United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday named his chief hostage negotiator Robert O'Brien as the new National Security Adviser to replace John Bolton, who was fired last week. O'Brien,......
These photos prove we live in a bizarre world. Image: Farmer Zhang Xianping rides his pig "Big Precious" during an interview with the media, in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China. Zhang, a pig......
'What was predictable, but entirely missed by Modi's strident critics, is that the excessive and intemperate demonisation of Modi allowed him to assume his own metaphor -- the underdog, the martyr,......
In a public appeal to the Obama administration, a group of powerful United States lawmakers has asked it not to change the 'good policy' of denying visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi......
The US army has appointed a senior general to direct and oversee its cyber warfare division. General Keith B Alexander has been entrusted with the Pentagon's new Cyber Command, the Guardian......
If indeed we want the board to manage the RBI, probably the government should take a close look at the US Federal Reserve system which has a two-part structure - a central authority in Washington,......
Eight people, seven of them Indian Americans, were charged on Wednesday in connection with a $2.3 million bribery and kickback scheme to secure business from executives of a Manhattan-based medical......
The US faces a cybersecurity threat of such magnitude that the next President should move quickly to create a Center for Cybersecurity Operations and appoint a special White House advisor to......
Wall Street got its hopes up on Mar 11. Elated by a Federal Reserve move to stop the credit crunch, the US stock market posted its biggest one-day gain in five years, with the Dow Jones industrial......
"If you are going to have a successful corporate program, it has to be directed from the top," says William Weldon, the CEO of Johnson & Johnson. He could be talking about cost-cutting initiatives......
Bollywood actress Amrita Rao and cricketer Harbhajan Singh pose for pictures during a promotional event for a sports television channel in Mumbai on Tuesday. The function was held to......
It's been 20 years since Aamir Khan's Raakh released in theatres. Fresh after the release of his blockbuster hit Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, audiences couldn't quite relate to Aamir's dark character in......
Arthur J PaisJeet ThayilAssem Chhabrarediff.com critics list their Academy Awards nominees! -- Heptanesia MumbaikarWith all the hype (cover of Time, Entertainment Weekly, etc), Peter Weir's Master......
Former Asian number one Arjun Atwal and Northern Ireland's Michael Hoey provided the early fireworks with matching eight-under-par 62s in the opening round of the US$1 million Enjoy Jakarta......
South African Keith Horne equalled the course record with a stunning 9-under par 63 to emerge the sole leader after the first round at the Rs. 13.80 million Royal Challenge Indian Open golf......