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Biden nominates LA Mayor Eric Garcetti as envoy to India

United States President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as his ambassador to India. IMAGE: Eric M Garcetti has been the mayor of the City of Los Angeles since 2013,......

Harris' husband Douglas to be America's first 'Second Gentleman'

With the historic electoral win by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, her husband Douglas Emhoff also scripted history as he will be the first 'Second Gentleman' -- the first male spouse of a vice......

These photos from space will surely make you gasp!

If you want a reminder of just how gorgeous our universe is, then take some time to browse the winners of the 2020 Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. French......

Trump to temporarily suspend immigration to US over coronavirus

United States President Donald Trump has said that he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration to the US to "protect" the jobs of Americans and to fight the "invisible......

4 Indian-Americans win state, local elections in US

Four Indian-Americans, including a Muslim woman and a former White House technology policy advisor, have won state and local elections held in the United States on Tuesday. IMAGE: Ghazala Hashmi.......

Indian green economist wins 'environment Nobel'

Renowned Indian environmental economist and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) goodwill ambassador Pavan Sukhdev has won the 2020 Tyler Prize, regarded as the ‘Nobel Prize for the......

What is Ronnie Screwvala up to these days?

"If telecom changed the game for how business was done in India, then we need 20 more of those systemic game-changers to take us to the next level," Ronnie Screwvala tells Pavan Lall.Illustration:......

World Bank's Chief Economist: Can India create a Silicon Valley?

'There is no tried and true recipe for creating Silicon Valleys.''Attracting and creating a mass of truly dynamic entrepreneurs is at the core and among the hardest and most necessary......

What Gadkari is doing to end India's fuel crisis

India annually spends Rs 4.5 lakh crore on importing petroleum products, and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari feels methane is a cost-effective import substitution. But is it? Pallava Bagla......

Take a look at these STUNNING car factories!

As we take you inside the factories of some car majors, you are sure to be amazed. IMAGE: Tesla vehicles are being assembled by robots at Tesla Motors Inc factory in Fremont, California, US on......

How a desi is making waves at MoMA

'We'll certainly have Hollywood productions, so why wouldn't we have Bollywood?'Indira Kannan reports. IMAGE: Members of the 69th Berlin film festival's international jury arrive for the awards......

Aishwarya, Aamir, Salman: Bollywood's OLDEST college students

In the Bollywood scheme of things, age is as irrelevant as logic. Acting is all about pretending to be someone else. And in Bollywood, it's not just limited to personality. No matter how old an......

The BEST FOREIGN Films of 2017

Aseem Chhabra gives us the top films that enriched his year. There was a lot of love in different shades in the films of 2017 that I liked -- from a mute woman falling in love with an alien, to a......

PIX: Inside Shah Rukh Khan's world

The Khans seem to be enjoying some good family time in the US. Step inside Shah Rukh Khan's lovely world, which includes wife Gauri and kids, Aryan, Suhana and AbRam. The family is in the US......

Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin dies in a car accident

Anton Yelchin, best known for playing Chekov in the new Star Trek films, has died. He was 27. The actor, who also appeared in Terminator Salvation, died on June 19 in a "fatal traffic......

Most Americans to avoid sports before coronavirus vaccine

'Just because people say we can go back, until people feel fully safe ... they aren't going to go back.' IMAGE: Cardboard cutouts of fans prior to the Chinese Professional Baseball League season......

Indian Wells tennis becomes first big US sports casualty of coronavirus

IMAGE: Courtmaster Jeffrey Brooker cleans the center court at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Sunday in Indian Wells, California. The BNP Paribas Open was cancelled by the Riverside County......

Life Lessons from soccer star Alex Morgan

IMAGE: Alex Morgan attends The 2018 ESPYS. Photograph: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Everyone has a dream of making it to the top, but what happens when you actually get there? Only a handful......

Sports Shorts: NBA star LeBron James's home vandalized with racial slur

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James. Photograph: Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo Basketball......

Muhammad Ali's life celebrated by thousands at prayer service

IMAGE: Boxing gloves with well wishes are left at a makeshift memorial for late boxing champion Muhammad Ali in Louisville. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters. A Muslim funeral for Muhammad Ali on......

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