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Indian Americans
Indian American Executive Faces Racial Abuse from Trump Supporters
CHICAGO (TIP): An Indian-American executive was racially abused and told to “go back to India” after he said that he will not support President Donald Trump’s economic agenda after Trump appeared to defend white supremacists […]
India
Right to privacy verdict: Top lawyers unsure about Aadhaar’s future
NEW DELHI (TIP): The landmark verdict of the Supreme Court ruling on right to privacy as a fundamental right was on August 24, 2017 welcomed by jurists and senior advocates who termed it as “progressive” […]
India
Nandan Nilekani back at Infosys as Chairman
BENGALURU (TIP): Nandan Nilekani, the 62-year-old co-founder of India’s second-largest software services exporter, returned to the Infosys board after an 8-year hiatus on Thursday, August 24, as the firm’s chairman, a move that investors expect […]
United States
India Day Parade in New York City brings a riot of Tricolor
25 floats, dozens of marching bands and dancing groups; thousands cheering with tricolor in hands NEW YORK (TIP): Thousands of people from the Indian diaspora converged in the heart of New York, on August 20, […]
India
TN to probe Jayalalithaa’s death
CHENNAI (TIP): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Thursday announced that an inquiry commission headed by a retired High Court judge would be constituted to probe the death of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in December last year. A decision on […]
India
WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE IN AMRITSAR WITH INAUGURATION OF PARTITION MUSEUM
AMRITSAR (TIP): A first-of-its-kind ‘Partition Museum’ bringing alive memories of the Independence era in the form of photos, artefacts and documents was today inaugurated in the historic city of Amritsar – the transit point of the massive migration on […]
India
PM MODI WANTS ‘SWACHH BHARAT’, WE WANT ‘SACH BHARAT’: RAHUL GANDHI
NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hit out at the government for not being able to keep its promises and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted to create a “Swachh Bharat” (Clean India) but people wanted […]
India
Army to get its own attack helicopters
NEW DELHI (TIP): The country’s defence acquisition council (DAC) on Thursday gave the green light to a proposal to buy six Apache AH64E attack helicopters for the army from the United States. The Boeing-manufactured helicopters and associated equipment cleared by the council are expected to cost around […]
India
VISHAL SIKKA RESIGNS AS INFOSYS CEO; PRAVIN RAO NAMED INTERIM BOSS
BENGALURU (TIP): Infosys Ltd, in a surprise announcement, said Vishal Sikka has resigned as CEO citing a stream of distractions and disruptions in recent months, pushing down shares of the second-largest Indian IT services firm almost 8 per cent on Friday. UB […]
India
Corporates donated Rs 957 cr to national parties, BJP got lion’s share: Report
NEW DELHI (TIP): The BJP received the lion’s share – Rs 705.81 crore – of Rs 956.77 crore that corporate houses donated to five national parties between 2012-13 and 2015-16, a report by a Delhi-based nonprofit pushing for poll reforms […]
India
Amit Shah sets ‘360+’ BJP target for ’19
NEW DELHI (TIP): The BJP today set the ball rolling for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, fixing an individual target of “at least 360- plus” seats and winning constituencies (around 120 or so) where it had never won or had […]
India
JAPAN BACKS INDIA ON DOKLAM ISSUE
NEW DELHI (TIP): Japan came out in full support for India in its protracted military stand-off with China at Doklam, near the Sikkim-Tibet-Bhutan tri-junction, saying no country should use unilateral forces to change the status quo on the ground. Acknowledging the […]
Featured
The Pathetic & dangerous transformation of India to Crony Capitalism in last 70 years
“India is in the top ten nations with the widest socio-economic gap. It is an economically, socially and politically failed state for majority of its 1.3 billion citizens; who cannot solve its socio-economic, religious and […]
United States
India’s Independence Celebrated at NASDAQ
NEW YORK CITY, NY (TIP): As a part of the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of Independence Day of India and India@70 series, Consul General Sandeep Chakravorty, rang the opening bell at NASDAQ on Tuesday, […]
India
Nikolay Kudashev is Russia’s new envoy to India
NEW DELHI (TIP): Career diplomat Nikolay Kudashev has been appointed as Russia’s new ambassador to India, the Russian embassy here said. Kudashev, a specialist in South East Asia, is currently the Deputy Director General Secretariat […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Joins New Jersey Democratic Coordinated Campaign Committee
EDISON (TIP): Victory 2017, the coordinated campaign between Murphy for Governor and the New Jersey Democratic State Committee, announced the hiring of two veteran state political operatives including Indian American Amit Jani, who will undertake […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Sentenced to Prison for Participating in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
FREMONT (TIP): An Indian American Mahendra Prasad, 55, of Fremont, was sentenced Aug 14 by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay $328,000 in restitution for his […]
Indian Americans
Indian American man Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Victims in IRS Impersonator Scam
MIAMI (TIP): A Miami resident of Indian origin was sentenced to 40 months in prison on Aug 15, to be followed by three years of supervised release for his role in defrauding victims in an […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Investment Bank Vice President Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading
NEW YORK CITY, NY (TIP): An Indian American executive Avaneesh Krishnamoorthy, who worked as a vice president and risk management specialist for a Manhattan-based investment bank pled guilty Aug 10 to a criminal Information charging […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Professor Thomas Kailath to be honored with lifetime achievement award by Marconi Society
STANFORD (TIP): Stanford electrical engineering Professor emeritus Thomas Kailath will be given the Marconi Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his many transformative contributions to information and system science, as well as his sustained […]
United States
Singer Kailash Kher hosted at TV Asia
EDISON, NJ (TIP): Kailash Kher, award-winning Indian pop-rock and Bollywood playback singer, was hosted at TV Asia Aug 17 for a live interactive session and a community reception. Kher, who was recently conferred the Padma […]
India
Consulate General of India Celebrates India’s 71st Independence Day
NEW YORK CITY, NY (TIP): Consul General Sandeep Chakravorty unfurled the National Flag at the Consulate premises in the morning of 15 August. The unfurling of the flag was followed by the playing of the national […]
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United States
INTERVIEW : Eye Foundation of America aims at eliminating childhood blindness: Dr. VK Raju
By Prof. Indrajit S Saluja Dr. V.K. Raju, MD, FRCS, FACS, the Founder and Medical Director of the Eye Foundation of American is on a crusade to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world. Eye Foundation […]