We cannot simply bhangra off into the sunset. But we should take a moment to celebrate. A long, historic, poignant moment. This election is a Big. Freaking. Deal. For our country, our futures, our children, our spirits, notes Pia Padukone.
'This year felt different -- and was different.' 'For the first time, the Indian American voter seemed to matter.'
Indians constitute 4 per cent of the total illegal immigrants living in the US, a country where the overall unauthorised immigrant population has remained unchanged since 2009, a latest report has said.
Kamala Harris is now the first woman, the first Black American and the first Asian American to hold the country's second highest office, and is now in a strong position to run for the top job four years from now.
An electronic voting machine selected Republican nominee Mitt Romney even when a voter choose incumbent Barack Obama in the just concluded United States presidential poll.
With just hours to go before the United States presidential election all eyes are turning stateside as Donald Trump seeks a second term in the White House and Democratic candidate Joe Biden campaigns to become America's 46th president. If you're struggling to wrap your head around the presidential election and how it compares to India, which competing parties will be vying for the White House, and how a winner is selected, scroll on for a comprehensive guide that details all there is to know about the upcoming elections.
Nomura Group Study found that in 2019, out of the fifty-six companies which shifted their production out of China, only three of these invested in India; while 26 went to Vietnam, 11 to Taiwan, and 08 to Thailand. In April 2020, Nikkei noted that out of the 1,000 firms which were planning to leave China and invest in Asian countries, only 300 of them were seriously thinking of investing in India.
Narendra Modi will be the first Indian prime minister in over a decade to stay at the US President's guest house -- the 190-year-old Blair House -- when he travels to Washington on September 29.
Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, with three wins each in their kitty, were running almost neck to neck in Ohio on "Super Tuesday" wherein 10 States went into Republican presidential primary.
Official White House photographer Pete Souza has used his incredible access to document Obama's journey, capturing both the tense moments and the lighter ones to provide a behind-the-scenes look at his presidency.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney kept up campaign frenzy even on Election Day and dashed through the swing states of Ohio and Pennsylvania for a last minute push to his election prospects.
In an incident reminiscent of what happened to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan recently, security officials at New York's JFK airport May 3 detained and questioned Usha Krishnakumar, he wife of former Indian minister S Krishnakumar.
A senior Indian Forest Service officer Surendra Prasad Mohapatra, who is in the US on a training course, has been detained by police in Pennsylvania following a woman staff's complaint of "sexual assault" at a hotel where he was staying.
A senior Indian Forest Service officer Surendra Prasad Mohapatra, who is in the United States on a training course, has been taken into police custody at Pennsylvania, according to information received by the Odisha government in Bhubaneshwar on Thursday.
"Tonight is the beginning of the end of the disappointments of the Obama years," Romney said in his remarks after mainstream media outlets virtually declared him the presumptive Republican nominee. "I have a simple message: Hold on a little longer. A better America begins tonight," Romney said in his victory speech in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Devesh Kapur, Director, Center for the Advanced Study of India, discusses the impact of interniational migration with Arthur J Pais
Official White House photographer Pete Souza has used his incredible access to document Obama's journey, capturing both the tense moments and the lighter ones to provide a behind-the-scenes look at his presidency.
Indian American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has extended his support to Mitt Romney, who is expected to bag the Republican Party's nomination for presidential polls.
Mohan will be responsible for aligning of teams, overall strategy in this country and driving Facebook's investments in India
Santorum's sudden announcement on Tuesday came a day after his campaign said that his youngest daughter, Bella, has been released from hospital and that he would resume his campaign.
He told supporters that he was keeping 'one promise after another', dismissing criticism as 'fake news' by 'out of touch' journalists.
His appointment comes at a time of important expansion and opportunity for Yale SOM.
Republican hopeful Mitt Romney has secured a commanding win in the Illinois presidential primary, taking him a step closer to bagging the party's nomination to challenge incumbent Barack Obama in the November presidential elections. With about one-fifth of the votes counted, Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, had garnered 54 per cent of the total votes polled, with his nearest rival Rick Santorum, the former Senator from Pennsylvania.
India's women's hockey team rallied splendidly to score a 2-1 victory over the United States in the second outing of their America tour, in Manheim, Pennsylvania, on Thursday.
Studies have shown that placing others ' well-being ahead of ourselves without expectations or altruistic behaviour, stimulates brain reward centres.
Hindu Americans have said that they are appalled by the recent comments made by Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum -- the darling of the conservative evangelicals -- on the eve of last month's South Carolina primary that the concept of equality did not come from Islam or 'eastern religions', but rather from the "God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob."
A 26-year-old Indian employee at an IT firm, who was accused of murdering an American woman, was found dead after he allegedly committed suicide due to suspected drug overdose at a New Jersey hotel.
The vehicle known as Chassis 30 can also be credited with having saved the fledgling firm from bankruptcy.
Frontrunner Mitt Romney has won the Puerto Rico's Republican presidential primary, taking him a step closer to bagging the party's nomination to challenge incumbent Barack Obama in the fall.
A team at Pennsylvania State University in the US says the technology would simultaneously treat the water and the process could be used to provide clean water and power for homes in developing nations, the 'Science' journal reported.
"I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but to unify; who doesn't see red states and blue states, only sees the United States," Biden said in his victory speech on Saturday night.
Rick Santorum, the former Senator from Pennsylvania, on Wednesday won the Republican caucuses in three states, reshaping the party's primary race and staking out his claim to be the main alternative to front-runner Mitt Romney.
Third time lucky is an apt phrase to describe the remarkable rise of Joe Biden, a veteran in US politics for around five decades, from being one of the youngest senators in history to the oldest American president-to-be.
Hindu Americans have said they are appalled by the recent comments made by Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum -- the darling of the conservative evangelicals -- on the eve of last month's South Carolina primary that the concept of equality did not come from Islam or "Eastern religions" but rather from the "God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob."
Lt Col Raja "Grinder" Chari, 39 is in the batch of 2017.
Arnold Palmer, one of golf's greatest players whose immense popularity drew a legion of fans known as "Arnie's Army" and helped propel the game just as television was coming of age, died on Sunday at age 87, the US Golf Association and golf media reported.
K Krishnamurty, fondly known among peers as 'KK', an eminent and first-generation macro economist, passed away at his home in Hyderabad on the early hours of November 23. He was 76.
A 21-year-old Hispanic man arrested for firing rifle shots at the White House was charged with attempting to assassinate United States President Barack Obama, or member of his staff.
In addition to declaring a national emergency, US President Trump has approved major disaster declarations for New York, California, Washington, Iowa, Louisiana, North Carolina, Texas and Florida.
Shah Rukh Khan may have been roughed up by US officials but the superstar holds no grudges.
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