United States of America: News
22 Jun 2017
IndiaKenneth Juster to be next US Envoy to India?
US President Donald Trump's aide and White House's top brass Kenneth Juster will be the next US Ambassador to India.
22 Jun 2017
InfosysRacial Discrimination: Former US employee files lawsuit against Infosys
Erin Green, a former Head of Immigration at Infosys in the United States, filed a lawsuit, accusing the IT major of "racial discrimination" against non-South Asian employees.
22 Jun 2017
HollywoodActor George Clooney's tequila business sold for $1bn
Hollywood star George Clooney now has another reason to celebrate as his tequila company Casamigos was sold to British drinks giant Diageo in a whopping $1bn-worth deal.
22 Jun 2017
Donald TrumpBrazil's own Donald Trump: Jair Bolsonaro
Donald Trump's win in the US has taught pollsters not to ignore fringe candidates who propound bigoted views on racism and homosexuality among other things.
22 Jun 2017
North KoreaTrump says China tried but failed to pressurize North Korea
US President Donald Trump said China's efforts to pressurize North Korea into slowing down its nuclear weapons program have failed.
21 Jun 2017
AmazonAmazon Prime Wardrobe: 'Try before you buy' service
Shopping for clothes online is a nightmare for many; apart from issues related to the sizes and colors, returns are always a hassle.
21 Jun 2017
Donald TrumpMike Pence says Paris deal would give India/China free pass
US Vice-President Mike Pence slammed the Paris climate change deal as "terrible" and said it would have given India and China a virtual "free pass" and cost the US economy over 6.5 million jobs.
21 Jun 2017
PhilippinesPhilippines- Islamist terrorists storm school, hold students hostage
Islamist terrorists stormed a school in Philippines and are holding several students hostage.
21 Jun 2017
Donald TrumpTo companies, with love: Trump pledges to remove immigration hurdles
Allaying the Silicon Valley's concerns on work visas, President Trump pledged to work with those including the Congress on immigration, so that the companies face no hurdles in "getting the people they want".
21 Jun 2017
WorldStudy: Guns kill 1,300 American children every year
1,300 American children aged below 17 die from gun-related injuries every year, according to a study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
20 Jun 2017
IndiaTaslima Nasreen's Indian visa extended again for a year
Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen has had her Indian visa extended again for one year w.e.f. July 23.
20 Jun 2017
AfghanistanTrump admin hardens stance towards Pak, may expand drone strikes
US President Donald Trump is planning to take a harsher stance against Islamabad in a bid to crackdown on Pakistan-based militant groups responsible for attacks in Afghanistan.
20 Jun 2017
YouTubeYouTube rehashes its policy to allow LGBTQ videos
Previously a faction of LGBTQ YouTube creators had complained that their uploaded videos were being kept hidden behind the Restricted Mode of the platform even after complying with all of the YouTube norms and not having any mature content.
20 Jun 2017
IntelOnce again, China makes the fastest super computers
Two Chinese supercomputers are the fastest machines on Earth, according to the researchers in the US and Germany.
20 Jun 2017
IndiaTata-Lockheed Martin sign deal to manufacture advanced F-16s in India
Tata Advanced Systems Ltd and US aerospace major Lockheed Martin Corp. have signed a deal to manufacture the iconic F-16 fighter jets in India.
20 Jun 2017
North KoreaUS student Otto Warmbier released by North Korea dies
22-year-old US college student Otto Warmbier, who was released after spending 17 months as a prisoner in North Korea, has passed away in a Cincinnati hospital.
20 Jun 2017
Data LeakData of 60% US citizens leaked from Republican-hired company
An analytics firm's database, which had political information of more than 20 crore US citizens, was left unguarded on a publicly-accessible Amazon server for 12 days this month. The firm was hired by Republican Party.
19 Jun 2017
MumbaiMumbai's Taj Palace becomes first Indian building to be trademarked
The iconic Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai has joined the elite club of the Empire State Building in New York, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and Sydney Opera House as it got itself trademarked.
