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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - Elon Musk will likely pick a new location for a Tesla factory by the end of this year and according to him, India is very much part of his scheme of things if all goes

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - A New Jersey-based IT firm will have to pay $25,500 in civil penalties to the US for posting discriminatory job advertisements and seeking job applications only from India. Infosoft Solutions Inc, an IT recruiting and contracting

New Delhi, (IANS) - Neeva, which challenged the Google search engine, is winding up operations as founders Sridhar Ramaswamy and Vivek Raghunathan admitted that they had faced significant challenges attracting new users. The founders wrote in a blog post that they

WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) - Hyderabad has emerged as the most preferred investment destination for US aerospace and defense companies, said Telangana's Minister for Industries and Information Technology K.T. Rama Rao during his visit here where he led an aerospace and

PALO ALTO, CA – Now, while negotiating residential lanes while avoiding traffic jams, it might be good to get on Waze, the Google-owned traffic, and navigation app so you could do it with a laugh. The company announced on May

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - Riot Games, the developer behind smash-hit video games like 'League of Legends' and 'Valorant,' has appointed A. Dylan Jadeja as the company's new chief executing officer. Dylan will succeed the company's current CEO Nicolo Laurent, who

TORONTO (ANI) - While inviting Canadian businesspersons to participate in the journey of growth of the Indian economy, Union Minister of Commerce, and Industry Piyush Goyal said India offers a stable business environment with decisive leadership. He was speaking at a

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (ANI) - Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on May 9 met Google CEO Sundar Pichai at Google Headquarters and held a discussion on India Stack and the  'Make-in-India' program. Sundar Pichai thanked the minister

ByDr. SACHIN A SHAH Special to India-West For every 4 medications, three contain animal-derived ingredients, which can pose a problem for many people, including those with religious beliefs and dietary restrictions, certain health conditions, as well as those concerned about climate change

NEW DELHI (ANI) - Western companies are busy looking for a backup to China as the world's factory floor, a strategy widely termed "China plus one." And India is making a concerted push to be the plus one. Only India has a

EAST HARTFORD, CT (IANS) - Shoot and scoot seem to be the communication policy being adopted by the two warring groups in the aviation sector – India’s Go Airlines and aircraft engine maker Pratt & Whitney of the US. Incidentally, Pratt

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - Vice President Kamala Harris has told top Big Tech CEOs, including Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI (ChatGPT fame), that the private sector

Photo : Frontier Heritage recently expanded its operations by opening a new store in Fremont, CA. Punjabi actress Sonam Bajwa inaugurated the showroom. By REENA RATHORE FREMONT, CA- Frontier Heritage, Southern California’s leading luxury Indian traditional wear label, recently opened its doors

PALO ALTO, CA (IANS) - Apple set a quarterly record in the January-March period in India and grew very strong, in double digits year-over-year, said CEO Tim Cook, as he touted India becoming a key market for the company in terms

WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) - Investments by Indian companies in the US have almost doubled since 2020, says a seventh edition of an annual report put together by the Confederation of Indian Industry. The number of Indian companies in the US went

FREMONT, CA (IANS) - Tesla CEO Elon Musk has agreed to pay $10,000 to settle a defamation case brought against him by Indian American Randeep Hothi. Hothi is a doctoral student in Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan

OAKLAND, CA - Blue Shield of California on May 1 announced Krishna Ramachandran as senior vice president of Health Transformation and Provider Adoption to lead the nonprofit health plan’s bold strategy to reimagine health care. In this role, Ramachandran is responsible

SACRAMENTO, CA – The NBA’s Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive is among seven finalists bidding to buy the Ottawa Senators. Among others, he will be competing for the NHL franchise with Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds of The Remington Group. Sports outlets

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Professional social networking platform LinkedIn now has 100 million members in India, up 19 percent year-on-year, Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella has informed. Microsoft-owned LinkedIn saw record engagement in the March quarter as more than 930

SAN JOSE, CA (IANS) - Software major Adobe on April 24 announced the opening of a state-of-the-art office tower in Bengaluru that will employ over 2,000. With over 7,800 employees spread across five campuses in the country, India is Adobe's largest

HYANNIS, MA, (IANS) - Jio Institute of Mumbai has tied up with the Massachusetts based Principals' Training Center (PTC) to share its uniquely designed training programs for educators and school leaders in India. PTC caters to the unique professional learning needs

MUMBAI, (IANS) - For Apple CEO Tim Cook, seeing a 1984 Macintosh Classic machine as he launched India's first Apple store in Mumbai was a cute surprise. He could not stop exclaiming after Sajid Moinuddin, a designer by profession and a

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Bilateral trade between India and the US rose by almost 8 per cent to $128.55 billion in 2022-23, compared to $119.5 billion in 2021-22. The growth in bilateral trade between the two countries is significant, because in

India-West Staff Reporter CERRITOS, CA - TiE SoCal Angels, in association with TiE Global Angels, successfully concluded its flagship event - TiE Global Angels Investor Summit, on April 6. The event saw the participation of over 250 attendees and 60+ angel

EDISON, NJ (IANS) - L&T Technology Services (LTTS) has agreed to pay $9,928,000 to resolve fraud allegations stating that it underpaid visa fees owed to the US in violation of the False Claims Act.Between 2014 and 2019, the Indian company with

