USA

Policy Forum and Capitol Hill Advocacy Day hosted by the Hindu American Foundation in Washington, D.C. on June 19 and 20 was attended by more than 50 lawmakers plus representatives from civil rights groups. This was the 2nd Policy Forum and the 14th annual Advocacy Day organized by the...

Physicians from around the United States and around the world has gathered in Atlantic City on June 21 to kick-start the 35th Annual Convention of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, AAPI. A CEO Forum was the highlight with the panelists from around the world according to...

Consul General Riva Ganguly Das attended the Summer Solstice International Day of Yoga Event in Times Square, and spoke to a crowd of more than 300 people who were there to take a break from their busy New York life and join in the celebrations for the International Day...

A “You’re Fired” rally is being scheduled to be held outside the White House when President Donald Trump meets India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 26. The rally is meant to represent the Americans who believe that their jobs were taken by foreign high-skilled workers through the H-1B visa....

After the release from the custody of Middlesex County, New Jersey, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers have separately arrested two men, one of them an Indian. Indian-British physician honoured The federal immigration enforcement agency had previously lodged detaining of the two individuals while they...

A non-governmental organization from Gujarat extends its reach in North America to further its humanitarian work with the help of Indian-Americans and Indian-Canadians. Project ‘Life’, has its headquarters in Rajkot, Gujarat and was started in 1978 as a blood-bank and expanded its work with marginalized populations in the healthcare and...

19th Biennial Convention of JAINA, the federation of Jain organizations of North America, will be remembered as “Treasure Trove” of excitement, education and entertainment. There will be lectures, breakout sessions, cultural, youth and young professionals’ events all are planned over the five-day period from June 30 to July 4,...

Indian American, Dr. Ashok Jain, senior vice president at Beaumont Health, and chief medical officer for Beaumont Hospital, Wayne, MI, is the new chairman of Board of Trustees of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin for the year 2017-18. “I have been involved with AAPI since its inception...

Gujarat Gaurav Fan Club of USA has held the second Kite Festival on June 4, at Cliffwood Beach in Aberdeen Township, N.J. in which more than 500 kite flying enthusiasts came up with colorful Indian kites. Indian-American candidate for Washington State Senate This event was organized by Gujarat Gaurav Fan Club...

Three of this year’s McDonnell Academy Scholarships have been awarded to Indians: Meenakshi Jha and Priya Rathi of New Delhi and Neeha Sharma of Haryana. All three will have an opportunity to pursue their graduate or professional degrees at the Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Spelling Bee Chicago &...