How NASA commander on Artemis II mission named moon crater after his late wife. ‘That was not the plan. But…’NASA's Artemis II mission achieved a historic lunar flyby. Commander Reid Wiseman's crew named a moon crater after his late wife, Carroll T...
03 May, 2026, 03.08 PM IST
Medicaid was signed into law 60 years ago. Trump's big bill is chiselling it backPresident Trump signed a bill enacting significant changes to safety net programs like Medicaid and SNAP, reversing expansions made under P...
30 Jul, 2025, 09.12 PM IST
Trump replaces Resolute Desk after Musk's son seemingly wiped booger on it: All about historic Oval Office furnitureDonald Trump revealed that the Resolute Desk has been sent for touch-up, days after billionaire Elon Musk's son X seemingly picked his nose...
22 Feb, 2025, 03.39 PM IST
Why JD Vance is the 50th Vice President of the US, but is serving under the 47th US PresidentDonald Trump is the 47th president of the United States, joined by JD Vance as the 50th vice president. This discrepancy arises due to hist...
21 Jan, 2025, 09.34 PM IST
Guardian dismisses long-serving cartoonist Steve Bell over Benjamin Netanyahu cartoon controversyBell's drawing depicted Netanyahu conducting surgery on himself with a marked incision resembling the outline of the Gaza Strip. The illust...
16 Oct, 2023, 09.38 PM IST
What is brain-eating amoeba, which killed Texas man after swimming in Lyndon B. Johnson Lake?A man, who went to swim in Lyndon B. Johnson Lake, got infected with Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as brain-eating amoeba, and died. Kn...
02 Sep, 2023, 01.24 AM IST
Father’s Day 2023: Date, history, significance and all you need to knowFather’s Day 2023 will be celebrated on Sunday, June 18. In the US, Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in the month of June.
08 Jun, 2023, 12.05 AM IST
Presidents’ Day 2023: Here’s why this federal holiday is observedPresident Lyndon B. Johnson's signing of the Uniform Monday Holiday Bill in 1968 is partly to blame for the annual variation in Presidents’...
17 Feb, 2023, 11.38 PM IST
Boeing receives $916 million deal to support International Space Station for next 4 yearsUnder the terms of the contract, Boeing will provide engineering support services, resources and personnel for activities aboard the ISS an...
16 Jul, 2020, 10.34 AM IST
'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' rakes in over $2mn, becomes highest-grossing play in Broadway historyThe play reported the highest single-week gross for a non-musical in only its third week of previews.
10 Apr, 2018, 03.01 PM IST
From William Hale to Lyndon B Johnson, politicians who abopted absurd measures to win electionsWilliam Hale “Big Bill” Thompson ranks among the most corrupt politicians in US history.
23 Oct, 2016, 09.21 AM IST
World's shortest man Chandra Bahadur Dangi from Nepal dead: ReportThe world's shortest man, Chandra Bahadur Dangi from Nepal, today died in a hospital in Samoa Islands, a US territory, according to a repor...
04 Sep, 2015, 11.04 PM IST
Obama's India visit: How earlier US presidential visits used to be different from the current oneThe national capital may have come to a virtual standstill before Obama’s visit, but it was rather different during previous presidential v...
25 Jan, 2015, 02.40 AM IST
Most US presidents will be forgotten within 100 years of servingMost US presidents are destined to be forgotten within 50-to-100 years of term, according to researchers who say Barack Obama may be well r...
28 Nov, 2014, 07.03 PM IST
Person of Indian origin Kapil Parakh awarded White House FellowshipKapil Parakh, a person of Indian origin, cardiologist at Johns Hopkins, has been selected for the prestigious White House Fellowship for th...
28 Aug, 2013, 05.18 AM IST
- Four Indian Americans selected as White House Fellows
Indian Americans who have made to this coveted list are Sudip Bose, Anish Mahajan, Raj Shah and Manish Sethi. MPs charged with crimes I Sta...
06 May, 2009, 12.25 AM IST
- US asked India for military action in Tibet
The United States had suggested India to threaten China with military action in 1964 if it did not remove defence installations from Tibet.
10 Sep, 2007, 03.10 PM IST