USA

The first Indian American US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, holding a cabinet rank, visited India’s UN Mission for a wide-ranging discussion with India’s Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin. “We shared perspectives on how India-US can work together at the UN in line with our growing ties,” Akbaruddin said after...

An unidentified Indian American woman was held by Customs at an US airport, in a mysterious incident, which is yet to be unraveled, after a trip to India. Indian American US Surgeon General Forced to Resign The Indian American woman had voted for Donald Trump in the presidential elections, according to...

For health and education benefits for specially-abled, Gift of Life USA Inc. (GOL), a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization based in Ronkonkoma, New York, was launched with a gala dinner at Leonard’s Palazzo, on April 23. GOL founders Paresh Parekh and Flora Parekh, are both Indian Americans. They presented a...

Surya Dhakar, an Indian American dentist is running as a Republican for Virginia’s House of Delegates’ 56th District seat, that is held by Republican Delegate Peter Farrell, who is not seeking re-election. Dhakar has worked out in a crowded primary, which will be held on June 13. The general election...

Indian Americans have launched a White House petition to seek the Trump Administration’s intervention to save the Indian national and former naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, 46, sentenced to death by the Pakistani military court for alleged espionage and subversive activities, a contention which has been refuted by India and...

Indian-American attorney and potential top level Trump nominee to the Justice Department, Harmeet Dhillon,has threatened to sue University of California, Berkeley, over its cancellation of an event featuring controversial conservative speaker Ann Coulter. Harmeet Dhillon, is being vetted by the White House for the position of Chief of the Civil...

Indian American, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy has been removed by the Trump administration and is replaced temporarily by his deputy, Rear Adm. Sylvia Trent-Adams. Murthy, was asked to resign, by the Department of Health and Human Services. The statement said that “after assisting in a smooth transition into...

The Annual South Asian Women’s conference at the Naperville Marriott was hosted by The Indian American Community Services on April 9. The conference, ‘Breaking Barriers – Today’s Women Leaders’, has provided an interactive forum to educate and empower women and provide them with the networking opportunities to connect, learn...

Nikki Haley of the United States has pushed the United Nations Security Council to focus on the “illegal and dangerous behavior” by Iran and Lebanese group Hezbollah in the Middle East, an accusation that Iran dismissed as “misleading propaganda.” Indian American Vishal Amin for IPR Enforcement U.S. Ambassador to the United...

An anti-domestic violence organization, Sakhi for South Asian Women, that works with the South Asian community in the New York metropolitan area, will honor two South Asian gender equality activists next month. Reshma Saujani, CEO and founder of Girls Who Code and Yasmeen Hassan, Global Executive Director of Equality...