This Diwali season shoppers can bring a little extra light to the kids of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® while supporting South Asian-owned businesses. GYFTING, an online marketplace for curated gift boxes, is releasing a limited-edition Diwali gift box, part of whose proceeds will go toward St. Jude research and treatment of childhood cancer and other life-threatening...
San Francisco: Forbes magazine’s annual list of 25 venture-backed firms most likely to become unicorns includes two Indian-American-led businesses, the media reported. The list includes Alchemy, co-founded by Nikil Viswanathan and Joseph Lau. It also featured Legion Technologies, founded by Sanish Mondkar. Alchemy makes it easier to read and write information onto blockchains, such as Ethereum and Flow,...
Washington: In a major victory for employers, a US court has approved a settlement under which an American immigration agency has agreed to recognize market research analyst as a specialty occupation for the purposes of determining the applications of H-1B visas, most sought-after by Indian IT professionals. The settlement approved by the federal district court in...
By Suchitra Srinivas Washington: Diwali could soon be a federal holiday in the US, promised Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney at the Diwali celebration here Tuesday to honor the lawmakers of Indian origin. Indiaspora, a non-profit organization, organized the power packed event in the U.S. Capitol Rayburn House Office Building, bringing in leaders from both sides of the aisle to light the lamp, the...
A 29-year-old California-based Indian-origin woman techie, who travelled to Mexico to celebrate her birthday, was one of the two foreign tourists killed in a shootout between two drug gangs in the Caribbean coast resort of Tulum, according to media reports. Anjali Ryot was killed along with another German tourist on Wednesday night in the crossfire,...
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art appointed Isha Ambani, Carolyn Brehm and Peter Kimmelman as new members of its board of trustees. The Smithsonian’s Board of Regents approved their appointment for four-year terms each, effective Sept. 23, 2021. The 17-member Board of Regents, consisting of the Chief Justice of the United States, the...
For the first time ever, Diwali-themed animation will adorn One World Trade Center, a symbol of New York City’s eternal goodness. The animation will occur daily, Nov 2nd - 4th, 6:00pm - 2:00am. “We are excited to create and curate the colorful imagery of Diwali on the WTC podium to bring the messages of peace,...
Washington: A panel of US health advisors on Tuesday endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, moving the US closer to beginning vaccinations in children ages 5 to 11. A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted unanimously with one abstention that the vaccine’s benefits in preventing Covid-19 in that age group outweigh any potential...
Washington: The Senate on Tuesday confirmed four of President Biden’s ambassadors, slowly advancing a confirmation process that has stalled under protest from Republican senators. All four nominees passed by voice vote, signaling bipartisan support and their appointments as noncontroversial. The confirmed ambassadors include former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake (R) as the envoy to Turkey and former New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall (D) to...
