Houston: A 29-year-old Indian-American policy expert, who is running for Fort Bend County Commissioner in the US state of Texas, has said that he has received racist and hate-filled messages on social media. Democrat Taral Patel in a press release earlier this week shared a photo of some of the messages he received online. Social media users wrote that...
New York: Indian-American Pennsylvania state senator Nikil Saval has introduced a bill to incorporate Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) courses in K-12 schools. Saval introduced Senate Bill 839 along with Senator Maria Collett last week to expand education and confront the rise in bias crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The legislation would require the Department of...
On September 17, during the 78th session of the UN general assembly in NYC, Meera Gandhi, author of ‘3 Tips: The Essentials for Peace, Joy and Success’ and Founder of The Giving Back Foundation hosted a lavish cocktail event, bringing luminaries from around the world together. The evening celebrated human rights advocate and former...
Mumbai: Sporta Technologies Pvt Ltd, which operates the online gaming portal Dream11, has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court challenging a pre-show cause notice issued to it by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) alleging evasion of Goods and Services Tax (GST) amounting to the tune of a staggering Rs 25,000...
Washington: The US Senate has introduced a short-term funding bill to avert a partial government shutdown that can result in thousands of federal workers losing jobs. The bill would keep the government running till November 17 and give Congress more time to agree on a way out of the crisis. The bipartisan short-term bill was endorsed...
Rajkot: Australia managed to end their run of defeats with a comprehensive 66-run victory over India in the third One-Day here. They however lost the series, with India having won the previous two ODIs. Chasing a massive 353 to win, India were restricted by Australia to 286 in 49.4 overs despite Rohit Sharma's 81 off 57. India...
Hangzhou: Led by a sensational performance by rifle shooter Sift Kaur Samra in the Women's 50m Rifle 3-positions, who set a world record in the Individual event, Indian shooters banged in seven medals as India took its medal tally to 22 medals including five gold medals at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. India was...
New York: India's permanent representative to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj has reiterated the country's steadfast dedication to peace, stability and humanitarian support for Afghanistan. In a UN Security Council briefing on Afghanistan this week, Kamboj highlighted key observations regarding the situation in Afghanistan while drawing upon India's historical and civilizational ties with the Afghan...
Islamabad: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has been shifted to the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi from Attock prison, a day after the Islamabad High Court ordered authorities to relocate him to the high-security jail. Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq ordered the authorities to shift 70-year-old Khan to Adiala Jail where all accused being...
