Panel warns of missile threat to US
North Korea, Iran and Iraq will be able to hit the United States and its allies with missiles tipped with deadly weapons sooner than previously projected.

NRIs buy Gandhi's letters for India
Faced with the embarrassment of losing the Mahatma Gandhi's letters, two noted non-resident Indian industrialists intervened to buy the historical correspondence at a London auction and then gifted the bunch to India.

Senate gives waiver powers to Clinton
Barely 24 hours after President Bill Clinton signed a legislation to ease American sanctions on agricultural products, the US Senate has adopted an amendment giving him the authority to lift trade sanctions against India and Pakistan.

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