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Who is Vivek Ramaswamy? The Indian-American Republican presidential nominee

The millionaire entrepreneur-turned-politician ranks fourth after republican nominees Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, and Nikki Haley

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US Congressional delegation's visit solidified ties: Indian Americans

The ongoing visit to India of a US Congressional delegation led by Indian American lawmaker Ro Khanna has further solidified deep ties and underscores a unique vision that can serve as a blueprint to advance the bilateral relationship, according to Indian Americans. The four-term Congressman representing Silicon Valley in the House of Representatives, Khanna on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and attended the Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort on Tuesday where the prime minister hoisted the national flag. During his trips to New Delhi and Mumbai, he has met leaders of the civic society, Bollywood superstars, including Amitabh Bachchan, and the opposition leaders. I am happy that elected members of the US Congress are present here today on the occasion of our celebration, Modi said in his Independence Day address. I was honoured to visit Raj Ghat on India's Independence Day to pay my respects to Mahatma Gandhi, one of th

Indian-American engineer Hirsh Vardhan Singh enters race for 2024 US polls

The former governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are the other two Indian-Americans seeking for the Republican candidature for the 2024 US presidential election

AI: A friendship whose time has come

America-India partnership stands poised to reshape the world's dynamics if both sides play their cards right

US lawmakers, Indian-Americans condemn Indian consulate attack, seek probe

American lawmakers and several Indian-American community organisations have denounced the recent attack on the Indian consulate in San Francisco and called for a thorough probe into the incident to bring perpetrators to justice. While the right to protest is ingrained in the US Constitution, no one has the right to engage in violence, they said in separate statements and tweets on Friday. They also condemned the threats issued to Indian diplomats, including India's Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu, by separatist Sikhs and called on the Biden administration to ensure safety of foreign diplomats. A video by Khalistan supporters, dated July 2 and posted on Twitter, showed the act of arson at the Indian consulate in San Francisco. The video, with the words "violence begets violence" emblazoned over it, also showed news articles related to the death of Canada-based Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Nijjar, one of India's most-wanted terrorists who carrie

Consulate attack: Indian-American bodies condemn incident, seek probe

American lawmakers and several Indian-American community organisations have denounced the recent attack on the Indian consulate in San Francisco and called for a thorough probe into the incident so that the perpetrators are brought to justice. While the right to protest is ingrained in the US Constitution, no one has the right to engage in violence, they said in separate statements and tweets on Friday. They also condemned the threats issued to Indian diplomats, including India's Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu, by separatist Sikhs and called on the Biden administration to ensure safety of foreign diplomats. A video by Khalistan supporters, dated July 2 and posted on Twitter, showed the act of arson at the Indian consulate in San Francisco. The video, with the words "violence begets violence" emblazoned over it, also showed news articles related to the death of Canada-based Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Nijjar, one of India's most-wanted terror

Thousands of Indian-Americans to benefit from latest US move on Green Card

In a move that could benefit thousands of Indian-Americans waiting for their Green Card, a US President's advisory commission has approved the recommendation that more than 2,30,000 unused green cards for family and employment categories since 1992 be recaptured. A Green Card, known officially as a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued to immigrants to the US as evidence that the bearer has been granted the privilege of residing permanently. This includes the recapture of more than 2,30,000 unused employment-based green cards from 1992 to 2022 and processing a portion of these every fiscal year in addition to the annual limit of 1,40,000 for this category, Indian-American entrepreneur Ajay Bhutoria, who is a member of President Biden's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, said in his set of recommendations submitted before the commission on Thursday. "Recapture Unused green cards and Prevent Future Green Card Waste" aims to addres

India shows US how not to do affirmative action after court's judgement

Many Indian Americans, who feel that they - like others of Asian descent - have an unfairly hard time getting into elite universities, seem to be doubly irate at any echo of the system

'Indian Americans played significant role'..., says PM Modi during dinner

PM Modi also said that the State dinner evening has become quite special by the presence of the people of the two countries, as he called them most precious assets

Indian-American Dev Shah wins 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee

