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Fearing US poll-related violence, stores, businesses board up

Security has been tightened at the White House and major commercial avenues across the United States, with retailers boarding up their stores to head off any damages as America braced for possible......

Why did Sri Lanka snub US?

Any form of entanglement with India or the US on the strategic plane will be anathema to Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa rulers, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya......

Thousands protest across US major cities defying curfew

Americans, defying curfews in several cities including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Washington DC, protested, in some cases violently, against the custodial killing of African-American......

The wonderfully weird world we live in!

Ten images that prove we live in a odd, odd world! A woman touches a giant face-shaped pillar outside the Dotonbori Hotel in Osaka, Japan. Photograph: Kim Kyung-hoon/Reuters A DJ performs......

Niagara Falls, Empire State Building lit-up for India's I-Day

The iconic Empire State Building and Niagara Falls were illuminated with the Tricolour to mark India's 72nd Independence Day with the Indian diaspora in the United States celebrating the occasion,......

With $2 bn in charity, Jeff Bezos is top donor of 2018

Here are the top 10 philanthropists of 2018! Yes, you heard it right! Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, tops 2018's Philanthropy 50 list, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy's list of those giving......

With $2 bn in charity, Jeff Bezos is top donor of 2018

Here are the top 10 philanthropists of 2018! Yes, you heard it right! Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, tops 2018's Philanthropy 50 list, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy's list of those giving......

Connaught Place is world's 9th most expensive office location

Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), which houses the offices of some of the biggest banks in the country, however, slipped to 26th position from the 16th position. Connaught Place (CP) has......

Second half of the year may see a turnaround: PM to CEOs

India is committed to getting back to a sustainable growth path of 8 to 9 per cent, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said, adding that such a target is achievable because the fundamentals of the......

Amazing IMAGES of New York's Grand Central Station

Grand Central Terminal - colloquially called Grand Central Station, or shortened to simply Grand Central - is a commuter rail terminal station at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in......

Why I am so excited about Pedro

Here was this filmmaker, who has won so many awards, including a couple of Oscars, and there was not an ounce of arrogance in him, says Aseem Chhabra.It was the fall of 1984. I had to pick up a......

Review: The Avengers is a spectacular hero sandwich

Raja Sen writes The Avengers is an absolute blast.Superheroes win. The good versus evil mythology built on the bones of classic comic book legend needs for the right side to triumph, against......

Spotted: Suniel Shetty in New York

Reader Neha Kapil and her husband Himanshu and daughter Peehu met Suniel Shetty in Midtown Manhattan, New York. Neha says, 'He was really polite andreadily agreed for a snap with us'....

The many lives of Swaroop Sampat Rawal

In the mid 1980s, Swaroop Sampat Rawal was at the peak of her acting career with Kundan Shah's hit television sitcom Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, where she played Renu, the wife of the late actor Shafi......

From East Is East to Rafta, Rafta

As the audience ushered into the Theatre Row's auditorium for the performance of writer Ayub Khan-Din's new play Rafta, Rafta, I had a very strong sense of dj vu, as if I had walked onto the sets......

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......

Ex-US tennis star Blake mistakenly slammed to ground, handcuffed by NYPD

File picture: James Blake in action during the Connecticut Open in August 2014. Photograph: Elsa/Getty Images Former tennis star James Blake was slammed to the ground, handcuffed and detained for......

Players need to rethink pay: NBA chief Stern

NBA Commissioner David Stern is not in a giving mood these days despite having an office that overlooks the holiday-season revelry of glittery Fifth Avenue. Stern figures he has given enough over......

Being Beckham is a fulltime job

In America, David Beckham can walk the streets in relative peace. In Europe, South America and Asia, he is the most well-known athlete, a combination of Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, with a......

Ring promoter King sues Disney/ESPN

Promoter Don King, who built a boxing empire with the aid of hyperbole, bluster and spin, filed a $2.5 billion lawsuit on Wednesday against sports channel ESPN over a biography of him he said was......

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The Two Lives Of Bill Hwang, Man Behind The Archegos Fiasco

With the sun rising outside their conference room in Midtown Manhattan, the visitors to a secretive investment empire bent their heads in prayerful... ...

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The Quiet Rise Of Bill Hwang's Archegos And How It Collapsed In A Blink

From his perch high above Midtown Manhattan, just across from Carnegie Hall, Bill Hwang was quietly building one of the world's greatest fortunes.... ...

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A lunch date with Audrey Hepburn

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