19 Jun 2017
Business50% laid off IT-employees will get hired again, says survey
According to a recent survey, more than 50% of the two lakh employees, who are expected to be laid off from the IT sector in the next two years will get absorbed back into the system once they are re-skilled.
18 Jun 2017
WorldUS Police arrests a Sikh-convert for carrying kirpan
A Sikh convert was arrested by the US police for carrying a kirpan at a grocery store.
18 Jun 2017
InstagramBeyonce and Jay Z welcome twins to their family
Songstress Beyonce Knowles and her rapper husband Jay Z (Shawn Corey Carter) have reportedly welcomed the newest members, a set of twins, to the Carter family.
18 Jun 2017
Mother's DayDaddy love: Father's Day lags behind Mother's Day in spending
We might think we love our parents equally but the numbers reveal a different story.
17 Jun 2017
San Francisco'Hyperloop Hotel' that allows people to travel in luxury rooms
Brandan Siebrecht, a graduate architecture student from the University of Las Vegas, Nevada, has come up with a futuristic concept of a multi-city modular hotel chain where hotels in different locations would be connected by Hyperloop systems.
17 Jun 2017
UNICEFChildren in rich countries: One in five lives in poverty
One in five children lives in relative poverty even in rich countries.
17 Jun 2017
RedditReddit raising funds, company's valuation to be $1.7bn
Giving a major boost, venture capitalists are funding popular link-sharing website Reddit that will give the company a total valuation of $1.7 billion.
17 Jun 2017
Donald TrumpTrump partially rolls back Obama's reconciliation with Cuba
President Donald Trump unveiled the new US policy towards Cuba, partially rolling back his predecessor Barack Obama's "completely one-sided deal."
17 Jun 2017
San FranciscoWork from home: Working practices adopted by a digital generation
Automattic, the firm behind WordPress.com, is selling its beautiful 15,000 square-feet San Francisco office as its employees have simply stopped coming to work.
16 Jun 2017
StartupsAmazon acquiring Whole Foods in a whopping $13.7bn all-cash deal
Tech giant Amazon is acquiring US supermarket chain Whole Foods Market in a $13.7 billion all cash deal - the biggest transaction ever for the e-commerce player.
16 Jun 2017
North KoreaAmerican student released by North Korea has severe brain injury
American college student Otto Warmbier, who was released by North Korea on June 13 after 17 months in detention, has received a severe brain injury.
16 Jun 2017
IndiaUS designates Karnataka-born ISIS leader a global terrorist
30-year-old Karnataka-born Mohammed Shafi Armar, ISIS's chief recruiter in the Indian subcontinent, has been named a 'Specially Designated Global Terrorist' by the US.
16 Jun 2017
Donald TrumpAnd the 2017 children's 'word of the year' is… Trump!
Trump pretty much rules global headlines. But it appears the US president is now taking over playgrounds as well.
16 Jun 2017
IndiaIntel to invest Rs. 1100crore towards R&D expansion in India
US based MNC and global chip manufacturer Intel Corporation has announced an investment of over Rs.1100 crore ($170 million) for its upcoming Research and Development (R&D) centre in Bangalore.
15 Jun 2017
North KoreaHow is life in a NKorean prison, former detainee recalls
In Dec'12, Korean-American Kenneth Bae was convicted by North Korea to 15-years of hard labor.
15 Jun 2017
JerusalemEinstein's letters to be auctioned in Jerusalem
5 letters sent by Albert Einstein to his colleague, David Bohm, will be auctioned on June 20 at an auction house in Jerusalem.
15 Jun 2017
Federal ReserveUS Federal Reserve hikes interest rate, plans balance sheet reduction
The Federal Reserve has hiked its benchmark lending rate by a quarter percentage point to 1.25% from its erstwhile 1%, showing its conviction in the US economy's growth and the job market performance and said that there is a chance of another hike later this year.
15 Jun 2017
Michael FlynnReports: Special counsel to investigate Trump over obstruction of justice
Special counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly investigating US President Donald Trump over possible obstruction of justice, an impeachable offense.
