How Mumbai has taken on the COVID-19 challenge

'Mumbai is testing a lot compared to a lot of other places in the country.''Now that we exactly know where the hotspots are, and they've been converted into containment zones, there is a lot of......

Trump declares national emergency to combat coronavirus

United States President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Friday, opening up access to up to $50 billion in federal funds to combat the fast-spreading novel coronavirus that has claimed......

Trump celebrates Diwali, leaves out Hindus in tweet

United States President Donald Trump celebrated Diwali at a White House ceremony but surprisingly omitted mentioning Hindus -- the largest community in the world that celebrate the festival of......

Trump celebrates Diwali at White House, hails Indian-Americans

United States President Donald Trump hailed the extraordinary contributions of Indian-Americans to science, medicine, business and education in the country as he celebrated his first......

US could save $2 trillion on health costs

The United States could save $2 trillion in healthcare spending over the next decade, if the US government used its influence in the public and private sectors to nudge soaring costs into line with......

Soaring cancer drug costs may cripple medicare

Medicare spending on cancer drugs has skyrocketed in recent years, and Congress has severely limited the program's ability to do anything about it, says a report in the Feb. 7 issue of The New......

One lakh jobs for disabled in private sector

The government has approved incentive schemes for creating 1,00,000 employment opportunities a year for the physically challenged persons in the private sector, the Lok Sabha was informed on......

The kid who turned down $1 billion!

"I'm just lucky to be alive." Mark Zuckerberg, the 22-year-old founder and CEO of social-networking site Facebook, is talking about the time he came face-to-face with the barrel of a gun. It was......