When the UN was but a glimmer in the eyes of Allied statesmen in 1942, pre-independence India's involvement in the idea of a world body began with a representative of India, G.S. Bajpai, signing the "Declaration by the United Nations" in Washington while World War II rained death and destruction around the globe. ...
A humble biscuit that survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 became the most expensive nibble in the world on Saturday when it was sold at an auction in England for $23,000....
Funded by $6 million in donations, the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) has announced three new endowed chairs in Sikh, Jain and modern India studies....
The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) will hold its 10th Global Health Summit from Jan 1 to 3 in New Delhi with a focus on women's health and non-communicable diseases in India....
An Indian-origin gynaecologist has been arrested in the US for allegedly accepting favours from a pharmaceutical company in return for prescribing its osteoporosis drugs, a media report said. ...
An Indian-American marine was killed in a plane crash while he was flying near a US base in Britain, a media report said....
Justin Trudeau, the newly elected Canadian prime minister, is seen dancing 'bhangra' to the beats of a Bollywood song in a recently uploaded video on YouTube....
Russian ambassador to the UK Alexander Yakovenko tweeted a screenshot of Indo-American actor Kal Penn's face and used the photograph to make some points about "terrorists."...
US First Lady Michelle Obama has announced $70 million aid to educate girls in Pakistan, a USAID statement said....
Indian-American Aziz Ansari has debuted on the Forbes list of Highest-Paid Comedians 2015 with $9.5 million in earnings, thanks to his fan-favourite role as Tom Haverford on the NBC hit "Parks and Recreation"....
