File photo of family, friends and Indian American community members attending a vigil in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 18 to remember the victims of a mass shooting at a local FedEx facility which took the lives of eight people, including
Varsha Sarveshwar, a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, is deeply interested in educational policy as it relates to equity and access. (igs.berkeley.edu photo) India-West Staff Reporter Three Indian Americans and one Nepalese American are among the class of U.S. Rhodes
Varun Nikore, Indian American founder of the AAPI Victory Fund, will dedicate his efforts full-time at the AAPI Victory Alliance to build electoral engagement. (Twitter photo/@VarunNikore) India-West Staff Reporter The founding president of the AAPI Victory Fund, Varun Nikore, will be leaving
File photo of IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa with Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who flew a sortie in a MiG-21 trainer at the Air Force Station in Pathankot, Punjab, on Sept. 2, 2019. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI – Balakot
Despite challenges due to travel restrictions and bans, 145,528 international students were able to begin their studies in person or online in the United States or from abroad in the 2020/2021 academic year, a 46 percent decrease from the previous
Speaking at the Ekal virtual gala, Niren Chaudhary, Indian American CEO of the highly successful ‘Panera Bread’ brand, explained how his daughter Aisha was the central motivating factor in whatever he did in his life. (photo provided) India-West Staff Reporter The Ekal
File photo of BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait, Swaraj India chief Yogender Yadav, farmers leader Bilbar Singh Rajiwal and leader of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha during Mahapanchayat in front of the Gandhi statue in Kolkata on March 13, 2021. (IANS photo/Kuntal
Ishan Shan, incoming president to the New Jersey Leadership Program. (njlead.org photo) India-West Staff Reporter The New Jersey Leadership Program, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that seeks to educate and encourage Indian American and other South Asian youth in New Jersey to get
Vice President Kamala Harris will briefly serve as president Nov. 19, as President Joe Biden is sedated during his colonoscopy. (Getty Images/India-West file photo) By ZEKE MILLER/Associated Press BETHESDA, Maryland — President Joe Biden will briefly transfer power to Vice President Kamala
UA Little Rock Chancellor Christina Drale (2nd from left) celebrates Distinguished Alumni winners Helaine Williams (left), Dr. Jaafer Golzar (3rd from left), and Stuti Chatterjee (right). (photo by Ben Krain) India-West Staff Reporter An Indian American graduate of the University of Arkansas
Dr. Suresh Reddy. (photo provided) India-West Staff Reporter Dr. Suresh Reddy, an Indian American neuro interventional radiologist in the Chicago area, took office as president of the Indian American Medical Association of Illinois in a ceremony held in Oakbrook, Illinois, Nov. 13. “I
Police personnel supervise the removal of barricades at the Ghazipur border where farmers were protesting against three farm laws, in New Delhi on Oct. 29. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision Nov. 19 to withdraw the controversial farm laws will be
Stop AAPI Hate released new data revealing that Indian Americans represented two percent of those who reported a hate crime; the overwhelming majority of those experiencing hate were Chinese Americans. (Stop AAPI Hate image) By SUNITA SOHRABJI/India-West Staff Reporter More than 16
File photo of police forces at Bemina in Srinagar on Oct. 15, 2021. (Nisar Malik /IANS photo) SRINAGAR, India — Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir ordered an investigation into a police raid that killed four people and later on Nov. 18 exhumed
On Nov. 10, a special memorial to Arunay Pruthi was dedicated near the south end of Pillar Point Harbor in San Mateo, California. (arunayfoundation.org photo) India-West Staff Reporter Coastal cities in San Mateo County in California Nov. 10 held a memorial for
File photo of an American Airlines plane. (photo via IANS) By ROHIT VAID/IANS Exclusive NEW DELHI — Re-entering India's sky after a gap of nearly 10 years, Texas-based American Airlines is looking to connect more destinations, especially Mumbai to the U.S., via
