India-Israel ties get fillip with Modi, Netanyahu’s Gujarat visit
Vadrad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their visit to the Center of Excellence on Vegetables in Vadrad, Gujarat on Jan 17, 2018. (Photo: IANS/PIB)...
View ArticleExclusive: Japan in driver’s seat for Indian bullet train deals
FILE PHOTO: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the inauguration ceremony of the ‘Make In India’ week in Mumbai, India, February 13, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo NEW...
View ArticleTrump administration offers conflicting signals on potential deportation of...
FILE PHOTO: Students gather in support of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) at the University of California Irvine Student Center in Irvine, California, U.S., October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Mike...
View ArticleDon’t take away EAD from H4 visa holders: US tech trade groups
Photograph of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security logo. SAN FRANCISCO – U.S. technology trade groups on Thursday urged the Trump administration to retain an Obama-era rule that allows certain...
View ArticleIndian American educator Deep Sran running for Congress
Deep Sran is running for Congress in Virginia. (Courtesy: Facebook) Deep Sran, an Indian American educator from Virginia is considering running for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 10th...
View ArticleNew effort launched to raise political profile of Indian-Americans
Logo of new organization and political action committee launched to help India-Americans win political office (Photo: Facebook) An organization made up of high profile Indian-American philanthropists,...
View ArticleIndian American principal allowed to remain in school, won’t go anywhere
Logo of Buffalo Public Schools (Courtesy: buffaloschools.org) About a month ago, many teachers at School 18, a pre-K to grade eight school in Buffalo, New York, wanted their Indian American Principal...
View ArticleShutdown looms as Senate Democrats dig in against GOP spending plan
Darkness sets in over the U.S. Capitol building hours before U.S. President Barack Obama is set to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington...
View ArticleIndian American woman to lead poverty alleviation initiative in North Carolina
Stephanie Kripa Cooper-Lewter (Courtesy: LinkedIn) Stephanie Kripa Cooper-Lewter, of Charlotte, North Carolina, has been named the executive director of Leading on Opportunity, a group created last...
View ArticleGurbir Grewal sworn-in as first Sikh attorney general in New Jersey
Gurbir Grewal (Coutesy: bcpo.net) Indian-American Gurbir S. Grewal is the first Sikh to be appointed as attorney general for the state of New Jersey Jan. 17. Grewal received a unanimous vote of 29-0...
View Article‘WhatsApp Business’ launched, coming to India soon
FILE PHOTO: A man poses with a smartphone in front of displayed Whatsapp logo in this illustration September 14, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo NEW DELHI – To help businesses communicate better...
View ArticleAjit Pai appoints Indian American to his Special Counsel
Nirali Patel (Courtesy: fcc.gov) FCC chairman Ajit Pai has appointed Nirali Patel, an Indian-American staffer for Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Brendan Carr, to his Special Counsel....
View ArticleU.S. Think Tank On India’s Global Development Gains Momentum
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, poses with a copy of the U.S. India Global Review, a publication brought out by Padma Shri Dr. Sudhir Parikh, right, of the U.S.-based Parikh Worldwide Media, LLC, and...
View ArticleAmazon’s HQ2 will hire 50,000 workers. But from where?
The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol NEW YORK – Amazon has pared down to 20 contenders for their...
View ArticleEastward, Ho!: 10 ASEAN leaders invited to the Republic Day spectacular marks...
PM Narendra Modi attends 14th ASEAN-India summit at Vientiane, Laos. That 10 leaders of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) occupy seats on the rostrum as the parade of India’s cultural...
View ArticleThree Indian Americans professors named 2018 Fellows of the AAAI
NEW YORK – Three Indian Americans professors, Amit Sheth, Gaurav Sukhatme and Dinesh Manocha, are among those selected as the 2018 Fellows of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial...
View ArticleFormer Clinton aide Vivek Viswanathan to run for State Treasurer in California
Vivek Viswanathan (Courtesy: Twitter) NEW YORK – Indian American Vivek Viswanathan, who served as a policy adviser in the Clinton campaign, has announced he will be running for California State...
View ArticleTravel deals: Discounted lodging at 18 ski resorts and a houseboat rental...
© Gustavo Frazao | Dreamstime.com Land Margaritaville Key West Resort & Marina in Florida is offering a free fifth night plus a resort credit. The Escape to Paradise package costs about $1,200 for...
View ArticleIn Trump era, immigration debate grows more heated over what words to use
Photograph of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security logo. Lars Larson, a conservative radio host in Portland, Oregon, who supports President Donald Trump, uses the phrase “illegal aliens” on his...
View ArticleTrump launches new round of partisan attacks as government shutdown enters Day 2
U.S. President Donald Trump signs the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul plan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., December 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON – President Donald...
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