Indian finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and commerce minister Anand Sharma are among the top leaders from India at a meeting of the US-India CEO forum here on Thursday to forge an action plan to enhance bilateral trade and investment.

Two powerful collisions with a dwarf galaxy in the past two billion years may have been the cause of the spiral arm structure of the Milky Way, scientists say.

Meet a Florida woman who has defied the odds of one in five million to give birth to twins from two separate uteruses last week.

Andrea Barbosa, 24, has a rare condition called uterus didelphys, or

As a staff sergeant training to be an Air Force officer in the US military, David Hall had a promising career ahead of him until a fellow airman outed him as gay.

Nearly 10 years later, Hall said he

Gender equality is smart economics as countries which create better opportunities and conditions for women can raise productivity and improve outcomes for children, the World Bank said on Sunday ahead of its annual meeting.

The wealthy and corporations must pay their 'fair share', US President Barack Obama said on Monday, laying out a $3.0 trillion deficit cutting plan, half to be financed by tax hikes on the rich.

"We

President Barack Obama, in a populist step designed to appeal to voters, will propose a 'Buffett Tax' on people making more than $1 million a year as part of his deficit recommendations to Congress on

A small collection of amber-trapped feathers that may have belonged to dinosaurs or birds 80 million years ago have been found in a Canadian museum collection, said a study on Thursday.

Astronomers claim to have discovered a planet which orbits two suns, like the fictional planet Tatooine in the Star Wars sci-fi film.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama are unlikely to meet during the UN General Assembly session in New York next week, but may meet at other international forums later this year.