Washington, Aug 23 (IANS) An Indian origin CEO says he was racially abused and was told to “go back” to India and also take along top Indian-American diplomat Nikki Haley after he refused to defend…
Singapore, Aug 22 (IANS) A police investigation has been launched into the Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple, one of the oldest Hindu temples in Singapore, over suspected criminal offences, a media report said. The police confirmed on…
Washington, Aug 22 (IANS) An Indian origin journalist has been fired as the editor of the Los Angeles Times daily in a dramatic shake-up to move the daily more quickly into the digital age. Davan…
New York, Aug 22 (IANS) Davan Maharaj, who was the highest ranking Indian American newspaper journalist, has been removed as the top editor and publisher of The Los Angeles Times in a shakeup of the…
New York, Aug 21 (IANS) “Baahubali” pair Rana Daggubati and Tamannaah Bhatia attended the 37th India Day Parade organised by the Federation of Indian Associations here to celebrate India’s 71st Independence Day. The parade took…
London, Aug 20 (IANS) An 12-year-old Indian-origin boy from north London has won the Child Genius show broadcast by UK’s Channel 4, the media reported on Sunday. Rahul, who lives in Barnet, beat his nine-year-old…
By Nivedita Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) Australian High Commissioner to India Harinder Sidhu feels that when two nations are forging a relationship they usually talk about political, diplomatic or economical tie-ups but what matters most…
Sharjah, Aug 17 (IANS) An Indian politician from Kerala died in an accident here after falling from a moving car. Sunitha Prashanth, 40, died on Tuesday after she hit her head on a lamp post…
Amritsar, Aug 17 (IANS) Partition Museum, a first-of-its-kind in the world, was inaugurated here on Thursday as a tribute to the millions who perished as well as others who survived but lost their homes and…
London, Aug 17 (IANS) A Hindu woman and her Jewish partner have married in what is believed to be Britain’s first interfaith lesbian wedding. Kalavati Mistry and Miriam Jefferson met more than 20 years ago…
San Francisco, Aug 17 (IANS) Breaking their silence over the violence at a white supremacist rally in the US, Microsoft’s Indian-born CEO Satya Nadella, Apple’s Tim Cook and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg have condemned the incident…
Wellington, Aug 16 (IANS) An Indian man was seriously assaulted in New Zealand and police are seeking the public’s help to identify the man. The incident happened in Takanini, South Auckland on Tuesday. “The man…
San Francisco, Aug 16 (IANS) Google has acquired Senosis Health, a Seattle-based health monitoring start-up founded by University of Washington Professor Shwetak Patel, the media reported. The start-up turns smartphones into medical devices and collects…
Colombo, Aug 15 (IANS) The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka celebrated India’s 71st Independence Day on Tuesday by hoisting the national flag and organising a cultural performance. India’s High Commissioner Taranjit Sandhu unfurled the…
Singapore, Aug 15 (IANS) An Indian-origin man here has got 4 million Singaporean dollars ($2.9 million) in damages from his previous employer after a scathing reference letter by them cost him the chance to get…
Dubai, Aug 15 (IANS) Lack of early diagnosis of breast cancer may kill 76,000 Indian women in a year by 2020, says a study, one of whose researchers is of Indian origin. One of the…
Kathmandu, Aug 15 (IANS) The Indian Embassy here celebrated India’s 71st Independence Day at a public ceremony on Tuesday. Indian Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri hoisted the national flag and read out the message of Indian…
Dubai, Aug 15 (IANS) Indian expatriates in the UAE on Tuesday celebrated India’s 71st Independence Day with zeal and fervour by hoisting the national flag and organising cultural events. Hundreds of expats gathered to watch…
By Fakir Balaji Bengaluru, Aug 14 (IANS) The US-based Marconi Society has announced its Lifetime Achievement Award to Indian-born Stanford University professor Thomas Kailath, for his outstanding contributions to modern communications. “Kailath is the sixth…
San Francisco, Aug 14 (IANS) Neuroscientists at the University of California here have discovered that the animal brain reinforces motor skills during deep sleep. In a study published in Nature Neuroscience on Sunday, the researchers…