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The rise of Lego’s new Indian-origin CEO

The rise of Lego’s new Indian-origin CEO

Punjab-born Bali Padda has been appointed as the new CEO of the iconic Danish toymaker Lego. Padda has become the first non-Dane boss of Lego which is headquartered in Denmark, from this January. With the low-profile and long-serving COO taking on this top role, he joins a small yet growing list of NRIs, or those […]

Six Indian-Americans among Ellis Island Medal of Honour

Six Indian-Americans among Ellis Island Medal of Honour

HOUSTON: PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, author Fareed Zakaria are amongst six Indian-Americans nominated for the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honour 2017 – the highest civilian award in the US for immigrants. Among 88 named recipients, the four other Indian-Americans are Harman International Industries chairman CEO Dinesh Paliwal, Dr Annapoorna S Kini, Yashvant Patel, Mohan […]

Donald Trump nominates 2 Indian-Americans for key positions

Donald Trump nominates 2 Indian-Americans for key positions

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has nominated two Indian-Americans for key administrative posts to coordinate US law-enforcement strategy around copyright, patents and trademarks and oversee his plan to eliminate 75 per cent of federal regulations. Prominent Indian-Americans Vishal Amin and Neomi Rao will be Trump’s new IP and regulatory czars respectively as he nominated them on […]

‘We are here to stay’, say Indian-Americans amid growing hate crime incidents in the US

‘We are here to stay’, say Indian-Americans amid growing hate crime incidents in the US

WASHINGTON: “We are here to stay”, Indian-Americans have vowed while holding a series of meetings to express their concern over growing hate crime incidents against ethnic and religious minorities in the US. “No matter what gunmen or the President (Donald Trump) say, this is our country, we are here to stay, and we will keep […]

Indian-origin man from Kerala racially abused, assaulted in Australia

Indian-origin man from Kerala racially abused, assaulted in Australia

An Indian man from Kerala was allegedly assaulted by a group of teenagers who hurled racial abuses at him at a restaurant in Australia’s Hobart. Li Max Joy, who is pursuing a nursing course and working as a part time taxi driver in Australia, alleged that five people including a girl hurled racial abuses like […]

Trump nominates Indian-American Amul Thapar to top judicial post

Trump nominates Indian-American Amul Thapar to top judicial post

An Indian-American legal luminary has been nominated by US President Donald Trump to a key judicial position on the powerful US court of appeals. Amul Thapar, 47, who in 2007 became the first South Asian Article III judge when he was appointed as a US District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, is the […]

Radicalised German teens sentenced for attacking Gurudwara

Radicalised German teens sentenced for attacking Gurudwara

BERLIN: Three radicalised German-born teens were on Tuesday sentenced to up to seven years in juvenile detention for carrying out a “religiously motivated” bomb attack on a Gurdwara that left a Sikh priest badly injured. The judge ruled that the teens should serve sentences of seven years, six years and nine months, and six years […]

One held in Hyderabad for cheating NRI

One held in Hyderabad for cheating NRI

HYDERABAD: A 30-year-old man was on Thursday arrested for allegedly cheating an NRI of over Rs 9 lakh by fraudulently using his international credit card for buying a car and gold ornaments. Cyber crime wing of Hyderabad Police arrested K Nageswara Rao, a native of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh, who is presently staying here, […]

Preet Bharara was probing Trump cabinet member when fired: Report

Preet Bharara was probing Trump cabinet member when fired: Report

Indian-American attorney Preet Bharara, who was recently fired by the Trump administration, was investigating into allegations of trading of health-related stocks of secretary of health and human services Tom Price, an investigative news media outlet has claimed. New York-based independent and non-profit ProPublica, which is known for its investigative reporting mostly on health-related issues, in its […]

Indian-American running for key civil rights post in US: Report

Indian-American running for key civil rights post in US: Report

A prominent Sikh-American woman lawyer is in the running for leading the civil rights division of the US Department of Justice, a media report has said, amid a recent spurt in hate crimes against Indians+ in the country. Harmeet Dhillon, 48, a senior Republican leader from California, interviewed with attorney general Jeff Sessions last week, […]

