Yearly Archives: 2015

September 18, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Air Force is set to announce the winner of a multi-billion dollar contract for the design and construction of a new series of long-distance bombers set to replace its current Cold-War era fleet.

US B–52

September 18, 2015

AGRA, DELHI – A Japanese tourist has died after allegedly slipping down the stairs at India's Taj Mahal monument.

The tourist had slipped while taking a selfie at the royal gate near the monument

Eyewitness Sagar Singh told BBC Hindi that the tourist fell while taking a selfie at the Taj Mahal's Royal Gate.

September 17, 2015

Nangchen: A 2000-year-old lost Stupa, one of the 19 built with Lord Buddha's relics sent by Emperor Ashoka to China, has been renovated and restored with religious rites by an Indian monk in the remote Tibetan town, making it a symbol of the advent of Buddhism from India to China.

September 17, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC: Sometime this year, the Federal Reserve is likely to do something it hasn't done in nearly 10 years: raise interest rates. The decision, which could come as soon as Thursday afternoon, sounds wonky, but it is momentous for the nation's economy.

September 16, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – President Obama on Wednesday extended a White House invitation to the Muslim ninth-grader who was suspended earlier this week for bringing a homemade clock to his Texas school.

Muslim 9th grader suspended for bringing homemade clock to school

September 16, 2015

WASHIGTON, DC: There’s been lots of public hand-wringing about how the nation will pay for the Social Security and Medicare promises it has made to the Baby Boomers.

But new calculations from Urban Institute senior fellow C. Eugene Steuerle highlight an even bigger, if more distant problem: what the current law promises Millennials.

September 16, 2015

Greenpeace activists coming down in ropes from their office building in Bengaluru to unfurl banners related to the account freezing by the Union government.

September 16, 2015

In what could be a weighty problem for Air India, the carrier is planning to ground 125 cabin crew for being overweight, according to reports.

September 16, 2015

Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) said on Tuesday that conservatives could only win in 2016 by abandoning GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump.

“Sane conservatives need to stop enabling him,” Jindal wrote in an op-ed published by CNN.

“They need to stop praising him, stop being afraid of him and stop treating him rationally,” he said.

September 15, 2015

By Geeta Goindi

President Obama awarded the prestigious National Humanities Medal to celebrated Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri (top left). First Lady Michelle Obama and some 200 guests attended the ceremony in the ornate East Room of the White House