Dev Shah, a 14-year-old Indian-American eighth-grader from Florida, who correctly spelled the word "psammophile" has won the prestigious 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Shah correctly spelled the word to win the 95th national bee and the USD 50,000 prize on Thursday. It's surreal...My legs are still shaking, he said at the competition in National Harbor, Maryland. After much anticipation about a possible spell-off, a smiling Shah won by correctly spelling psammophile, a plant or animal that thrives in sandy areas, the Washington Post newspaper reported. Psammo meaning sand, Greek? he asked. Phile, meaning love, Greek? Shah instantly identified the roots of his word, but asked for all the information just to be safe, while smiling slightly in a way that suggested he was pretty sure he had it, the New York Times newspaper reported. This was Shah's third attempt. His previous two attempts were in 2019 and 2021. Shah's parents hopped on stage, visibly emotional, and his mother s

Lawmakers introduce legislation in US Cong to protect documented dreamers

Long-term visa holders known as documented dreamers, who are estimated to be about 250,000, grew up legally in the US but risk deportation when they turn 21 years old

Political visibility of Indian-Americans bigger than 1% population share

In general, Indian-Americans have largely sided with the Democrats

Indian-American CEO Raj Subramaniam presented with Pravasi Bharatiya Samman

Raj Subramaniam, the Indian-American CEO of global transportation giant FedEx, has been presented with the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, the highest civilian award given by India to persons of Indian origin and Indian diaspora. Subramanian, 55, was presented with the award by India's Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu at a ceremony at the India House on Saturday since he could not travel to India early this year to receive the award. The other awardee, Darshan Singh Dhaliwal, was also present at the event. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo along with senior officials of the Biden Administration and several hundred Indian Americans were present at the event. Subramanian is the president and CEO of FedEx Corporation, one of the world's largest transportation companies. His international leadership experience and keen business insights have contributed immensely to the success of FedEx.

In a first, Indian-American to serve as Assistant Secy of US Air Force

His nomination was advanced by Senator Amy Klobuchar, who said that Chaudhary has the qualifications and experience needed for this critical role

Indian-Americans celebrate Garcetti's confirmation as ambassador to India

Indian-Americans have welcomed Eric Garcetti's confirmation as the US ambassador to India and are hopeful that his close relationship with President Joe Biden will serve the crucial bilateral ties quite well. The US Senate voted 52-42 to confirm the former Los Angeles mayor's nomination on Wednesday after an unprecedented delay of more than two years. In a year when India is holding the presidency of G20 countries and there is expected to be a presidential visit and several other high-profile trips, the presence of a full-time ambassador with closeness to the White House was never felt as strongly before. "The United States-India relationship is extremely important and it's a very good thing we now have an Ambassador, Senate Majority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer said soon after the Senate confirmed the nomination of Garcetti. President Biden believes that we have a crucial and consequential partnership with India and that Mayor Garcetti will make a strong and effective Ambassador,

Biden appoints 2 Indian-Americans to advisory committee for trade policy

US President Joe Biden on Friday named two Indian-Americans -- Revathi Advaithi, CEO of Flex, and Manish Bapna, CEO of the Natural Resources Defence Council -- to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. On Friday, Biden announced his intent to appoint 14 people to the Advisory Committee, which provides overall policy advice to the United States Trade Representative on matters of development, implementation, and administration of the US trade policy. Among these include negotiating objectives and bargaining positions before entering into trade agreements, the impact of the implementation of trade agreements, matters concerning the operation of any trade agreement once entered into, and other matters arising in connection with the development, implementation, and administration of the trade policy of the United States, the White House said. Revathi Advaithi is CEO of Flex, "the global manufacturing partner of choice that helps a diverse customer base design and build

Indo-American Vedant Patel to serve as US State Dept's interim spokesperson

According to the announcement made by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Patel will take over the position of interim spokesperson

Indo-American woman judge named first justice of a district court in US

Tejal Mehta, an Indian-American woman judge who promised to make a real impact to the community and treat people with compassion, has taken oath as the first justice of a district court in the US state of Massachusetts. Mehta will serve as the first justice of the Ayer District Court. Her swearing-in took place on Thursday. She has served as an associate justice with the same court and was unanimously selected and sworn in by Judge Stacey Fortes, chief justice of the District Court, on March 2, the Lowell Sun newspaper reported. I'm confident that with her leadership ... that the best is yet to come for the Ayer District Court, said Fortes, chief justice of the District Court, who selected Mehta for the position and swore her in during the ceremony. As a lawyer, you can help people, but you can only help them to a point, Mehta said, adding that As a judge, you can do so much more and get to the root of issues and talk to people in such a way that really gets through to them. I hav

Renjen, Subramaniam to be members of US President's Export Council

Two Indian Americans Punit Renjen, Rajesh Subramaniam will be members of US President Joe Biden's Export Council