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US regrets Indian envoy Meera Shankar's frisking

Amid an uproar over the "pat down" screening of Indian ambassador Meera Shankar at a US airport, Washington has reached out to her and promised to see what could be done to prevent such incidents.

Indian envoy to US patted down at Jackson airport

Indian ambassador to the US Meera Shankar was pulled from an airport security line and patted down by an American security agent in Mississippi despite being told of her diplomatic status.

Clinton blasts 'deeply distressing' leak of US sites

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton regretted the "deeply distressing" release of a secret list of key infrastructure sites that could threaten US security if hit by terror strikes.

Oprah neckline steals show from Michelle

It is not often that US First Lady Michelle Obama is overshadowed in the glamour stakes but all eyes were on TV mogul Oprah Winfrey during the White House reception for the Kennedy Centre honourees, t

‘LeT plotted to kill Modi, use Kerala, TN as base’

Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Tayyaba had planned to assassinate Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and to use Kerala and Tamil Nadu as a base to carry out strikes in southern India, acc

LeT planned to kill Modi

Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Tayyaba had planned to assassinate Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and use Kerala and Tamil Nadu as base for carrying out strikes in southern India, accordi

UAE officials believed India supported Pak Taliban

UAE's security officials believed that India along with Iran had supported the Pakistani Taliban and Pushtun separatists, even as US suggested that UAE was a source of funding for the militants, a dip

Brain damage may create false memories

Brain damage not just erases one’s memories, in some cases it may also create a false sense of familiarity with the new objects, a new study has claimed.

Artificial kidney by US Indian researcher awaits human trial

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A COFFEE CUP sized implantable artificial kidney being developed by a US researcher of Indian origin, is awaiting animal and human trials to bring affordable treatment to millions of kidney failure pa

On surprise visit, Obama assures Karzai of security transfer

US President Barack Obama, during his unannounced visit to Afghanistan, assured his counterpart Hamid Karzai of smooth transition of the country's security to Afghan forces as American troops will beg

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