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Why The Americans Were Opposed To Agni

'The heat shield technology for re-entry vehicles was first mastered in DRDO for the Agni missile.''This is why the Americans were so opposed to Agni in the 1980s, unlike other missiles -- it was a......

Would have chosen Usha Vance as my VP, but...: Trump

US President Donald Trump has said that he would have chosen Usha Chilukuri Vance, JD Vance's wife, as his Vice President as "she is smarter but the line of succession did not work that way".......

'Welcome home', Biden tells Trump at White House

US President Joe Biden greeted his successor Donald Trump at the White House Monday morning with the message 'welcome home' as his motorcade arrived at the official presidential residence. IMAGE:......

Did Chances Of A Trump Win Spook Bezos?

Did Jeff Bezos decide against endorsing Harris because it would hurt his business interests? Only God and Bezos know, and neither of them are talking, notes Prem Panicker. IMAGE: Jeff Bezos, owner......

Kamala Harris Is A Desi At Heart

'I think of that young baby, still in her diapers, balancing with her arms held up by her mother, a Tamil woman wearing a salwar kameez and a dupatta, seated on a stoop,' recalls Aseem Chhabra.......

2 reasons why India's umbrella makers are happy

First, the industry is hoping for brisk business, as, according to projections there will be normal monsoon. Secondly, it is relieved at the fall in import of cheap umbrellas from China which had......

Who rocked the Met Gala red carpet: Priyanka or Deepika? VOTE!

You go, girls! Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone have taken the west by storm, yet again. This time, on the Met Gala red carpet in New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art. ......

Desi Boyz set the stage on fire!

The wait was interminably long but all that was forgotten when the cast of Rohit Dhawan's debut film, Desi Boyz, made an extravagant and energetic entry at a promotional event for the film......

Jackie Chan wins Oscar after 56 years of movie-making!

'After 56 years in the film industry, making over 200 films, I've broken so many bones, finally this is mine. I want to thank you, Hong Kong, such an incredible city, my hometown, my......

Roger Moore's life in pictures

What a life he led! Roger Moore, who memorably played James Bond, lost a short battle to cancer and passed away on Tuesday, May 23, at his home in Switzerland. Looking back at a glorious life:......

IOC's Coates says Tokyo Games will go ahead

Coates also hit out at the suggestion that the IOC was ploughing ahead with the Games "at all costs" to fulfill lucrative contracts with broadcasters and sponsors. IMAGE: IOC's John Coates......

Sports Shorts: We will have Olympics next year, says Coates

IMAGE: IOC official John Coates. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/File Photo/Reuters The Olympic movement faces its biggest challenge in four decades in getting a streamlined Tokyo Summer Games up and......

IOC says Tokyo Olympics '100%' likely to go ahead

IMAGE: John Coates, an Australian, is vice president of the IOC and chairs Tokyo 2020's coordination commission. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/File Photo/Reuters A senior official of the......

Rio Olympic Games preparations "worst" ever, says IOC VP Coates

International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president John Coates called Brazil's preparations for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games "the worst" he has ever seen and critically behind schedule, but......

IOC working toward July-August Olympics in 2021

'We want to more or less finalise the dates in four weeks' time.' IMAGE: John Coates, the IOC's Coordination Commission chief for Tokyo, said the Games would have to be held between the tennis......