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AAPI donates $100,000 towards Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of America
President of AAPI Dr. Gautam Samadder presents the $100,000 check to Rosalind Achkar, the Senior Corporate Manager of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of America. NEW YORK – The American...
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CINI 2018 conference will focus on healthcare
NEW YORK – The Canada India Networking Initiative 2018 (CINI 2018) is a networking opportunity designed as an outcome focused interactive conference which has been held every four years since 2010....
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Seven ponds and a few raindrops, and 3 rhinos at Astor Place
the installation ‘Seven Ponds and a few raindrops’ by Ranjini Shettar. NEW YORK – The Karnataka-based artist Ranjini Shettar’s intriguing installation ‘Seven ponds and a few raindrops’, on view at the...
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‘Raid’ Based On Real-life In The 80’s
Raj Kumar Gupta’s “Raid” is set in Lucknow in the 80’s when India was still a closed economy. During a tense income tax raid, an honest officer (Ajay Devgn) tries to implicate a powerful politician...
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‘Life Of Pi’ Actor Irrfan Khan Reveals Battle With Tumor
Indian actor Irrfan Khan arrives for the screening of the film “Dabba (The Lunchbox)” at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival Septem. (Reuters) Actor Irrfan Khan, whose roles in Hollywood...
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Pangea reduces U.S.-to- India Remittance Fee
NEW YORK Pangea Money Transfer, a mobile-centric remittance platform for sending money from the U.S. to 15 countries across Asia and Latin America, has dropped its flat rate money transfer fee for...
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Taj Mahal still manages to bring people together despite differences
Since the Taj Mahal was completed in the mid- 1600s, the world’s most famous monument to undying love has had to put up with an awful lot of meddling mortals. In the 18th century, its bejeweled tomb...
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Talking with U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, House’s 1st Indian-American woman
Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal made an unsuccessful attempt on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, to stop the joint session of Congress from clearing Donald Trump\’s election as President. (Photo credit:...
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2018 MIT India Conference to focus on “Pioneering Innovation”
NEW YORK – The Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be holding the 2018 MIT India Conference on April 8, at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This year the theme of the conference...
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Navrang Dance Academy hosts “Dance with Dharmesh” workshop at TV Asia
Celebrity choreographer Dharmesh Yelande, center, with TV Asia chairman and CEO, H. R. Shah and Varsha Naik, founder of Navrang Dance Academy, at the “Dance with Dharmesh” workshop, at the TV Asia...
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India warns against social media data misuse ahead of elections
A 3D-printed Facebook Like symbol is seen in front of a display of binary digits in this illustration taken, March 18, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration NEW DELHI – Information Technology Minister...
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US suspends premium processing of H-1B visa petitions
Photograph of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security logo. WASHINGTON – The US on Wednesday announced the suspension of premium processing of all H-1B visa petitions for fiscal year 2019. The U.S....
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Ram Villivalam wins Democratic nomination for 8th Senate District in Illinois
Ram Villivalam (Courtesy: Facebook) Indian American union lobbyist Ram Villivalam has won the Democratic nomination for the 8th Senate District in Illinois after sweeping up 52 percent of the votes...
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Ads targeting H-1B visa program found in San Francisco area
CBS’ KPIX 5 station has reported that new, controversial ads are popping up in the San Francisco Bay Area targeting the H-1B visa program. Altogether more than 200 ads were put up over the weekend at...
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Indian-Americans make history in Illinois in March 20 primaries
Ram Villivalam, candidate for Illinois State Senate from District 8, with his wife Elizabeth. (Courtesy: ramforsenate.com) Indian-American candidates made history in Illinois, one of them breaking the...
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Film on 2017 Kansas shooting to premiere at Cannes
Indian Americans have been targets of hate crimes in the U.S. throughout history for being ‘different’ and since 9/11, most of them have often been mistaken as Muslims. Thus, Indian American filmmaker...
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Cryptocurrency issuers clean up, shun U.S. investors as SEC gets tough
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK – Tech start-ups that issue digital tokens to raise funds are falling in line with U.S. securities laws or seeking legal ways to skirt them after the Securities and Exchange...
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Indo-Canadian brothers indicted of money laundering
Indo-Canadian brothers Firoz Patel, 43, and Ferhan Patel, 37, of Montreal, Canada have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington D.C. on charges alleging they operated an Internet-based,...
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Raj Shah leaves DIUx quietly
Raj Shah, the Indian American leader of the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx), quietly left his position on Feb. 22 after approximately two years, according to a Federal News Radio report....
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Indian American landlord becomes victim of hate crime during a building...
An Indian American landlord in Milford, Connecticut become a victim of a hate crime during a building inspection when a man yelled at the officials who were inspecting the area on Feb. 13, according...
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