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Indian-American pleads guilty to $24 million Covid-19 relief scheme fraud

An Indian-American man from Texas has pleaded guilty to the charges of $24 million Covid-19 relief scheme fraud, the US Department of Justice has said

Trump likely to nominate Indian-American as judge to DC Court of Appeals

US President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate Indian-American Vijay Shanker as a judge to the highest court in the nation's capital. If confirmed by the Senate, Shanker would serve as Associate Judge on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which is the highest court for Washington DC. Currently he serves as Senior Litigation Counsel in the Department of Justice, Criminal Division, and as Deputy Chief of the Appellate Section. Before joining the Department of Justice in 2012, Shanker was in private practice with the Washington, DC, offices of Mayer Brown, LLC and Covington & Burling, LLP. Upon graduation from law school, Shanker served as a law clerk to Judge Chester J. Straub on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He earned his BA, cum laude, from Duke University and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as a Notes Editor for the Virginia Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif.

Visa, OCI card suspension prevents many Indians in US from flying back home

Last month, H-1B visa holders, mostly Indians, launched a White House petition urging US President Donald Trump to extend their permissible stay from 60 to 180 days after job loss

Indian-American activist demands govt to fix major loopholes in OCI card

"The government has disseminated widely the regulations regarding the validity of OCI cards in the light of the guidelines," he said.

US lawmaker urges Congressional colleagues to attend Modi's Houston event

The mega event, billed as 'Howdy Modi', has attracted great enthusiastic participation from Indian-American community

Trump ropes in Indian-American Rita Baranwal to head nuclear energy dept

Days after signing a new legislation to speed up the development of advanced reactors, President Donald Trump has roped in a top Indian American nuclear expert for a key administrative position in the department of energy. Trump has announced his intent to nominate Rita Baranwal to be an assistant secretary of energy (nuclear energy) at the Department of Energy. Baranwal currently serves as the Director of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN)initiative. As Assistant Secretary of Energy, if confirmed by the Senate, Baranwal will be heading the powerful Office of Nuclear Energy. She would also be responsible for the department's nuclear technology research and the development and management of the department's nuclear technology infrastructure. Previously, she served as Director of Technology Development & Application at Westinghouse and was a manager in Materials Technology at Bechtel Bettis, where she led research and development in nuclear fuel materials for ..