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French Open 2013: Serena Williams won the women's title

World no.1 American tennis player Serena Williams defeated her Russian opponent Maria Sharapova to clinch the French Open 2013 women’s title. This victory brought up her 16th grand slam...

June 11, 2013

Susan Rice will be US National Security Adviser

President Barack Obama to appointment Ms Susan Rice as national security adviser for US Govt. Ms Susan Rice who currenttly US ambassador at the UN, will take over...

June 7, 2013

India, 8 other nations exempted from sanctions for Iranian oil import

The United States has exempted India and eight other nations from sanctions for importing oil from Iran, keeping in view that these countries have considerably cut their dependence...

June 6, 2013

Scripps National Spelling Bee contest: Indian-Americans dominate for 6th consecutive year

Indian-American Arvind Mahankali (13) won the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest, as children from the community created history by dominating the prestigious contest for the 6th year in a row, holding top three...

June 4, 2013

Japan restarts operating Dreamliner flights

Japan’s biggest airline- All Nippon Airways (ANA) has resumed Boeings 787 Dreamliner flights. It is for the first time for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner when its flights were...

May 30, 2013

India-US to expand Co-Operation in Knowledge Sector

HRD Minister Dr. Pallam Raju who was leading Indian delegation for a round table discussion a discussion on Advances in US-India Academic Partnership in Washington announced that India will intensify co-operation...

May 22, 2013

U.S. grants conditional authorization for shale gas export to India

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has given conditional authorization to Freeport Terminal in Texas for the export of domestically-produced Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) of US to countries...

May 22, 2013

US researchers harvest stem cells from cloned embryos for the first time

US scientists have claimed that they have harvested stem cells from cloned human embryos created from donated eggs using technique similar to that produced Dolly the sheep in Britain....

May 22, 2013

Proposed US Immigration bill may impact Indian IT companies

The upcoming Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill which is yet to be signed into law by the US President has proposed eight killer provisions which may prove to be detrimental to...

May 12, 2013

Wal-Mart replaced Exxon Mobil in US largest 500 companies as Revenue maker

In the annual list of US largest 500 companies, Wal-Mart – a largest retailer claimed 1st rank by earning revenues of 469.2 billion$ at a growth rate of...

May 10, 2013

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