Standard & Poor's carried out a mass downgrade of euro zone countries on Friday, stripping France and Austria of their top-grade AAA ratings in a move that may complicate efforts to solve a two-year o

An Indian pediatrician has been charged with sexually exploiting some of his young female patients and secretly videotaping and photographing them in his clinic.

Rakesh Punn, 53, has pleaded not gui

The stylish “Nehru jacket” popularised by India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s has been listed among the top global political fashion statements.

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is readying to run for a seat in the country's Parliament, has said her nation is on the verge of a 'breakthrough' to democracy. The Nobel laureate

Indian academician Krishna Palepu has been appointed as senior adviser to President of Harvard University to help guide the prestigious institution's international strategy.

Harvard President Drew F

Pepsi will pay USD 3.13 million to resolve a charge of racial discrimination related to criminal background checks for job screenings, which led to disproportionate exclusion of 'black' applicants.

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It's the dreaded sound at any live performance -- a ringing mobile phone. That's what happened on Tuesday night at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall during the final movement of Gustav Mahler's Ninth

An Indian cab driver here has been arrested on charges that he raped and robbed a 26-year-old passenger in his taxi last year.

Gurmeet Singh, 40, had allegedly held his victim at knife point an

Rats scurrying through New York's subway system better clean their sharp teeth: they're in a beauty contest!

Fed-up subway workers trying to draw attention to what they say is an infestation have off

Rajat Gupta, former director of Goldman Sachs is likely to face “expanded charges” of insider trading even as his lawyers claimed that the US government allegations were merely “mumbo jumbo”.