Indian American entrepreneurs launch tech triangle between India, Israel and US
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issue Press Statement in New Delhi on Jan 15, 2018. (Photo: IANS) Many Indian-American entrepreneurs have announced...
View ArticleStanford Scientists Use Nanotechnology to Create Low-Cost Solar Cells
Shrestha Basu Mallick (Courtesy: LinkedIn) NEW YORK —A team of scientists at Stanford University, including Indian American researcher Dr. Shrestha Basu Mallick, has shown how nanotechnology can be...
View ArticleTrump Jr. to give foreign policy speech while on ‘unofficial’ business trip...
Donald Trump Jr. thrusts his fist after speaking at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio U.S. July 19, 2016. (Reuters/Mike Segar) NEW DELHI The president’s eldest son, Donald...
View ArticleA Texas council member who advocated for banning Islam in schools refuses to...
A council member in northern Texas is rejecting calls for his resignation over a series of anti-Muslim and anti-black Facebook posts, including one saying that President Donald Trump should ban Islam...
View ArticleImmigration plans stuck in congressional limbo as deadlines loom
Photograph of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security logo. The anticlimactic failure of U.S. immigration legislation last week sent senators scrambling for fallback options to avoid the deportation of...
View ArticleVarsha Naik brings Indian dance to Spotlight Productions
Varsha Naik and Navrang Dance Academy perform at Spotlight Productions’ ninth “Dancing in the Spotlight.” (Credit: Friday Films) Navrang Dance Academy from New Jersey was the only Indian dance group to...
View ArticleMenlo Park Lion Club holds 4th annual children’s art competition
The Menlo Park Lion Club 16J held their fourth annual Love, Peace and Harmony art competition for children ages 3 to 16 on Sunday, February 18 at Lil’ Big Ones Childcare and Learning Center in South...
View Article‘Dialogue Generation Square’ hopes to bridge divide by providing platform for...
A discussion held between seniors and youth at the Indo-American Seniors Center, Queens, N.Y., in early February, scheduled to be aired late February. (Photo: courtesy Mukund Mehta, president IASC) An...
View ArticleU.S. Senator Urges Indian-Americans To Raise Voices For Legal DACA Children
Senator Rand Paul, R-Kentucky (Photo: Twitter) Senator Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, has taken up the cause of Indian children in the U.S. who are here legally but face the prospect of losing their legal...
View ArticleIndian-American surgeon in Long Island, N.Y., cleared of all criminal charges
Dr. Venkatesh Sasthakonar of Nassau University Medical Center. (Photo: NUMC press release) An Indian-American surgeon has been cleared of all criminal charges by a judge in Nassau County, Long Island,...
View ArticleIndia is paying the price for its obsession with billionaires
A Nirav Modi showroom is pictured in New Delhi, India, February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi Indians are furious over a $1.8 billion bank fraud case involving Nirav Modi, a billionaire and the man...
View ArticleTrump Jr. says missing out on India deals because of father’s self-imposed curbs
Donald Trump Jr., Basant Bansal, Chairman and Managing Director of M3M India, Pankaj Bansal, director of M3M India and Kalpesh Mehta, founder of Tribeca Developers, pose for photographers during a...
View ArticleKavita Akula becomes first Indian-born basketball player to receive a full...
Kavita Akula (Courtesy: Facebook) Kavita Akula has become the first Indian-born basketball player to receive a full scholarship for Division I level basketball at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix,...
View ArticleUMass leaders travel to India to strengthen ties
The University of Massachusetts-Amherst’s chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy and other university officials have gone on a 12-day trip to India to strengthen the school’s existing partnerships while...
View ArticleWayfair founders named 2018 Cornell Entrepreneurs of the Year
Niraj Shah (Courtesy: Wayfair) Indian American Niraj Shah and his business partner Steve Conine have been named as the 2018 Cornell Entrepreneurs of the Year, according to the Cornell Chronicle. Shah...
View ArticleThousands Flock To Illinois’ Lake County Mandir For Maha Shivratri
Pt Anil Joshi and Shri Yogesh Pandey with Shiva Lingam In a sure sign of its commitment to devotees, the Hindu Mandir of Lake County, Illinois, kept its doors open overnight to celebrate Maha...
View ArticleIndian American Teenager’s Music Foundation Launched In Naperville
Ashley Singh (Photo By: Asian Media USA) Ashley’s Music Foundation, a nonprofit organization that was created last year by a 16 year-old Indian-American to promote music programs in underprivileged...
View ArticleIndian Seniors Of Chicago Celebrate Birthdays, Maha Shivratri, Valentine’s Day
Some members of the organization, Indian Seniors of Chicago, met at Manav Seva Mandir, Bensenville,IL, Feb. 17, to celebrate birthdays that occur in this month, as well as Maha Shivratri and...
View ArticleWeb series to showcase stories of immigrants in US
LOS ANGELES – The US-based-Indian filmmaker Swati Ali is set to launch a web series based on stories of immigrants from India and other parts of the world to the US. “We The People”, the 14-episode...
View ArticleHow will the battle over dreamers end? Here are four scenarios.
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient Gloria Mendoza participates in a demonstration in support of “clean” legislation in New York, U.S., January 10, 2018. Picture taken January 10,...
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