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Biden to nominate Indian-American consultant to a key Pentagon position

US President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Ashish Vazirani, an Indian-American management consultant, to a key Pentagon position

Tito's owner & Goa BJP ticket aspirant wants lie-detector tests of all MLAs

Former owner of Club Titos, one of the top nightclubs in Goa, Ricardo D'Souza wants all MLAs to take a lie detector test to prove they have not taken bribes in public life.

Ajay Banga to retire from Mastercard on December 31, Janow to head Board

Ajay Banga, one of the topmost Indian-American corporate leaders, and a strong advocate of India-US relationship, would retire from Mastercard at the end of the year, the global credit card firm said

Afghanistan's Taliban want to address General Assembly, says UN

The Taliban stunned the world by taking territory with surprising speed and little resistance from the US-trained Afghan military. The Western-backed government collapsed on August 15

Justin Trudeau's Liberals win Canada election, but miss majority

Canadians gave Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party a victory in Monday's parliamentary elections, but his gamble to win a majority of seats appeared to have failed.

ED launches money laundering probe into Mundra Port heroin seizure case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has initiated a money laundering probe into the recent seizure of a record nearly 3,000 kg heroin from two containers at the Mundra port in Gujarat

Rs 21,000 cr worth Afghan-origin heroin seized at Gujarat's Mundra port

The value of the seized heroin per kilogram was about Rs 5-7 crore in the international market, an official said.

Maha CM asks Guv to request Centre for spl session on crimes against women

In his letter to the governor written on Monday, Thackeray gave figures of crimes against women in BJP-ruled states including Uttarakhand, the home state of Koshyari.

Raj Kundra walks out of Mumbai jail after bail in pornographic films case

Businessman Raj Kundra on Tuesday walked out of a Mumbai jail, a day after a magistrate court here granted bail to the key accused in a pornographic films case in which he was arrested two months ago

EU official says Australia trade deal delayed by French snub

Australia's cancellation of a French submarine contract will complicate and delay negotiations on an Australian-European Union free trade deal, a European trade official said on Tuesday.

El Salvador president Nayib Bukele changes Twitter profile to 'dictator'

El Salvador's bitcoin-pushing president apparently changed his Twitter profile description to "dictator" on Monday, in what might be an ironic comment on last week's protests against him.

Joe Biden looks to turn page on 20 years of war in UN address

The president faced a healthy measure of skepticism when he arrived in New York on Monday to start a week of high-level diplomacy.

DHFL case: Denied bail, Yes Bank founder's wife, daughters move HC

Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor's wife Bindu and daughters Roshni and Radha Kapoor Khanna on Monday approached Bombay High Court

DHFL case: CBI court denies bail to Yes Bank's former business head

The court had, on Saturday, denied bail to Rana Kapoor's wife Bindu and daughters Radha and Roshini.

28% Delhi household have one or more member with flu-like symptoms: Survey

A new survey has revealed that 28 percent of surveyed households in the national capital have one or more member showing flu-like symptoms

Instagram is bad for teens and Facebook knew it despite claiming otherwise

Facebook's policy of pursuing profits regardless of documented harm has sparked comparisons to Big Tobacco, which knew in the 1950s that its products were carcinogenic but publicly denied it

Netflix takes The Crown at Emmys as streaming dominates TV's awards night

The Emmy Awards were a reminder of just how much the industry has changed since Netflix released "Lilyhammer," its first original series, in 2012.

France and Australia agree submarines won't stop trade deal

French and Australian officials said Monday that France's anger over a cancelled submarine contract will not derail negotiations on an Australia-European Union free trade deal.

Chhattisgarh CM inaugurates over 300 development projects at PWD dept

Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday laid the foundation stone and inaugurated over 300 development projects of the Public Works Department (PWD) in the state

Iconic French pâtisserie, Laduree, debuts in India: Check details here

With a master franchisee deal with Noida-based CK Israni Group, Ladurée is kickstarting its foray into India with its first salon de thé in Delhi's upscale Khan Market