New Castle: In a first, a group of seven senior legislators from Delaware, the home state of US President Joe Biden, performed a mesmerising Bhangra dance as they joined the Sikh community to celebrate Vaisakhi. They were all dressed in traditional Punjabi attire. The team included Delaware Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend; Senate Majority Whip...
Houston: The University of Houston and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations have renewed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that paves the way for the setup of the ICCR Chair of Indian Studies to conduct research on Tamil language, literature and culture at the varsity. The MoU was signed last year but was renewed for...
Washington, DC: President Biden’s State of the Union address before Congress on March 7 touched on several issues hotel industry associations have been advocating for a while. Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA), members of which are largely Indian Americans and the American Lodging and Hotel Association both issued responses to the speech and...
New York: Indian American Yogesh Raut recently won the “Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions.” According to KOIN, Raut won the tournament on March 19 after six games. He will take home $250,000. Raut, according to The Columbian, is a blogger, freelance writer and podcaster. He has lived in Vancouver, Washington since 2017 but is originally from Springfield,...
New York: Aruna Miller, Indian American Lt. Governor of Maryland, the first woman of color and immigrant elected to statewide office in the state, has been inducted into the Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame with four others. Others honored with Miller were US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Maryland House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones, Secretary of...
New York: In a moment of national pride, an alumnus of IIT Madras has been appointed to lead the Microsoft Windows team. Following the reunion of the Windows and Surface teams within Microsoft, Pavan Davuluri, an IIT Madras graduate, has been chosen to spearhead development efforts on both fronts. This decision, reported by Windows Central,...
New York: Popular dairy brand Amul, whose tagline is 'Taste of India', has now launched fresh milk products on the international stage for the first time and is now ready to cater to people in the United States. "I am pleased to inform that Amul shall be launching its fresh milk products in the United...
Join the South Street Seaport neighborhood Holi celebration and enjoy free General Admission to the South Street Seaport Museum on March 23, from 11am to 5pm. Immerse yourself in the vibrant spirit of Holi at the South Street Seaport community celebration! Enjoy free General Admission to the Seaport Museum to explore the introduction galleries at...
Los Angeles: In one of the largest verdicts in the US in a decade, four brothers from India have been awarded $7 billion after a 20-year legal battle with a fifth brother over alleged breach of a family partnership agreement. After a five-month trial, a jury Monday ordered Haresh Jogani to pay his brothers...
