USA

Young Indian-Americans shines in Forbes 30 Under 30 List


New York: Several Indian Americans are featured in the recently-released Forbes’ ‘30 Under 30’ list for 2022. “It’s the 10th anniversary of the Forbes Under-30 class, which is set to define the next decade — and beyond,” A Forbes report on December 1 read. All the honorees in the Forbes Under-30 Class of 2022 have...

Visa complains to US govt about India backing RuPay


Washington: Visa Inc has complained to the U.S. government that India's "informal and formal" promotion of domestic payments rival RuPay hurts the U.S. giant in a key market, memos seen by Reuters show. In public Visa has downplayed concerns about the rise of RuPay, which has been supported by public lobbying from Prime Minister Narendra...

Tracking the roots of Indian diaspora in USA


Indian Americans are the second-largest immigrant group in the United States (after the Mexicans). As the number of Indian-origin residents in the United States has swelled north of 4 million, the community’s diversity has also grown. According to the India American Attitudes Survey 2020 by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Gujarati diaspora leads...

India joins G20 Troika, to assume G20 presidency next year


New Delhi: India has joined the G20 Troika, which consists of Indonesia, Italy, and India - the current, previous and incoming G20 Presidencies, respectively. With this move, India has started the procedure for taking over the G20 presidency next year. Troika refers to the top grouping within the G20 that consists of the current, previous and...

Trump’s justices look set to restrict abortion


Washington: The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a case that could upend the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion procedure nationwide, with liberal justices warning against ditching important legal precedents while some conservatives signaled support for the restrictive Mississippi law at issue, reported Reuters. The court, which has a...

Biden vows boosters for all, expands Covid war to Omicron


New York State has confirmed its first five cases of the Omicron variant. New York: President Joe Biden announced a country-wide plan to administer Covid vaccine booster doses for all adults, keep schools and workplaces open, expand free-at-home testing, new protocols for international travel, and bolster response and supply of treatment pills to prevent hospitalization and...

CNN suspends Chris Cuomo over helping brother during scandal


New York: CNN is suspending prime time anchor Chris Cuomo "indefinitely, pending further evaluation," after new documents revealed the cozy and improper nature of his relationship with aides to his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. A second hour of "Anderson Cooper 360" is airing in Cuomo's place. Tuesday's announcement about the suspension was the equivalent...

Trump allies launch publishing house to circumvent book industry


New York: Allies of former President Donald Trump are trying to rip up the traditional book publishing paradigm in politics by setting up a publishing house of their own. Trump announced last week that he was publishing a coffee table book of photographs from his time in the White House — just ahead of the holiday...

AG James fights to protect funding for women’s health and reproductive care


New York Attorney General Letitia James continues her fight to safeguard the health care and reproductive rights of patients across New York and the rest of the nation, taking action to protect funding for family planning services and reproductive health care providers. Co-leading a multi-state coalition of 24 attorneys general, Attorney General James filed an amicus...