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A Tiranga Flies Over Manhattan!

Glimpses from the Federation of Indian Associations' Indian Independence Day parade in Manhattan on Sunday, August 21, 2022. The FIA states it now holds two Guinness World Records -- for the most......

Kangana's Selfie In Session

Glimpses from India and around the world that will make you smile and cry. Selfie in Session IMAGE: BJP MP Kangana Ranaut clicks a selfie with Samajwadi Party MP Iqra Hasan at Parliament House.......

Each Of These Pictures Tell A Story

Glimpses from around the world that will make you smile and cry. Tensions Trigger Troops IMAGE: Soldiers sit atop an Armored Personnel Carrier after armed forces were deployed following a clash......

'No matter who you are...': DA Bragg after Trump's arraignment

New York state will "not normalise" serious criminal conduct, "no matter who you are," Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, has asserted, hours after former US President Donald Trump was......

Emergency declared in New York city as torrential rain floods subways, roads

Roads were closed, subway services were disrupted and basements were overwhelmed in the New York City area after “dangerous and life-threatening” torrential rain surged across the......

Adani slips to No 30, group stocks lose Rs 12 lk cr in 1 month

Gautam Adani was the world's third and Asia's richest man a month back but a damning report by a US firm triggered a massive sell-off in shares of his apples-to-airport group, plunging his own......

Want to be a millionaire? Start investing early

In the book, Once Upon a Wall Street, Peter Lynch, one of the most successful mutual fund managers the Wall Street has ever seen, narrates a story: 'Consider the Indians of Manhattan, who in 1625......

Gordon Gould, father of Laser, dies at 85

Gordon Gould, a pioneer in laser technology who coined the word 'laser' and won a decades-long struggle to secure patent rights for the most commonly used type, has died. He was 85.He died Friday......

I'm willing to bet there is no case against Chanda Kochhar

'... not even a moral one, let alone a legal one.''Even if it is assumed that Deepak Kochhar tried to influence his wife into doing something dodgy for his 'social acquaintance', why would she do......

Can You Watch 384 Films In A Year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021. IMAGE: Aditya Rao Hydari and Konkona Sensharma in Ajeeb Daastaans. Year two of the pandemic was a challenge in so many......

When Bollywood wed in Italy, LA, Phuket...

Bollywood doesn't go abroad just for outdoor shoots! Bollywood likes grand destination weddings. Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli got married in wonderful Tuscany, the Italian province that makes......

Seen these FANTASTIC films?

The New York Film Festival served an amazing plate of films.Aseem Chhabra picks the best ones. It has been the strangest year of our lives, but films have been important in keeping us sane. And......

Why Wolf Of Wall Street is an irresponsible film

Martin Scorsese's The Wolf Of Wall Street could set a bad precedent, feels Aseem Chhabra. Last weekend I watched Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 Oscar-winning masterpiece The Godfather at the Museum of......

When a gora produced a Bollywood movie

'The first time we actually got to meet a Bollywood star, it was Salman Khan.''We met him at his farm house.''For Pia, an actor is just an actor. There is no such thing as a star in her world, and......

Hurricane Ida disrupts US Open schedule

IMAGE: Spectators open their umbrellas as rain falls into Louis Armstrong Stadium during the second round match between Diego Schwartzman and Kevin Anderson on day three of the 2021 US Open tennis......

India's Palpreet Singh picked in NBA D-League Draft

Palpreet Singh, winner of the ACG-NBA Jump National Finals, India's first national basketball talent search program, was selected 11th in the fourth Round of the NBA D-League Draft held in New......

F1 chief Ecclestone wins a round of legal battle over alleged bribe

A New York appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a $650 million lawsuit against Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone, saying he cannot be sued in the state's courts over the sale of a major stake......

New York police chief apologises to arrested ex-tennis star Blake

IMAGE: James Blake of the United States during the 2013 US Open. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton apologised on Thursday to former US......