Other common passwords people use in India are "iloveyou," "krishna,” "sairam" and "omsairam,” among others. (photo via IANS) NEW DELHI – In India, the most popular password is "password" and not "123456" as has been widely speculated. Interestingly, Japan is the
Indian Public Works Department workers sprinkle water to curb air pollution in New Delhi on Nov. 6. (ANI photo) By SHEIKH SAALIQ and SHONAL GANGULY NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities closed schools indefinitely and shut down some coal-burning power plants Nov. 17
Lakireddy Bali Reddy, an Indian American landlord in Berkeley, California. (commons.wikimedia.org photo) India-West Staff Reporter Indian American businessman Lakireddy Bali Reddy, an infamous Berkeley, California, landlord who went to prison for sex trafficking young women from India, has died, according to media
Kiara Kaur, an Indian American five-year-old girl, was born in the U.S. and currently resides in the UAE with her parents. (Twitter photo) India-West Staff Reporter Earlier this year, an Indian American five-year-old girl, Kiara Kaur, who currently lives in the UAE,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services settled a lawsuit Nov. 10, which allows the spouses of L-2 workers to automatically receive work authorization, and also provides an automatic 180-day extension of work authorization for some spouses of H-1B workers. (representational image/IANS) By
File photo of homeless people at a free food distribution drive outside LNJP hospital, during a curfew imposed to contain the COVID-19 surge, in New Delhi on May 24, 2021. (ANI photo) NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court on Nov. 16
Democratic Youth Federation of India supporters holding placards raise slogans during a protest over the violence against minorities in Tripura, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Nov. 16. (ANI photo) By WASBIR HUSSAIN GAUHATI, India (AP) — Two Indian journalists who
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman (above) addressing a press conference at the National Media Center in New Delhi on Sept. 16, 2021. Indian American Gita Gopinath, chief economist at the IMF, who vacates her office in
Former Yorktown, New York, city councilman Vishnu Patel endured a verbal racist attack on election night Nov. 2. (yorktownny.org photo) By SUNITA SOHRABJI/India-West Staff Reporter A top Republican leader in Yorktown, New York, has stepped down from his post as video footage
File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking at the session on ‘Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation and Deployment’ in Glasgow on Nov. 2. (ANI photo) By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — India faces a difficult choice that will have consequences for
Jayesh Shah, Indian American past president of AAPI and chair of the 2022 Convention. (photo provided) India-West Staff Reporter The 40th annual convention of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin will be held June 23-26, 2022 in San Antonio, Texas,
Vihaan and Nav Agarwal, winners of the International Children’s Peace Prize 2021. (kidsrights.org photo) By MIKE CORDER THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Indian brothers Vihaan and Nav Agarwal won a prestigious children’s prize Nov. 13 for a project they launched that aims
Tourists visit the Taj Mahal in huge numbers, in Agra on Nov. 13. (ANI photo) By SHEIKH SAALIQ NEW DELHI (AP) — India on Nov. 15 began allowing fully vaccinated foreign tourists to enter the country on regular commercial flights, in the
File photo of a fisherman catching fish with the help of a traditional net in the floodwater of the Mahanadi river, in Cuttack, Odisha. (ANI Photo) KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan has freed 20 Indian fishermen who spent four years in
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center) in a group photo with the United States Congressional Delegation, in New Delhi on Nov. 13. (ANI photo) NEW DELHI – Prime Minister Narendra Modi Nov. 13 met a U.S. Congressional delegation here and appreciated the
File photo of Prime Minister Modi. (photo via IANS) NEW DELHI – As many as 43.7 percent voters in the five poll-bound states of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand see current Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the best candidate
Vehicles wade through a waterlogged road following heavy rainfall, in Chennai on Nov. 11. (ANI photo) NEW DELHI — At least 14 people have died in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu during days of heavy rains, officials said Nov.
