The US has condemned the gruesome killing of a British soldier in London by the two reported Islamists who were later shot and wounded by the police.
Former US secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton praised the efforts of a group combatting malnutrition and blindness during an awards speech in New York City.

UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and India-origin PepsiCo chief Indra Nooyi figure among the top 10 in the global list of most powerful women, in the league of leaders like Angela Merkel, Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton.

A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities at his home early Wednesday while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case, officials said.
India and the US on Tuesday said their counter-terrorism cooperation will include a new focus on the role of internet in the recruitment and facilitation of terrorist attacks.
Rescue workers with sniffer dogs and searchlights picked through the wreckage of a massive tornado to ensure no survivors remained buried in the rubble of primary schools, houses and buildings in an Oklahoma City suburb.
In an “unexpected” discovery,vitamin C has been found to kill drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis, which could mean existing drugs can be redesigned to combat the disease.
In the opening scene of the movie “Robot & Frank,” which takes place in the near future, Frank, an older man who lives alone, is arguing with his son about going to a medical center for Alzheimer’s treatment when the son interrupts him.
President Obama embraced drone strikes in his first term, and the targeted killing of suspected terrorists has come to define his presidency.

Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to reverse his insider-trading conviction, challenging the validity of evidence used against him.
Residents began returning home to their flattened Oklahoma town after a giant tornado killed at least 24 people, destroyed countless homes and reduced one elementary school almost entirely to rubble, killing seven children inside. Authorities said they were confident that all survivors and bodies had been found.

The US immigration bill that intends to restrict H-1B visa-dependent Indian IT firms’ ability to hire more foreign workers, including people from India, crossed a key hurdle on Tuesday
. Yashwant Raj reports.

India has sought access from the US to the 26/11 attack convict David Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Rana, both of whom were sentenced by a Chicago court after being found guilty of terror charges.
A recent study has found that young drivers who typically got six hours of sleep or less each night are more likely to get into a car accident.
Researchers have found that human kidneys discarded for transplant can potentially serve as a natural “scaffolding material” for manufacturing replacement organs in the lab using regenerative medicine techniques.