New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Saturday told a visiting group of 40 Indian Diaspora youths to act as ambassadors of India’s growth story and spread the…
By Azeez Anasudhin London, Dec 8 (IANS) Weekends are usually peaceful days at Westminster. But the ongoing Brexit debate has changed Britains ground zero of power. The Big Ben and other towers are covered with…
Toronto, Dec 8 (IANS) With its population of cricket-loving immigrants increasing rapidly, the Indian-dominated city of Brampton on the outskirts of Toronto will soon build the first world-class cricket stadium in Canada. Announcing this while…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) In her recent book, “What Gandhi Didn’t See: Being Indian In South Africa”, author Zainab Priya Dala looks back from the vantage point of her own personal…
San Francisco, Dec 6 (IANS) Microsoft’s Indian-origin Chief Technology Officer for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Joseph Sirosh has joined Compass, a New York-based real estate tech company which is making efforts to simplify the home buying…
London, Dec 5 (IANS) An Indian-origin gay pharmacist in the UK has been found guilty of murdering his wife by strangling her in order to start a new life with his boyfriend in Australia. Mitesh…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Dec 5 (IANS) London-based Alfred Prasad may be a Michelin-starred Indian chef with over 25 years of experience. But in India, he is born again, with a flourish, setting up the…
Bengaluru, Dec 4 (IANS) Saudi Arabia was keen to invest in the Indian food sector as India was one of the largest exporters of grains and vegetables to the desert kingdom, its ambassador to India…
Washington, Dec 4 (IANS) A former Indian American White House official has been recruited by Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal as her Chief of Staff. Gautam Raghavan used to be the White House liaison to the LGBTQ…
By Arun Kumar Das Allahabad, Dec 4 (IANS) Delegates to the annual Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) jamboree, being held this time in Varanasi, will get to participate in the Ardh Kumbh Mela here, with Indian…
San Francisco, Dec 3 (IANS) Democrat Kamala Harris, the first Indian-American to serve in the US Senate, said she will make a decision about a potential 2020 presidential bid during the upcoming holiday season. “It…
Shimla, Dec 1 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday spoke with Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj over phone regarding bringing back 14 Indians stranded in Saudi Arabia due to visa…
By Paras Ramoutar Port-of-Spain, Dec 1 (IANS) The much-revered Dharmacharya of the Hindu community in Trinidad and Tobago, Pundit Uttam Maharaj, has died at the age of 70 years following a brief illness. He served…
By Sugandha Rawal New York, Nov 30 (IANS) There was a little bit of emotion, chemistry and lots of music when globally renowned violinist Dr. L. Subramaniam and popular vocalist and his wife Kavita Krishnamurthy…
Dubai, Nov 29 (IANS) A six-year-old Indian girl died here due to complications related to hepatitis and sepsis, the media reported on Thursday. The family of the deceased, Shiba Fathima, hails from Kerala, reported the…
Mathura, Nov 27 (IANS) Two persons, including a tourist guide, were arrested here on Tuesday for gang raping a young Non-Resident Indian (NRI) in this temple town, police said. The victim, settled in South Africa,…
Washington, Nov 23 (IANS) NASA is concerned over the strains of the bacterium Enterobacter, identified on the toilets of the International Space Station’s (ISS), which can raise potential health implications for future missions, say Indian-origin…
Los Angeles, Nov 22 (IANS) Indian-American businessman Shalabh “Shalli” Kumar will host a Hollywood Thanksgiving dinner for Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The attendance is “by invitation only”, and only a “small number of distinguished…
Dubai, Nov 22 (IANS) An Indo-Canadian female dermatologist, found guilty of forging and using a fake diploma as well as other documents to practice medicine in Dubai, has lost her appeal against a six-month jail…
New York, Nov 21 (IANS) While Type-2 diabetes is expected to rise by more than a fifth, from 406 million in 2018 to 511 million in 2030 globally, India along with China and the US…