Tendulkar, who was nominated as a Rajya Sabha member in April last year along with Bollywood actor Rekha and businesswoman Anu Aga, shook hands with some MPs before taking his seat.
Trump fears that he would be "accused of nepotism" if he selected her Ivanka to replace Nikki Haley.
Meena Barot, an Indian businesswoman has been chosen among eight foreigners to carry the Olympic torch on Chinese soil in August next year.
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Blaming it on the "ineffective" bureaucracy and "very confused" ruling coalition in Karnataka, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, managing director of Biocon Ltd on Friday said infrastructural woes were impeding the growth of Bangalore.
Surina Narula, a London-based businesswoman and fundraiser for charitable causes, particularly for street children in India
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairman and managing director of Biocon, Chanda Kochar, executive director of ICICI Bank and Vidya Chhabria, chairman of Jumbo Group
In a rare honour for an Indian sportsperson, Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has been appointed a member of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Athletes' Commission.
The temple murder has shocked the local Indian community.
Presenting the best dressed at the Power of Women event in New York.
Dressed in a brown, embroidered suit given to her by Khalid as a Valentine's Day gift, she looked fondly at her beau as she spoke about their first meeting.
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Indian biotech firm Biocon is developing potential 'blockbuster' drugs for treatment of cancer and diabetes, which could hit the market in two to four years.
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Businesswoman A Jayalakshmi has alleged that several police officials sexually exploited her.
India's former defence minister George Fernandes was twice strip-searched in Washington but chose to keep mum about it.
Kylie Jenner is now selling T-shirts made out of her own bikini images. And why not, when her swimsuit photos on Instagram are among the most popular in the world?
'Relationships have changed so dynamically that the 'woh' doesn't have to be a person.'
'To be an immigrant, a South Asian immigrant of colour, a woman to be included in the Portrait Gallery... it really says that we are the country where people look for the people who make a positive impact and celebrate them,' Nooyi, 64, told reporters during the portrait gallery induction ceremony on Sunday.
The International Olympic Committee on Thursday announced that Nita Ambani, has been elected as an individual member of the IOC, and will become India's first woman to join the prestigious body.
Remembering Sridevi's strongest words on her 56th birth anniversary.
Mentalhood is far from an ideal comeback but it's nice to be reminded of Karisma Kapoor's radiant and lively screen presence again, says Sukanya Verma.
Chanda Kochhar has been ranked as the most powerful woman in the Asia Pacific region by fortune magazine.
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Aseel Al-Hamad declared the start of a new era for Saudi women in motorsport on Sunday as she prepared to drive a Formula One car around the French Grand Prix circuit in front of thousands of fans.
'The field of design is an overcrowded place.' 'And over time I have learnt the only way for me to connect with my own work is that if it comes from a place of honesty.'
It is not every day that one of the planet's richest men is arrested by his government.
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The Bollywood actress and businesswoman co-owns the Indian Premier League (IPL) side Kings XI Punjab and has now expanded her cricket empire to include the Stellenbosch Kings in South Africa's newly-launched T20 Global League.
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This is Ivanka Trump's first big solo outing on the international stage.
Indian talent may soon be allowed to work in France without a degree from a French institute.
Sanjeev Nayyar travels across India from Barmer to Arunachal to Mahabalipuram, and comes back humbled and impressed with the women he interacted with through his journey.
Tennis ace Martina Navratilova has married her long-term partner Julia Lemigova in New York.
Industrialist Yash Birla, as also two Mumbai-based individuals behind City Limousines scam, are among five Indian nationals with Swiss bank accounts.
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