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Indian American Vanita Gupta named associate attorney general

Jan 9, 2021 - 9:01 am EST @theindpanorama 2

Biden says she is ‘proud daughter’ of immigrants from India. WASHINGTON (TIP): Vanita Gupta is one of the most respected civil rights lawyers in America and a “proud daughter” of immigrants from India who has […]

Indian American Groups Condemn Attack on US Capitol

Jan 9, 2021 - 8:52 am EST @theindpanorama 2

“The violent attack on the United States Capitol was disgusting. This act of sedition, stoked by Donald Trump, is a threat to our country and to every American’s rights and wellbeing. It must not be […]

Indian American Muslim Council asks Modi to stop persecution of Muslims

Jan 9, 2021 - 8:48 am EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): Alleging that persecution of Muslims in India has “increased beyond one’s imagination,” a leading advocacy organization of Indian Muslims in the US has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop the violence and […]

Indian Americans in the incoming Biden administration

Jan 9, 2021 - 7:08 am EST @theindpanorama 3

Jaskiran Saluja NEW YORK (TIP): Joe Biden-Kamala Harris team has nominated a number of Indian Americans to positions in their administration. It is a common knowledge that Indian Americans have excelled in every field. They […]

Indian American Bharat Ramamurti named to Biden-Harris economic team

Dec 31, 2020 - 6:37 am EST @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON (TIP): President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have added another Indian American to their economic team to “lift all Americans out of the current economic crisis” caused by covid-19 pandemic. Bharat Ramamurti, […]

Indian – Origin , UAE Based 12-Year-Old Sets World Record for Identifying Most Airplane Tails in Record Time

Dec 31, 2020 - 6:34 am EST @theindpanorama 2

DUBAI (TIP): A 12-year-old Indian boy in the UAE has entered into the Guinness Book of World Records by identifying the most aero plane tails in a minute, media reports said on Thursday. Siddhant Gumber, an […]

10 Indian Americans in Houston honored for their services to community, promoting Hindu culture

Dec 31, 2020 - 6:31 am EST @theindpanorama 2

HOUSTON (TIP): Ten Indian American youths here have been honored for their services to the community and promoting Hindu culture. According to the Hindus of Greater Houston (HGH), a non-profit organization, Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

Indian American Vedant Patel is named by Biden as White House Assistant Press Secretary

Dec 31, 2020 - 6:29 am EST @theindpanorama 1

He is currently a senior spokesperson for the Biden-Harris presidential Inaugural Committee. WASHINGTON (TIP): U.S. President Elect Joe Biden announced December 25, additional members of the White House communications and press team, including India-born Vedant […]

8 Indian Americans Honored At The ASEI Awards

8 Indian AmericansHonored at ASEI Awards

Dec 31, 2020 - 6:26 am EST @theindpanorama 1

CHICAGO (TIP): American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin (ASEI) has recognized four engineering achievers and four service excellence and contributors to ASEI with Lifetime Achievement award going to Naveen Jain. Amit Kumar, Consul General […]

‘Being Sheela’: Life and times of an Indian American powerhouse attorney, entrepreneur and philanthropist

Dec 31, 2020 - 6:23 am EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW YORK (TIP): Being Sheela quickly corrals the reader into caring and rooting for the accomplished attorney who is foremost “instinctively and unselfconsciously kind to others.” Author Adithi Rao injects us with very little preamble […]

Indian Americans Gautam Raghavan and Vinay Reddy named in Biden team

Dec 31, 2020 - 5:43 am EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW YORK (TIP): US president-elect Joe Biden has named two more Indian Americans to plum appointments in the post-Trump world: Gautam Raghavan is coming in as Deputy Director in the Office of Presidential Personnel and […]

Indian-Origin Aisha Shah named to Biden-Harris digital strategy team

Dec 31, 2020 - 5:38 am EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have named yet another Indian American to their team as a member of the White House Office of Digital Strategy. Born in Kashmir and raised […]

