Perspective
Bihar has strong message for Opposition
The results of the Bihar elections have a message for all states headed for polls in the months ahead on taking on the BJP under Modi. Bihar has sent a strong message to the Opposition […]
Indian American
Indian American Doctor feels honored upon being named to Joe Biden’s Covid Advisory Board
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian American doctor Atul Gawande who has been included in US President-elect Joe Biden’s newly announced transition coronavirus advisory board on Monday, November 9 said he is grateful and honored to be asked to […]
Indian American
Indian-origin Vivek Murthy to lead Biden Covid panel
WASHINGTON (TIP): While several Indian-Americans, such as Richard Verma, Nisha Biswal, Sonal Shah and Seema Sadanandan, might figure in the new Biden administration to be announced around November 26, an American of the Indian origin […]
Indian American
Indian Americans named to Biden’s Agency Review Teams
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President-elect Joe Biden has named more than 20 Indian Americans as members, including three as team leads, to his agency review teams (ARTs) that are responsible for evaluating the operations of the key […]
Opinions
Biden likely to give India more strategic space
Biden has said that he would constitute a united front of the US, its allies and partners to ‘confront China’s abusive behavior and human rights violations’ and ‘place US back at the head of the […]
Featured
Immortal legacy of Nehru
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was born November 14, 1889 in Allahabad, India, and died May 27, 1964 in New Delhi. The first Prime Minister of Independent India from 1947 to 1964, Nehru is credited with establishing […]
Opinions
PBS SPECIAL: “POLICING THE POLICE 2020”
NJPAC: Resisting & Healing By Mabel Pais In the wake of the killing of George Floyd and several more victims of systemic racism, particularly in the last several months of 2020, a new PBS Frontline […]
Astrology
Shree Ganeshaya Namah
Weekly Horoscope : November 16 – November 22, 2020 Contact at +918141234275 for all kinds of astrological queries Aries: Ganesha says a time when you will enjoy fully at the pleasures that the senses can […]
Comments
Biden, Harris are in
Change of guard augurs well for the US, the world at large The tortuous 2020 United States presidential poll process finally comes to an end, throwing up results that are singular in every which way […]
Indian American
Indian Sikhs in U.S. welcome election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
WASHINGTON (TIP): Sikhs across the United States have hailed the victory of President-elect Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris in the November 3 elections, saying America needed a leader who would set a […]
Indian American
Indian American urban planner Nithya Raman unseats LA City Councilor
LOS ANGELES (TIP): Indian American urban planner Nithya Raman has won a seat on the Los Angeles City Council unseating David Ryu in a district that includes the Miracle Mile and much of the Hollywood […]
Indian American
Indian American Hiral Tipirneni loses House race from Arizona
ARIZONA (TIP): Indian American Democrat candidate Hiral Tipirneni has failed in her second bid to capture a House of Representatives seat from Arizona losing in a close contest to sitting Republican David Schweikert. Tipirneni called […]
Indian American
Indian American Kash Patel named Chief of Staff to Acting US Defense Secretary
WASHINGTON (TIP): (TIP): Indian American Kash Patel has been named as the Chief of Staff to the Acting US Defense Secretary Chris Miller, the Pentagon has announced. The new appointment from the Pentagon comes a day […]
Frontpage News
India enters recession for the first time: RBI report
Likely contraction in GDP during the July-September period MUMBAI (TIP): Even as India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Seetharaman rolled out ₹1.19 lakh-crore stimulus package, the country has technically entered into a recession with a likely contraction […]
Coronavirus
November on track to be worst month of pandemic so far in US as cases surge
Wednesday marked new record for daily cases with 143,231 new infections and 2,005 deaths NEW YORK (TIP): November is on track to be the worst month of the pandemic so far in the US as […]
NY/NJ/CT
PAYTEL APP for world financial connectivity Launched
NEW DELHI / NEW YORK (TIP): PAYTEL FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY Private Limited is a FINTECH company, launched its PAYTEL App to Public in India on November 9, 2020 by its management team under the leadership of […]
Letters
DIWALI 2020
“Diwali Mubarak to all those who are celebrating this great festival on Long Island, in Queens, across the United States, and around the world. May we all join together in spirit to celebrate the triumph […]
E-Edition
Indian Origin
Indian-Origin Millionaire Shri Thanedar Elected to Michigan State Legislature
HOUSTON (TIP): Shri Thanedar, an Indian-origin millionaire businessman who ran for Governor two years ago, has been elected to the House of Representatives in Michigan with 93 per cent votes. Mr Thanedar, 65, also a scientist, […]
Indian American
Four Democratic Indian American Lawmakers of “Samosa Caucus” Re-Elected to US House of Representatives
WASHINGTON (TIP): In an impressive show, all the four Indian American Democratic lawmakers – Dr Ami Bera, Pramila Jayapal, Ro Khanna and Raja Krishnamoorthi – have been re-elected to the US House of Representatives. The Indian […]
Indian American
Indian-American Republican candidate Rik Mehta loses New Jersey Senate election
TRENTON, NJ (TIP): In July, Mehta had become the first Indian-American to win the Republican primary for the Senate seat from the US state of New Jersey. Mehta, a former US Food and Drug Administration […]
Indian American
Indian American lawyer becomes first South Asian woman to be elected to New York State Assembly
NEW YORK (TIP) : A 38-year-old Indian-American lawyer has become the first South Asian woman to be elected to the New York State Assembly. Jenifer Rajkumar, a Democrat, defeated her Republican rival Giovanni Perna. “Congratulations to @JeniferRajkumar […]
Indian Origin
First Indian American Ohio state senator is Niraj Antani
COLUMBUS, OH (TIP): Republican Niraj Antani, who in 2014 became the youngest member of the Ohio state house, made history again on Tuesday, November 3, by being elected as Ohio’s first Indian-American state senator. Antani […]
Indian American
Indian-Origin Priyanca Radhakrishnan Elected as New Zealand’s First – Ever Indian- Origin Minister
NEW ZEALAND (TIP): Priyanca Radhakrishnan, who on Monday became New Zealand’s first-ever Indian-origin minister, has been receiving a large number of congratulatory messages on social media. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is one of the many […]
Indian American
Indian Americans make a splash in yet another election cycle
NEW YORK (TIP): Besides the four member ‘Samosa Caucus’ of Indian American lawmakers re-elected to the US House of Representatives, over a dozen others, including five women have won state level elections scoring a few […]