy hand as the incoming First Lady......

US polls generated highest voter turnout rate in 120 years

The 2020 United States presidential election has recorded the highest voter turnout in 120 years, a prominent electoral expert has said. IMAGE: A voter at her ballot box at a back porch polling......

US polls held during one of worst COVID-19 phases

In a first, scores of mask-clad voters flock to the polling stations as the US presidential elections commenced on Tuesday amid the rapidly escalating COVID-19 pandemic, which might just be the......

'India can market itself better'

'India is still hierarchical, but not as much as Japan and people appreciate a flat working culture,' Charles Frump, managing director, Volvo Cars India, tells Pavan Lall. Illustration: Dominic......

Government appoints Ajay Bhushan Pandey as UIDAI chief

Government on Thursday promoted DG and Mission Director of Unique Identification Authority of India Ajay Bhushan Pandey its chief executive officer. "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has......

'New breed' Indian Diaspora has its heart in the right place

Indians all over the US are going beyond being human and are learning to be humanitarian and expand their philanthropy activities finds Ajailiu Niumai. 'The raising of extraordinarily large sums of......

Are Indian students shunning US business schools?

Less than two months after India's Soumitra Dutta took over as the dean at US's Cornell University's Johnson Business School, Srilata A Zaheer became the first Indian woman to head the Carlson......

LeBron rewrites playbook on athlete activism on way to the top

IMAGE: LeBron James became a leading voice in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Photograph: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters LeBron James broke the all-time NBA scoring......

Sixers take Fultz with top pick of youthful NBA Draft

IMAGE: Markelle Fultz (Washington) is introduced by NBA commissioner Adam Silver as the number one overall pick to the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the 2017 NBA Draft at Barclays......

Sim Bhullar, a man of superlatives

Simanta Roy looks beyond Sim Bhullar’s 7’5” tall, 360-pound frame to the first player of Indian descent to play in the high-profile NBA. FIRST PUBLISHED IN INDIA ABROAD......