SANTA CLARA, CA - Humans will be able to upload consciousness and sensibility in computers by the end of 2023, claims Dr. Pratik Desai, a Silicon Valley computer scientist here, who has founded multiple Artificial Intelligence platforms. Desai says people should

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - As Apple firms up its plans to put India on its global manufacturing and retail map, the company's CEO Tim Cook will be in India next week to inaugurate Apple's brick-and-mortar stores in Mumbai and Delhi. Cook

WASHINGTON, DC  (ANI) - The US Chamber of Commerce's US-India Business Council (USIBC) co-hosted India's Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman for an exclusive member roundtable at US Chamber headquarters here on April 10 evening in partnership with the

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, ex-legal head Vijaya Gadde and former chief financial officer Ned Segal have sued Elon Musk-run Twitter over unpaid legal bills more than $1 million. In October last year, Musk informed Agrawal,

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - US-based consumer electronics manufacturer, Frigidaire on April 10 announced its partnership with the domestic consumer electronics brand Ossify to venture into the Indian market with its electronic home appliances like air conditioners, washing machines, refrigerators, freezers,

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - With Indian startups facing trying times amidst funding crunch and mass firings, venture capitalist Vinod Khosla says the ones with "strong fundamentals" will continue to be funded, though at lower valuations. "The wheat will get separated from

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - In a setback to Indian unicorns BYJU's and Swiggy, US-based key investors have significantly marked down their market valuation, the media reported on March 31. New York-based investment firm BlackRock in a private assessment has slashed the

ATLANTA, GA (IANS) - The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has flagged concern over the use of an Indian eye drop that is causing death and blindness. The CDC has, in recent months, traced three deaths, eight cases

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Air India has introduced a Premium Economy section for passengers. Premium Economy passengers will be able to check in at dedicated counters and have priority tags affixed to their check-in baggage and be amongst the first

CHICAGO, IL (IANS) - As supply chain disruptions continue to haunt tech companies globally, PC and printer major, HP Inc is bullish on manufacturing its next-gen range of products locally in India, to address the domestic market in a much

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Indian American Raja Koduri, head of Intel's Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics Group, has quit the chip-making major to form his own generative artificial intelligence startup. In a tweet, Koduri said he will embark on a new

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Global professional services company Accenture on March 21 said it is acquiring industrial artificial intelligence company Flutura for an undisclosed sum. Bengaluru-headquartered Flutura will strengthen Accenture's industrial AI services to increase the performance of plants, refineries, and

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - The shares of FedEx Corp, led by CEO Raj Subramaniam, jumped the most in nine months beating Wall Street's earnings estimate in the third quarter. The upswing came after the company boosted its profit outlook, signaling efforts

TAMPA, FL (IANS) - IT major Wipro has laid off at least 120 employees in T Florida, due to a "realignment of business needs."The company detailed the layoffs in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification notice filed with the Florida

MUMBAI, (IANS) - The Mumbai Indians, owned by the Ambanis, on March 19, announced the acquisition of the New York franchise in Major League Cricket, the upcoming T20 league in the US. They now own a cricket franchise in three

NEW DELHI (IANS) - Indian startups have withdrawn up to $300 million from the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) after the Joe Biden government in the US allowed depositors to withdraw their funds from March 13, the media reported.The Financial Express

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - US-based consumer tech conglomerate Honeywell on March 14 announced that Vimal Kapur, President, and Chief Operating Officer, will succeed Darius Adamczyk as CEO on June 1. Having graduated from the Thapar Institute of Engineering in Punjab's Patiala

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - India-US bilateral goods and services trade has nearly doubled since 2014, surpassing $191 billion recorded in 2022. This was acknowledged by Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on March 10 during the

HYDERABAD, (IANS) - Global defense aerospace player Lockheed Martin and India’s Tata Group have inked an agreement to produce fighter plane wings at their joint venture Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Ltd here. According to Lockheed Martin, the Memorandum of Understanding envisions

By Priyanka Jain NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Although there has been significant progress, cultural and societal norms still hurt the proportion of women in leadership roles. Less representation at the board and executive levels create unique challenges for women. This is

WASHINGTON, DC (ANI) - Two Indian Americans Punit Renjen, Rajesh Subramaniam will be members of US President Joe Biden's Export Council, a White House press release said on February 28. The President's Export Council serves as the principal national advisory committee

CNET NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Google-owned YouTube's new boss Neal Mohan on March 1 wrote his first letter to creators, supporting their success and helping them make more money, along with building for the YouTube of the future. Mohan, who replaced YouTube's

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - Reliance Retail announced the opening of the first freestanding Gap store in India in Mumbai's Infiniti Mall, Malad. After opening over 50 Gap shop-in-shops since last year, Reliance Retail has now initiated the second phase of

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - India has slipped to the 43rd spot in the US Chamber of Commerce's latest International Intellectual Property Rights index. India is ranked 43rd out of 55 countries for 2022. It was ranked 40th in the index in

San Francisco, (IANS) Monday, in response to Meta's introduction of the new paid verification for Facebook and Instagram, Twitter CEO Elon Musk said it was "inevitable." Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has copied Twitter by charging $12 per month to get verified