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"Dangerous" heat wave bakes much of the US

An "oppressive and dangerous" heat wave has gripped much of the United States, leaving at least six people dead and caused the cancellation of several public events. The National......

Biggest blizzard in years blankets US east coast

A massive winter storm has pummelled the United States' east coast, grounding flights, shuttering vaccination sites in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York and affecting 60 million people. A......

PHOTOS: 'Snow bomb' carpets US

An intense winter storm has caused electricity outages for tens of thousands of Americans. Some 65,000 homes and businesses along the US east coast are without power. The storm is the......

Trump's younger brother passes away

Robert Trump, 71, the younger brother of Donald Trump, has died, the president said in a statement, a day after he visited his "best friend" in a New York hospital. Photograph: Reuters President......

Millionaire sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein found dead in jail

IMAGE: Jeffrey Epstein. Photograph: New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services/Handout via Reuters Jailed multi-millionaire financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has died......

How they changed the face of Corporate America

Asuncion 'Sunny' Hostin, slim and stylish in a black wrap-around sweater, shows up 30 minutes late for her meeting at an upscale caf on Manhattan's Upper West Side. She's unruffled, though, and......

Indian hoteliers make it big in America

Sant Singh Chatwal did not exactly bootstrap his way up America's lodging industry by starting at a modest roadside motel, as have so many immigrants. His first fixer-upper hotel was in Manhattan,......

Cosmetics pioneer Estee Lauder dead

Estee Lauder, the pioneering queen of the global beauty products industry, who over decades turned her small face creams business into a multi-million-dollar cosmetics empire, has died. She was......

Much Ado About Ratings

'The history of Moody's India ratings tells its own story,' points out T N Ninan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com India's sovereign rating upgrade by Moody's Investors Service is a second......

'American films would make fun of India'

Five years ago scriptwriter Tracey Jackson went to Hollywood with a clipping from The New York Times, perhaps the first article to report on the call centres in India. The article talked about......

McCartney planning to wed Nancy Shevell

Sir Paul McCartney may be in the final stages of a plan to marry Nancy Shevell, with the American heiress said to be finalising her divorce from husband Bruce Blakeman. According to reports, the......

The Meyerowitz Stories: Thank God for Netflix!

If it wasn't for Netflix, we'd never have seen The Meyerowitz Stories in India.J Jagannath is captivated by this film about three disconnected siblings and their even more disconnected father.......

When Satyajit Ray got UPSET

There is a world that Satyajit Ray created in his films that I wanted to be a part of -- as Durga bathed in the rain to Ravi Shankar's music; when Charulata sat on the swing regretting she never......

Why Mira Nair's Films Speak To Me

Mira's films are alive, rocking and so true to the reality I know.They are gifts that I keep revisiting, and I cannot wait for what more she will share with us, notes Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE:......

Super Bowl 42 lives up to lofty billing

A consortium of shouts, whistles and cheers pours into my friend's apartment window on Manhattan's Upper Eastside: "Yea, baby!" "Go Giants!" "Boston sucks!" Peering out said window, I see drunken......