UNFREEDOM juxtaposes two powerful and unflinching contemporary stories about religious fundamentalism and intolerance. Shifting between New York and New Delhi, one tale follows a Muslim terrorist who kidnaps a liberal Muslim scholar in order to silence him, while the other charts the travails of a young woman whose devout father tries to f...
After a nine day trip to India with his family working with Charity Vision, former US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has returned home "with greater appreciation, both for India and for America". ...
Viagra does not only enhance sexual performance but may also, when combined with new drugs, treat certain cancers and neuro-degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, say researchers. ...
for the first time, scientists - including an Indian American bioengineer - have developed a network of pulsating cardiac muscle cells housed in an inch-long silicone device that effectively models human heart tissue....
Hundreds of students marched through the streets of Madison in the US state of Wisconsin to protest the killing of Tony Robinson, a young unarmed African American, by a policeman last Friday....
The US will help Sri Lanka's new government to restore democracy and heal "fragile ethnic tensions", a senior American official said on Tuesday. ...
Washington, March 10 : US Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to have more nuclear talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif next week, aiming to reach a potential deal by the end of this month. Kerry's meeting with Zarif, their third in three weeks, is slated for March 15 in the Swiss city of Lausanne, US State Department spokeswoman Jennifer ...
United Nations, March 10 : UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed British lawmaker Stephen O'Brien as the new UN humanitarian aid chief, a UN spokesperson said on Monday. He will succeed Valerie Amos and serve as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and Emergency R...
Rep Kumar P Barve, the first Indian-American to serve in a state legislature, in Maryland House of Delegates for 24 years, has announced that he will run for the Congress, from the 8th District, vacated by Rep Chris Van Hollen (D), Washington Post reported....
Mandeep Singh, 23, was riding side-by-side with 24-year-old Shernjit Singh at 4:52 a.m. on Midland Avenue and Cardinal Place when a Jeep struck him, according to Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg. Mandeep Singh, suffering from a serious head injury, was killed in the accident while Shernjit was rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center....