Indian- Origin Man Run Over by Train in New Jersey

Dec 31, 2020 - 5:35 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW JERSEY (TIP): The incident took place when Praveen Desini, a pharma sector employee, was on his way to work in New York. It was not immediately clear as to how he got on the […]

Indian American Suyash Mehta named full- time NBA’s referee

Dec 31, 2020 - 5:30 am EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW YORK (TIP): Indian Americans have been making their mark in the National Basketball Association (NBA) scene lately. Now Suyash Mehta has become the first Indian American official to be named a full-time NBA referee. […]

Indian American physicians publicly take COVID-19 vaccine, encourage others to get it

Dec 31, 2020 - 5:25 am EST @theindpanorama 3

NEW YORK : (TIP) Several Indian-American physicians, in the frontline of the fight against the pandemic, are publicly taking the coronavirus vaccine and encouraging others to get the shots, emphasizing that the vaccine is the […]

Indian American led researchers offer new view of origin of life

Dec 31, 2020 - 5:20 am EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW YORK (TIP): Chemists at Scripps Research led by an Indian American professor, Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy, have made a discovery that addresses the age-old question of how life on Earth first arose. In a study published […]

Indian American chief economist SP Kothari to leave SEC

Dec 31, 2020 - 5:14 am EST @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian-American SP Kothari, who played a key role in raising the profile of Securities and Exchange Commission as its chief economist and director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA), would […]

Indian American Pentagon Official Kash Patel Files $50 Million Defamation Suit Against CNN

Dec 18, 2020 - 10:48 am EST @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON (TIP): Kash Patel, the highest-ranking Indian American in the Pentagon, has filed a USD 50 million lawsuit against CNN and several of its top reporters for allegedly defaming him by publishing a series of “false […]

Indian American mechanic crushed to death at Chicago airport

Dec 18, 2020 - 10:43 am EST @theindpanorama 1

CHICAGO (TIP): Jijo George emigrated from India’s Kerala state 17 years ago to make things better for his family. But their American dream was dashed Sunday as the Indian American mechanic was crushed to death […]

Indian American Hindu community donates over 1.3 lakh kg food to needy during Diwali

Dec 18, 2020 - 10:27 am EST @theindpanorama 2

WASHINGTON (TIP): The Hindu-American community donated more than 1,33,000 kilograms of food to the poor and needy as part of its “Sewa Diwali” drive. The food drive, a collective effort of cultural and religious communities, […]

87-year-old Indian-origin man first to get COVID-19 vaccine in UK

Dec 18, 2020 - 10:20 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEWCASTLE, UK (TIP): 87-year-old Hari Shukla is an Indian-origin man from the north east of England. He will become one of the first people in the world to get a vaccine against COVID-19 when he […]

Indian Embassy in Beijing launches Bollywood ‘cinema SCOpe’ series for SCO diplomats

Dec 18, 2020 - 10:08 am EST @theindpanorama 0

BEIJING (TIP):Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Vladimir Norov and diplomats from the member states of the bloc attended the inaugural session of a movie series—’cinemaSCOope’—organized by the Indian Embassy here. ‘CinemaSCOpe’ series, […]

Indian American Ro Khanna named Democratic vice chair of Congressional India Caucus

Dec 18, 2020 - 10:04 am EST @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON (TIP):Indian American Congressman Ro Khanna, who represents the Silicon Valley in the US House of Representatives, has been named as Democratic Vice Chair of the Congressional India Caucus. The seat has been created for […]

Indian American Rahul Dubey among Time ‘Heroes of 2020’

Dec 18, 2020 - 9:58 am EST @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON (TIP): Rahul Dubey, an Indian American healthcare worker, who opened the doors of his Washington DC home to demonstrators protesting the killing of George Floyd, has been hailed as one of “Heroes of 2020” […]

Indian American Lawmakers Seek Immigration Overhaul

Dec 18, 2020 - 9:51 am EST @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON(TIP): Influential American lawmakers, including IndianAmerican Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, have urged President-elect Joe Biden to reverse the immigration policies of Donald Trump, as they introduced a resolution, seeking reform of the immigration system that is […]