4 dead after gunman ‘randomly picking targets’ goes on rampage in California,...
A gunman shooting at random people and locations killed four people Tuesday in Northern California, attacking an elementary school and a woman driving her children to school during the rampage,...
View ArticleAmazon’s cashierless store is almost ready for prime time
Employees of Amazon India are seen behind a glass bearing the company’s logo inside its office in Bengaluru, India, August 14, 2015. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa/File Photo For the past year, Amazon...
View ArticleU.S. Olympic athlete Ibtihaj Muhammad behind first hijab wearing Barbie
Ibtihaj Muhammad with her Barbie (Courtesy: Facebook) Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first-ever hijab wearing woman to compete for the U.S. in the 2016 Rio Olympic games, now she has a Barbie of her own. This...
View ArticleBJANA celebrate Diwali with Sandeep Chakravorty
From Left: Amit Chaudhary Avinash Gupta, Consul General Sandeep Chakravorty, Sarala Singh and Girish Verma This year, about 350 people attended the Bihar – Jharkhand Association of North America...
View ArticleHigh profile non-profit raises $300,000 for William J. Clinton Fellowship for...
(L-R) AIF Board Vice Chair Pradeep Kashyap, AIF Honoree Pradman Kaul, HE Ambassador Navtej Sarna, Gala Chair Mahinder Tak. More than 200 guests attended the annual Washington, D.C. gala organized by...
View ArticleCII report shows Indian companies creating more jobs in the U.S.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has reported that Indian companies have created 113,000 jobs in the United States, have invested nearly $18 billion in the country and have contributed $147...
View ArticleExclusive: Prescient messages about Indian companies circulate in WhatsApp...
FILE PHOTO: A man poses with a smartphone in front of displayed Whatsapp logo in this illustration September 14, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo MUMBAI – Three days before Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories...
View ArticleTrump administration pulls back curtain on secretive cybersecurity process
White House cybersecurity coordinator Rob Joyce discusses pressing cybersecurity threats facing the country during a Washington Post Live event in October. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post The White House...
View ArticleModi still popular among masses, says Pew survey
NEW DELHI – Over three years into office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity is still at par with what it was in 2015, and 70 per cent Indians are “satisfied” with the way things are going in...
View ArticleIndia tells NTPC to mix crop residue with coal to reduce New Delhi smog
People cross the road in Delhi, India, November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Saumya Khandelwal NEW DELHI – India directed its largest utility NTPC Ltd to blend crop residue with coal at its power plants, in a bid...
View ArticleExclusive: Secret witness in Senate Clinton probe is ex-lobbyist for Russian...
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in the gymnasium of Moulton Elementary School in Des Moines, Iowa, September 22, 2015. REUTERS/Brian C. Frank/Files WASHINGTON – Senate...
View ArticleU.S. jobless claims unexpectedly rise; import prices up modestly
Emily Angelo, looks through job ads at the Pennsylvania Career Link office located in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 11, 2017. Photo taken October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk WASHINGTON...
View ArticleWe are all Hindu Nationalists. Why New York Times is wrong on saris.
It has been a “Sorry Day” every day (or should I say a “Sari Day”) for a well-known media organization in the US ever since they published a piece on Sari and its purportedly new affiliation with...
View ArticleHate crimes are soaring – but officials still don’t know how many people are...
The FBI released data this week that showed a continuing rise in hate crimes across the country in 2016, with 6,121 total incidents, compared to the 5,850 reported the year before. There was a 19...
View ArticleUCLA players in Los Angeles after Trump seeks help from China’s Xi
UCLA basketball players LiAngelo Ball (R) and Cody Riley arrive at LAX after flying back from China where they were detained on suspicion of shoplifting, in Los Angeles, California U.S. November 14,...
View ArticleESPN brings SportsCenter show to Snapchat
FILE PHOTO — A billboard displays the logo of Snapchat above Times Square in New York March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo U.S. sports broadcaster ESPN launched its flagship SportsCenter...
View ArticleYour college football team is very worried about GOP tax plans
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Engineers football players attend practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts November 13, 2014. REUTERS/Brian Snyder For more than 30 years, colleges and...
View ArticleBook World: Best Books 2017
“Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst” By Robert M. Sapolsky Penguin Press. $35 If you ever thought that neuroscience was too boring or complicated for pleasurable reading, “Behave”...
View ArticlePakistan issues ‘last warning’ to Islamists blocking route into capital
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani authorities issued a final warning on Friday to members of an Islamist party blocking a main road into the capital, raising fears of a violent clash. Hundreds of supporters of...
View ArticleInfosys to buyback shares from November 30
BENGALURU – Global software major Infosys Ltd. would buy back 11.3-crore of its equity shares of Rs 5 face value by paying Rs 13,000 crore at the price of Rs 1,150 per share from November 30, said the...
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