As President-elect Donald Trump sided with Elon Musk over a virtual war between his MAGA supporters and the tech billionaire over H-1B visas, Musk called the program "broken" and in need of "major reform."Read More
Arun Kumar
December 29, 2024
President-elect calls the work visa coveted by Indian techies “a great program” as Trump ally Steve Bannon dubs it a “scam”Read More
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Centenary of Mahatma Gandhi’s presidency of Indian National Congress
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December 25, 2024
The historic Congress session on December 26, 1924 presided over by Gandhiji marked a significant milestone in India's struggle for independenceRead More
Arun Kumar
December 23, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has named Chennai, India-born Indian American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author Sriram Krishnan as the Senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence.Read More
Arun Kumar
December 23, 2024
Vibhu Vikramaditya of Gokhale Institute of Economics and Politics in Pune, India clinched first place among 2024's graduate winners of Sound Money Scholarship, earning a $2,000 award for his insightful essay.Read More
Arun Kumar
December 20, 2024
Davidson College, a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina, has named Indian American Saj Thakkar as its 29th head coach to lead Wildcats football.Read More
Arun Kumar
December 19, 2024
Caitlin Sandra Neil, a 19-year-old, Chennai-born Indian American student has won Miss India USA 2024 title at the annual beauty pageant for young women of Indian descent who are residents of the United States.Read More
Arun Kumar
December 19, 2024
Three Indian American students — Tej Patel and Sridatta Teerdhala from the University of Pennsylvania and Pratyush Seshadri from University of North Carolina — are among the 36 American students who will receive Marshall Scholarships for 2025.Read More
Arun Kumar
December 18, 2024
Biden administration announced a new rule Tuesday clarifying who can apply for an H-1B work visa coveted by Indian techies, to significantly enhance US companies’ ability to fill job vacancies in critical fields, strengthening Read More
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Keya Mitra wins Prairie Schooner’s 2024 creative nonfiction contest
Arun Kumar
December 18, 2024
The contest was judged by Safiya Sinclair of Montego Bay, Jamaica, whose poetry has been awarded a Whiting Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Metcalf Award, the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Poetry, Read More