United States of America: News
22 Jun 2018
IndiaGoogle Assistant and Home can now understand continued conversations
If you own a smart speaker like Amazon Alexa or Google Home, using prompts like "Hey, Google," every time you want to ask a question or issue a command might be annoying.
22 Jun 2018
San FranciscoStart-up opens first restaurant where robot makes burgers
US-based start-up Creator, which deals in burger-making robots, has unveiled its first robot restaurant in San Francisco.
22 Jun 2018
IndiaNearly 100 Indians held at 2 detention centers in US
The Indian Mission in the US has established contact with two immigration detention centers where nearly 100 Indians, mostly from Punjab, are detained for illegally entering the country through its southern border.
22 Jun 2018
Donald Trump35 US-banks would survive global economic recession: US Federal Reserve
The US's 35 largest banks are "strongly capitalized" and would survive a severe global economic recession, the Federal Reserve announced.
22 Jun 2018
AmazonAmazon Prime monthly subscription introduced at just Rs. 129
E-commerce giant Amazon has quietly introduced a new monthly Amazon Prime subscription plan in India.
22 Jun 2018
Donald TrumpWelcome-To-America: The story of crying-toddler with Trump on TIME cover
President of United States Donald Trump is quite proud of his TIME magazine covers, but the latest one is not something he would like to hang on the White House walls.
22 Jun 2018
South KoreaHackers steal $32mn from South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, again
On Wednesday, South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb, revealed that hackers had stolen $32mn worth of assets overnight.
22 Jun 2018
North KoreaNorth Korea was an incredible experience; had tremendous success: Trump
US President Donald Trump today told his cabinet members that he had "tremendous success" with North Korea, more than a week after his historic meeting with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
22 Jun 2018
Donald TrumpMelania Trump wears "Don't care" coat while visiting migrant kids
United States of America's First Lady Melania Trump was caught in the eye of a storm after she chose to wear a trench coat that read "I really don't care, do you?" while paying a visit to Texas's migrant child detention centre.
21 Jun 2018
AmazonWho is this Indian Warren Buffett picked to head healthcare-venture?
Yesterday, prominent Indian-American surgeon and journalist, Atul Gawande was appointed as the CEO of the yet-to-be named US-based health-care venture of Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan.
21 Jun 2018
Sri LankaJustice for victims of Lanka civil war remains elusive: US-lawmaker
Justice for most of the victims of brutal civil war in Sri Lanka remains elusive, said US lawmaker Chris Smith.
21 Jun 2018
IndiaIndia hits back at US, hikes customs-duty for 29 items
India has increased customs duty on 29 products, including pulses and iron and steel products, imported from the US as a retaliatory action against the tariff hike by Washington.
21 Jun 2018
Pakistan NewsSuspend all American aid to Pakistan, they harbor terrorists: US-lawmaker
The US has not seen Pakistan taking sustained and decisive actions required to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table, a top Trump administration official told lawmakers who demanded suspension of all American aid to Pakistan.
21 Jun 2018
FacebookIGTV: Instagram's newest feature to rival YouTube's long-form video offering
Instagram has launched IGTV, a new standalone app that will directly rival YouTube.
21 Jun 2018
Donald TrumpTrump stops policy which separated kids from parents at US-border
Under immense pressure from the Opposition and even right-wing voices, United States President Donald Trump ended the policy that separated minors from their families at the border.
21 Jun 2018
IndiaHow Android Go can be a game-changer for Google
The Android Go operating system (OS) by Google is an optimized version of the latest Android Oreo OS which is specially designed for low-configuration smartphones.
20 Jun 2018
AppleGeneral Electric booted from Dow Jones stock-index after a century
Slumping US industrial giant General Electric will be booted from the iconic Dow Jones stock index next week, S&P Dow Jones Indices has announced.
20 Jun 2018
Donald TrumpAt least 52 Indians jailed under US' new 'zero-tolerance' policy
The US has jailed over 1,600 illegal immigrants under its 'zero-tolerance' policy. Of those, 52 detainees in an Oregon federal prison have declared themselves Indian.
20 Jun 2018
IndiaIndia spends less than Sri Lanka and Bhutan on public-health
India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, but its expenditure on healthcare as a percentage of GDP remains quite shameful.
20 Jun 2018
India7,400 Indians filed asylum applications in US in 2017: UN
7,400 people from India filed applications for asylum in the US last year, according to UN Refugee Agency's annual Global Trends report.
