He became the first Indian pugilist to qualify for next year's Beijing Olympics after he defeated European silver medallist Shahin Imranov to advance to the quarter-finals of the World Boxing Championships in Chicago.
Indian-American governors Bobby Jindal and Nikki Haley, as well as an Indian-origin scribe were among those on the receiving end of Donald Trump's barbs on social media, according to a New York Times compilation of people, places and things the Republican has insulted since declaring his bid for presidency.
would also take on board its strategic investment partner Etihad
The US move came after the Justice Department said that hackers working with the Chinese government targeted firms developing vaccines for the coronavirus and stole hundreds of millions of dollars worth of intellectual property and trade secrets from companies across the world.
Inactive crew members are employees who are on any kind of leave be it casual, medical or privilege.
Here are the revelations made by Headley so far in the deposition
The United States is home to 515 billionaires with a combined net worth of more than $2 trillion and many favour New York over other American cities to live in, says a report.
Rajan said he believes that capitalism is breaking down because it is not providing equal opportunities.
Headley, 55, was pardoned on December 10 and made an approver by additional sessions judge G A Sanap who presides over special cases related to terrorism, including those under the now repealed Terrorists and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act.
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United States President Obama said farewell to a nation he helped transform during his eight years in the White House. In front of thousands in his adoptive home town of Chicago, Barack Obama gave a rousing speech in which he asked citizens to be optimistic and hopeful of the American future. Here are highlights from the speech.
Karan Gupta details the various MBA options available to students. To find the best programme, he says, 'start with self-analysis.'
Mahajan's wife Anita was arrested last week on charges of overbilling millions of dollars on her state contract to provide drug screenings to clients of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
Mathew Martoma helped SAC reap more than $275 million profit.
Readers Varun Parthasarathy sent us this image from Chicago.
Rugby: Blues players sent home due to COVID-19 lockdown, still hoping to play last game.
Lakra, who has earned a berth for Beijing Olympics, lost 6-17 to Asian bronze medallist Yang Li in the feather weight category at the University of Chicago's UIC Pavillion on Friday.
Krishna Madhav, who has just entered the Telugu film industry, is a relative of superstar Mahesh Babu.
Jai Bhagwan became the third Indian to come within one victory of Olympic qualification by advancing to the pre-quarterfinals of the World Boxing Championship.
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Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera was convicted on numerous counts including money laundering, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, distribution of heroin and cocaine and other drugs, and illegal arms possession.
Jet Airways has entered into a special code sharing agreement with the world's largest carrier American Airlines for India-US flights.
The sport's governing body (WA) said that with immediate effect and for elite competition only, road shoes must have soles no thicker than 40mm and not contain more than one rigid, embedded plate.
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Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020.
Orlando City midfielder Kaka is the highest-paid Major League Soccer player for a third consecutive year with over $7 million in annual earnings, according to figures released by the MLS Players Union on Tuesday.
US attorney urged the Los Angeles court that Rana be not released.
Kobe Bryant, one of the NBA's all-time greatest players whose international stardom transcended basketball, was killed at age 41 on Sunday in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles along with his 13-year-old daughter and seven others on board, officials said.
The drastic change in plans for the retail spaces follows the company's abrupt abandonment of a grand plan to become an entertainment hub in living rooms around the world - a retreat that has been rumored but not yet acknowledged by the company.
While no exact dates have been announced yet, the flights could take off from San Francisco, New York, Chicago and Washington DC, the officials said.
US President Barack Obama has announced setting up of manufacturing hubs in Michigan and Chicago, asserting that he wanted the next big job-creating discovery to be made in America.
Rajan said that while there were talks about Jan Dhan, it was difficult to target transfers to people through this tool. Jan Dhan, he said, does not really work as advertised.
It will be the second consecutive final for Paes and Angel, who also reached the final at Montrrey Challenger last week, ending runners-up to Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Marcelo Arevalo.
We all know United States President Donald Trump's preferred way of communicating directly with his fellow Americans is through tweets. And to celebrate 'The Donald's' tweets, the people at The Daily Show With Trevor Noah have put together the Donald J Trump Presidential Twitter Library -- a kind of museum dedicated solely to Trump tweets. The pop-up museum was free to enter, and ran from June 14-16. Its Washington, DC debut was timed to coincide with the US president's 73rd birthday. The pop-up installation has already been shown in Miami, Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and New York City. Take a glimpse.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
The World Anti-Doping Agency cut the doping ban on Russian Liliya Shobukhova by seven months on Monday, saying the marathon runner had provided "substantial assistance" and was eligible for a lighter sentence.
Recalling Swami Vivekananda's message of universal brotherhood, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said had his message been followed history would never have witnessed dastardly acts like the 9/11 terror attack in the US.
The best-costumed attendees at the annual Comic-Con gathering in San Diego.
MIT, in a release, said the 'work of Duflo and Banerjee has emphasised the use of field experiments in research, to bring the principles of laboratory-style randomised, controlled trials to empirical economics'.
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