An Indian expat, who went missing earlier this week, was found dead in a car here, police said.


Indian expat found dead in Sharjah car park


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A London-based Indian-origin doctor has been formally charged with 118 sex crimes, including one involving a 13-year-old girl, police said.


Indian-origin doctor charged with 118 sex crimes


A 48-year-old man of Indian origin was charged on Wednesday for robbing a petrol station here at knifepoint in broad daylight, the first such incident in 10 years, police said on Wednesday.


Indian-origin man charged with Singapore petrol pump robbery


Blaming media for being "irresponsible" in its coverage on Facebook shutting down one of its AI systems after chatbots started communicating in their own language, an Indian-origin researcher who is part of Facebook's AI Research (FAIR) has said such coverage was "clickbaity".


Media coverage of Facebook AI malfunction irresponsible: Indian-origin researcher


Denver-based, Indian-American laserist and animator Manick Sorcar has won the prestigious Award of Merit from The Accolade Global Film Competition for his animation "Beautiful Mess".


Laserist Manick Sorcar bags award in global film  contest


Indian actress Priyanka Chopra, who has found a foothold in Hollywood, is reportedly executive producing a comedy series about Bollywood's dancing diva Madhuri Dixit's life for US network ABC.


Priyanka to produce American comedy series on Madhuri's life


A highly anecdotal and touching account of caste-based discrimination in India by an "untouchable born in Andhra Pradesh", who emigrated to the United States at the age of 26, is creating a buzz in publishing circles here.


Book on discrimination against Dalits creates buzz in the US


With Iraq assuring all cooperation in tracing the 39 missing Indians, Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh is to travel to Badush near Mosul, which was freed from Islamic State control earlier this month, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.


V.K. Singh to visit Badush to trace missing Indians


After working on Hollywood animated projects like "Trolls", "Kung Fu Panda 3" and "The Boss Baby", Sakshi Verma, Senior Technical Director at DreamWorks Animation, says she feels a "deep sense of gratification" when she thinks about her journey from India to the West.


Sakshi Verma glad to find place in Hollywood 


An Indian citizen has been jailed for 30 months by a federal court in Louisiana in the US for illegally selling gun silencers and planning to smuggle more of them disguised as auto parts.


Indian jailed for 30 months in US for selling gun silencers


An Indian citizen from New Delhi has been sentenced to 30 months in prison by a federal court in Louisiana state for illegally selling gun silencers and planning to smuggle more of them disguised as auto parts.


New Delhi man sentenced to 30 months for illegally selling gun silencers in US


An Indian Muslim teenager was kidnapped, raped and murdered here for having a relationship with an Arab man, a UK court was told.


Indian Muslim teenager in UK raped, murdered


Despite being hit by the impact of a $2.7 billion European Commission's (EC) anti-trust fine, Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has still posted $26 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2017.


Alphabet posts profits despite $2.7 bn EU fine


Search for the 39 missing Indian labourers who were kidnapped in Mosul three years ago is expected to gather momentum with the visit of Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, who arrives here on Monday on a five-day visit.


Iraqi Minister arrives on India visit, talks to focus on missing Indians


The Balochistan provincial government in Pakistan has received a Russian Mi-171E non-combat helicopter, Russian news agency Tass reported.


Russian firm delivers Mi-171E helicopter to Balochistan


In this Caribbean nation, where 44 percent of the population is of Indian origin, the new Miss Trinidad & Tobago has been advised to greet global audiences at the Miss World 2017 pageant in China in October with Hindu salutations like "Sita Ram, Namaste".


Greet global audience with Hindu salutations, Miss T&T urged


Driven by exponential growth in its intelligent Azure Cloud offering, Microsoft has reported much better profits than expected for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017 that ended on June 30.


Intelligent Cloud boosts Microsoft's Q4 results


Singers and sisters Akriti, Sukriti and Prakriti Kakar will perform at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne here on August 11.


Kakar sisters to perform in Melbourne


An Indian national and an Indian-American man pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy behind their roles in a massive telephone impersonation and money laundering fraud in the US perpetrated by India-based call centres.


Indian, Indian-American plead guilty in call centre scam


The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved revision of the Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF) guidelines, to expand scope of welfare measures that can be extended through the fund to overseas Indian nationals in times of distress and emergency.


Cabinet approves revision of Indian Community Welfare Fund guidelines


The greatest challenge for a short story writer, says one of the foremost names in the field -- who might not be too well known in India but has built up an impressive resume in the US -- is to stick to its ideal length, with the writer captivating his readers in a way that they have no desire for more.

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