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New York, March 5 | Indian-American Naureen Hassan, a 25-year veteran of the financial services industry, has been named as the First Vice President...

By Arul LouisNew York, March 5 | Indian-Americans are taking over the US, President Joe Biden said while congratulating Swati Mohan, the NASA engineer,...

Dubai, March 1 | The Hindu temple in Dubai will virtually celebrate the upcoming Maha Shivratri festival virtually this year in the wake of...

Dubai, Feb 22 | A Dubai-based 14-year-old boy from Kerala who had made a six-layered stencil portrait of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as...

New Delhi, Feb 19 | Five Indian-origin personalities, including Chandra Shekhar Aazad of the Bhim Army are part of the TIME magazines annual list...

New York, Feb 18 | Adequate spacing between births can help to alleviate the likelihood of stunting in children, a new study suggests.The study,...

By Arul LouisUnited Nations, Feb 17 | Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed investment professional Usha Rao-Monari as an Under Secretary General and the associate...

Dubai, Feb 17 | Indian expats who lost their life's possessions due to a fire at a warehouse in Dubai filed a plea with...

By Gurmukh SinghToronto, Feb 11 | The Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) and many other Indo-Canadian organisations have welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modis...

By Arul LouisNew York, Feb 10 | While appearing before a US Senate panel, Neera Tanden, the Indian-American nominee to President Joe Biden's cabinet,...

Dubai, Feb 5 | A two-year-old Indian boy has become the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) youngest hair donor for cancer patients, according to a...

New York, Feb 4 | Dave Chokshi, the Indian-American Health Commissioner of New York City, said that he has tested positive for the novel...

Washington, Feb 2 | NASA has named Indian-American Bhavya Lal, who oversaw the agency's transition under the administration of US President Joe Biden, as...

Dubai, Feb 1 | A Dubai court has sentenced an Indian businessman to two years in prison for offering a 200,000-dirham ($54,448) bribe to...

New York, Feb 1 | An Indian origin law enforcement officer in California has been arrested in connection with allegations that he had faked...

Washington, Jan 31 | Pramila Jayapal, the first Indian-American woman to serve in the US House of Representatives, has sought a larger Covid-19 relief...

Chandigarh, Jan 30 | A day after violence by a group of miscreants at Singhu on Delhi-Haryana border, British Labour Party MP Tanmanjeet Singh...

New York, Jan 28 | An Indian-origin paediatrician suffering from terminal cancer took another doctor as hostage and after several hours of a stand-off...

Dubai, Jan 27 | The International Federation of the Indo-Israel Chambers of Commerce (IFIICC) is planning to boost India's strong historical ties with the...

By Arul LouisUnited Nations, Jan 26 | President Joe Biden appointed two Indian Americans, Sohini Chatterjee and Aditi Gorur, to the leadership team of...

Abu Dhabi, Jan 26 | In the wake of the raging coronavirus pandemic, India's 72nd Republic Day celebrations in the country's missions...

Dubail, Jan 25 | A new Hindu temple in Dubai, the foundation stone of which was laid last August amidst the pandemic, will open...

Dubai, Jan 23 | A Dubai-based 14-year-old boy from Kerala has made a six-layered stencil portrait of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as...

New Delhi, Jan 23 | This tripping over each other...

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 22 | Around 10,000 students from Kerala, studying medicine and allied courses in China, are facing an uncertain future as the Chinese...

Dubai, Jan 21 | Two daughters of an Indian couple who were murdered inside their home in Dubai, will testify at a court next...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 20 | On the eve of her taking over as the path-breaking first vice president of Asian descent,...

Abu Dhabi, Jan 19 | Indian missions and organisations across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are prepping for scaled-down Republic Day celebrations this January...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 19 | The first Indian recorded to have reached the shores of the US is a man from Madras...

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Washington, Jan 17 | US President-elect Joe Biden has named Uzra Zeya, an Indian-American diplomat who quit her State Department job in protest against...

Washington, Jan 16 | Aftab Pureval, an Indian-American Democrat, has announced his candidature for the Mayor of the US city of Cincinnati in Ohio...

By Arul LouisUnited Nations, Jan 16 | India has the world's largest diaspora with about 18 million people born there now living abroad, according...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 15 | US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named health policy expert Vidur Sharma as the testing adviser on...

New York, Jan 15 | An Indian-origin man has killed his daughter and mother-in-law after which he committed suicide in a New York state...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 14 | An expert on energy and climate change, Sonia Aggarwal, was named on Thursday by President-elect Joe Biden...

Dubai, Jan 13 | Several Indians were among 27 workers injured in a collision between a bus and a trailer in the Jebel Ali...

Ottawa, Jan 12 | Navdeep Bains, Canada's Industry Minister and senior-most among the four ministers of Indian origin in the cabinet of Prime Minister...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 11 | Indian-American novelist Ved Mehta, who shone a bright literary light of evocativeness and imagery overcoming his blindness,...

Chandigarh, Jan 9 | British Labour Party MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has sent a letter, signed by over 100 MPs and Lords, to...

Dubai, Jan 9 | The Indian Consulate in Dubai will on Saturday celebrate the 16th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), the Non-Resident Indians (NRI) Day...

By Rahul KumarNew Delhi, Jan 8 | The extraordinary situation that engulfed Washington after thousands of President Donald Trumps supporters, egged on by his...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 8 | US President-Elect Joe Biden's pick to be associate attorney general, Vanita Gupta, has recalled her experience of...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 8 | An Indian flag was seen amid a sea of American and Trump flags in a footage, as...

Washington, Jan 5 | Indian-American Republican Niraj Antani, who was elected to the Ohio state Senate from the 6th District, has been sworn in...

Dubai, Jan 2 | A Dubai-based Indian expat has broken the world record for the largest 'Pop up Greetings Card' record, the media reported...

By Sumit Kumar SinghNew Delhi, Dec 31 | For the first time, the Indian Army has appointed a major general rank officer to look...

Dubai, Dec 30 | A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian expat has been jailed in Dubai for six months after he was charged for...

By Arul LouisNew York, Dec 30 | A federal court has permanently shut down a US-based computer scam that preyed on elderly Americans using...