20 Jun 2018
Donald TrumpTrump defends 'zero-tolerance-policy' towards immigration, urges Congress to change laws
US President Donald Trump defended his administration's "zero-tolerance" policy towards immigration, blaming the opposition Democrats for the current mess.
20 Jun 2018
Donald TrumpChina rebuilt itself taking $500bn out of America every-year: Trump
US President Donald Trump today claimed that "America has rebuilt China" which has been taking out $500bn a year out of the US, a day after he threatened to impose tariffs on additional $200bn worth of Chinese goods.
20 Jun 2018
Donald TrumpUS becomes first member to withdraw from UN Human-Rights Council
The US became the first member to withdraw from the "hypocritical and self-serving" UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) yesterday, citing its 'chronic bias' against Israel and lack of reforms.
20 Jun 2018
RobotsThis babysitting robot gives company to China's lonely children
China's young working parents are quite burdened, and have to face the pressures of taking care of their children without the help of large extended families, owing to the lingering impact of the country's one-child policy.
19 Jun 2018
IndiaIndia sees 20% rise in dollar millionaires, despite GST-impact: Report
Despite adverse impact of GST implementation, India saw a 20% increase in both the number of dollar-millionaires and their wealth in 2017, a report said today.
19 Jun 2018
Donald Trump'I'm all alone': Heart-wrenching cries of children intensify anti-Trump protest
Amid the ongoing controversy on the US' child-separation policy, heart-wrenching audio has surfaced from a Customs and Border Protection facility.
19 Jun 2018
Donald TrumpTrump threatens to impose 10% tariff on additional $200bn-worth Chinese-goods
US President Donald Trump escalated a trade war with China today, asking his administration to identify a new list of $200bn worth of Chinese goods to be penalized with 10% tariff.
18 Jun 2018
Donald TrumpOn Trump's zero-tolerance immigration policy, Melania has contradictory views
Melania Trump, the wife of President of US Donald Trump and First Lady, has spoken on the zero-tolerance immigration policy and said she hated seeing kids separated from their families.
18 Jun 2018
South KoreaSouth Korea starts two-day war games to defend against Japan
South Korea will begin two days of war games today to practice defending the disputed Dokdo islands off its east coast, against an unlikely attack by Japan.
18 Jun 2018
GSTHere's your 'Weekly Industry Insight' for all your stock decisions
Thinking of making money by investing in stocks? But which stocks should give the highest returns throughout this week? And which ones should you avoid?
17 Jun 2018
SamsungSamsung Chromebook Plus v2 launched with built-in stylus
As a successor to last year's Chromebook Plus, Samsung has launched the Chromebook Plus v2 in the US.
17 Jun 2018
PatanjaliMeet the 6 youngest self-made Indian billionaires under 50
Becoming a self-made billionaire is no easy task; it's one of the greatest achievements.
17 Jun 2018
NepalCommercial mountaineering turns Mount Everest into world's highest rubbish dump
Decades of commercial mountaineering has turned Mount Everest into the world's highest rubbish dump.
17 Jun 2018
FacebookGoogle shows little change in diversity, 70% staff still male
According to Google's annual diversity report 2018, nearly 70% of the entire Google staff was male last year.
16 Jun 2018
AfghanistanBig hugs, selfies among Taliban, Afghan forces as ceasefire holds
Taliban fighters and Afghan security forces hugged and took selfies with each other in eastern Afghanistan today, as an unprecedented ceasefire in the war-torn country held for the second day of Eid.
16 Jun 2018
Emmanuel MacronTrump tells Abe 'he'll send 23 million Mexicans to Japan'
A new report shed light on a rather unpleasant conversation between US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the G7 Summit in Canada.
16 Jun 2018
Green CardUS: EB-2 Indian-immigrants to wait for 151-years for Green Card
Indians with advanced degrees may have to wait for 151 years for a Green Card which authorizes them to live and work in the US permanently.
16 Jun 2018
South KoreaCommercial 5G roll-out expected in 2018, India to follow suit
2018 is set to go down in history as a breakthrough year for information technology, with commercial roll-out of 5G technology expected by the end of this year, said Swedish telecom company, Ericsson.
16 Jun 2018
White HouseAt least 2,000 children separated from families at US-Mexico border
At least 2,000 children have been separated from their families or guardians who illegally crossed the US-Mexico border, since a policy allowing the same came into effect.
16 Jun 2018
Artificial Intelligence and Machine LearningAI creates new voice for radio journalist with speech issues
Jamie Dupree, a 54-year-old US political radio journalist, suffers from a rare neurological condition which led to him losing his voice two years ago.