Critics raise questions after Trump fires India-born attorney Preet Bharara

Critics raise questions after Trump fires India-born attorney Preet Bharara

Defiant to the end, Preet Bharara, the high profile Indian-born US attorney often called the Sheriff of Wall Street, refused to hand over his resignation, among the 46 sought by the Trump administration and announced he had been fired. While there were no indications his firing, or the others, had anything to do with any […]

Indian-origin businessman shot dead outside his US home in S Carolina

Indian-origin businessman shot dead outside his US home in S Carolina

A 43-year-old Indian-origin store owner in South Carolina, US, was shot dead outside his home, just days after an Indian engineer was killed in Kansas in a hate crime shooting that had sent shock waves across the country. But the county sheriff told the Indian mission that this “may not be a hate crime,” but […]

F.B.I. Investigating Kansas Shooting of Indian Men as Hate Crime

F.B.I. Investigating Kansas Shooting of Indian Men as Hate Crime

The F.B.I. said on Tuesday that it was investigating the shooting of two Indian immigrants by a white man who leveled ethnic slurs at them and questioned their immigration status before he opened fire at a Kansas bar as a hate crime. The suspect, Adam W. Purinton, was thrown out of Austins Bar and Grill […]

Jaishankar to visit US this week, discuss concerns over H-1B visas, safety of Indians

Jaishankar to visit US this week, discuss concerns over H-1B visas, safety of Indians

Foreign secretary S. Jaishankar will leave for the US on a four-day visit this week, aimed at sensitising the Trump administration over India’s concerns over a possible cut in H1B and L1 visas used extensively by Indian IT professionals. A person familiar with the developments said Jaishankar would also be discussing the possibility of cuts […]

Avoid Indian languages in public places: Indians in US share dos and don’ts

Avoid Indian languages in public places: Indians in US share dos and don’ts

“Don’t talk to each other in Hindi or any other Indian language when you are at a public place in the US. It might land you in deep trouble.” This is one of the suggestions doing rounds among Indians in the US in their social media groups. That sums up the fear psychosis among Indians, […]

Couple quit prime US jobs to teach their daughter Gujarati

Couple quit prime US jobs to teach their daughter Gujarati

RAJKOT: Quitting a high-salary job with the world’s second biggest investment bank is not an easy decision. But Gaurav Pandit and his wife Sheetal had no qualms when they resigned together from Goldman Sachsin New York. But the reason for this bold decision could leave many surprised. This couple from Gujarat put in their papers […]

Free SIM cards for tourists coming to India on e-Visa

Free SIM cards for tourists coming to India on e-Visa

Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma on Wednesday launched pre-loaded SIM cards for tourists arriving in India on e-visa. These SIMs, which will be provided by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, will have Rs 50 talk time and 50 Mb internet data at free of cost. Click here to read more… Credit: in.pcmag.com

NRI Bishnujee Singh given UK’s top honour in Mathematics

NRI Bishnujee Singh given UK’s top honour in Mathematics

Cayley Aerospace Inc Chief Executive Officer Eur Ing Bishnujee Singh has been elected Fellows of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications in the UK on January 26. The honour recognises outstanding contribution to the advancement of mathematics. The Indian-origin scientist is also a chartered mathematician of the same institute and also the first ever […]

Trump appoints Indian-American attorney to key White House post

Trump appoints Indian-American attorney to key White House post

WASHINGTON: US PresidentDonald Trump has appointed prominent Indian-American attorney Uttam Dhillon to a key White House position to assist him on ethics and compliance matters. Dhillon, who served as chief oversight counsel for the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, has been appointed as special assistant to the President. Click here to read more… Credit: […]

Evicted by son in US, woman seeks PM Narendra Modi’s nod to spend her last years in India

Evicted by son in US, woman seeks PM Narendra Modi’s nod to spend her last years in India

AHMEDABAD: In what may be called the mother of all ironies, a nonagenarian, who is a US citizen, is resisting her deportation to America citing she wants to spend her last years in her motherland. Ailing Kantaben Shah (90), who remains mostly confined to her bed in her elder son Jayesh Shah’s house in Paldi […]