In a major breakthrough that can make the internet superfast and cheap, researchers have successfully increased the maximum power -- and therefore distance -- at which optical signals can be sent through optical fibres....
An African American activist was arrested on Saturday after taking down the Confederate battle flag from the State Capitol in South Carolina as part of the protests against the massacre last weekend of nine black worshippers at a church in Charleston by a young white supremacist. ...
Indian-origin US envoy Richard Verma on Saturday expressed gratitude to the values of education and service that his India-educated parents instilled in him, including once of his parents spending days reviewing why their son got an 'A minus' in his report card when the other five were As....
Those who logged onto Facebook and Twitter on Saturday were in for a surprise as rainbow profiles and heart icons dominated the social media. Indian social media celebrated the US Supreme Court's verdict legalising same-sex marriages as lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBTs) also cheered the move....
Finding himself at odds with the US Supreme Court over its two landmark judgements upholding healthcare law and same-sex marriage, Louisiana's Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal wants to get rid of the court....
A top-level Indian American executive has quit micro-blogging site Twitter to pursue some exciting new projects, the latest in a string of high-profile departures....
The US Supreme Court on Friday ruled that same-sex marriage is a legal right across the country that meant that the 14 states with bans will no longer be able to enforce them, Xinhua reported....
Indian film maestro Satyajit Ray is among the 16 global thinkers whose portraits have been displayed here at the UN art exhibition titled “The Transformative Power of Artâ€. They have been recognised for contributing to the common good of humanity....
India's most successful badminton pair Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa earned a straight games win to enter the women's doubles semi-finals of the $50,000 Canada Open Grand Prix at the Markin MacPhail Centre here....
New Delhi, June 27 A court here on Saturday permitted environmentalist R.K.Pachauri, accused in a sexual harassment case, to visit the US from June 29 to July 9 for attending his brother-in-law's funeral....