India home to 54 of world's largest, most powerful public companies
New York: Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries leads the pack of 54 Indian companies in Forbes' annual list of the world's 2000 largest and most powerful public companies, with Chinese companies occupying the top three slots on the list. The Forbes 'Global 2000' is a comprehensive list of the world's largest, most powerful public companies, as measured by revenues, profits, assets and market value. China is home to the world's top three biggest
Highest ever voter turnout after 8th phase of LS polling
New Delhi: India registered a record turnout of voters, surpassing the previous record in 1984, as 66.27 per cent voting was reported in 502 Lok Sabha seats where polling has been conducted this time. Turnout of women voters also recorded highest f
Indian-origin student wins Bradman Scholarship
Sydney: An Indian-origin Australian University student has been compared with the cricketing great Don Bradman after being named the Bradman Scholar for this year, media reported on Wednesday. Amit Balgi a third-year dental science student of Charles
Indian-American chefs win US food Oscars
New York: Two Indian-origin chefs have been conferred with the prestigious James Beard Food Awards for 2014, considered as the Oscars of the US food and beverage industry. Chefs Vikram Sunderam, 47, and Vishwesh Bhatt were awarded the Best Chef in th
Priyanka wants to sing in Hindi now
Mumbai: Actress-turned-singer Priyanka Chopra says she would love to do Hindi playback singing in her own films. "I do plan to do that in my next few films. I would love to do playback singing. All my singles are in English and I wou
Indian doctors face higher lay-off threat in Britain
London: Indian doctors are at least four times more likely to be struck off from practising in UK than medics who are trained locally, according to latest figures. According to statistics from the General Medical Council (GMC) here, in the past five
Mom-to-be's TV habits may turn kids obese
Washington: If you do not want your kids to grow up obese, stay away from viewing television during mealtime even before they are born, a study suggested. Pregnant women who remain glued to the television sets while eating are more inclined to sit in
Rajinikanth makes Twitter debut. 20,000 followers within hours!
Chennai: This is not a Rajinikanth joke: More than 20,000 people were on Monday following a blank Twitter page of the Tamil superstar. Rajinikanth made his grand entry into the social media world on Monday, three days ahead of the release of his movi
2 Indian students in UK to represent India at G20 Youth Summit
London: Two Indian students studying in Britain have been selected to represent India at the world's biggest political youth forum to be held in Germany this week. Apurv Gupta and Nusrat Laskar, International Relations students at the University of E
