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Topic: New York

Trendy bans on plastic straws are mostly bunk

The well-intentioned anti-straw campaign assumes single-use plastics have much to do with ocean pollution. That assumption is based on some highly dubious data. New York's...

We’ll fly you back to India, CBI tells Nirav Modi. I’m too busy, he replies

CBI informs him it is mandatory for a suspect to respond to summons and join the probe, he doesn’t reply to the second email.

12% rise in Indian students studying in US; science-tech still most preferred course

Indian students going to the US has doubled over the last decade but those coming from US to India fall by 5% in 2016, says a global report.

An unusual traveller

Even New York cabbies take note as Modi drops by. Can he use foreign visits to craft a larger agenda?

On Camera

The politics of air pollution—how they are fooling the citizens

Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.

India picks up non-sanctioned Russian oil as discounts widen

The purchases confirm a cautious return to Russian oil, though overall spot purchases remain limited. Trade talks between US and India are ongoing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.