A solar power plant. (IANS file photo) NEW DELHI – Recognized as Earth Day Network Rising Star 2021 for her idea of a 'Solar Ironing Cart', 15-year-old Indian student Vinisha Umashankar has exhorted the world to move towards clean energy during
SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts including Indian American Raja Chari (center), who is the commander of this mission, docked to the International Space Station Nov. 11. Chari and his crewmates will perform scientific experiments and maintain the orbiting research lab. (NASA photo) By
Reshma Kosaraju was named the winner of the 2021 Children’s Climate Prize. (photo provided) By GIOVANNI ALBANESE Jr./India-West Staff Reporter The Children’s Climate Prize Nov. 8 announced the winner of its 2021 award, with Indian American teenager Reshma Kosaraju claiming the prize. Kosaraju,
Heads of over 100 nations set the tone for net-zero emissions. (photo via IANS/https://twitter.com/COP26) By VISHAL GULATI GLASGOW (IANS) – At the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference Nov. 10, India, the fourth-largest auto market in the world, has committed to accelerate the
Indian American Rishi Patel is the CEO of HMR Designs, which created extravagant floral arrangements at Bill and Melinda Gates’ daughter Jennifer Gates’ wedding. (hmrdesigns.com photo) India-West Staff Reporter Bill and Melinda Gates’ oldest daughter Jennifer Gates tied the knot with Nayel
“U.S. Government officials have authorized the use of R-1 visas for stone artisans for 20 years, and federal, state, and local government agencies have regularly visited and inspected all of the construction projects on which those artisans volunteered,” Paul Fishman,
File photo of Congress leader Salman Khurshid. (IANS photo) NEW DELHI – Delhi-based lawyer Vineet Jindal on Nov. 11 filed a complaint with the police against Congress leader Salman Khurshid for remarks in his book, 'Sunrise over Ayodhya', on Hindutva. In his
Indian American Vedika Khemani of Stanford was named among the most recent group of Packard Fellows. (Packard.org photo) India-West Staff Reporter The David and Lucile Packard Foundation last month had announced the 2021 class of Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering, with
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval along with National Security Advisers/Secretaries of Security Councils of Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, pose for a group photo during the Delhi Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan, in New Delhi on Nov. 10.
File photo of passengers entering the security inspection area at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on March 13, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Ying/IANS photo) NEW YORK – The U.S. has opened its doors to fully vaccinated international travelers, welcoming visitors
Indian American cardiologist Dr. Amit Khera (shown above) and Dr. Enas Enas discussed ways to create awareness of heart disease among South Asians during a webinar hosted by the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin Oct. 16. (photo provided) India-West
As India and the U.S. strengthen their strategic cooperation, the U.S.-India Defense Technology and Trade Initiative has assumed an important role, which was reiterated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden at their Washington summit in September, seen
A massive fire broke out in the ICU of the Mumbai’s Civil Hospital on Nov. 6. (photo via IANS) MUMBAI – In drastic action, the Maharashtra government late on Nov. 8 took action against six officials in connection with the major
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lighting the traditional lamp to celebrate Diwali, headlining the event with Congressman Danny K. Davis, Dr. Vijay Prabhakar, an Indian American community leader in Chicago; and Neil Khot. (photo provided) India-West Staff Reporter Many U.S. officials across the
Mini Timmaraju speaks onstage at the Women in Cable Telecommunications Leadership Conference And Touchstones Luncheon at The New York Marriott Marquis on Sept. 16, 2019 in New York City. Timmaraju has been named national president of NARAL Pro Choice America,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to supporters on his arrival at the BJP National Executive Meeting at the NDMC Convention Centre in New Delhi on Nov. 7, 2021. (Qamar Sibtain/IANS photo) NEW DELHI – Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Nov. 7
The Central Drug Research Institute and King George's Medical University. (photo via IANS/Wikipedia) LUCKNOW – Over 2,000 scientists from India figure among the top scientists from India in a world database created by the Stanford University in California. The report was prepared