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White House backs Neera Tanden as Republicans oppose her nomination

The White House and the Indian-American community are solidly backing the nomination of Neera Tanden as the director of Office of Management and Budget, describing her as the most appropriate......

Neera Tanden credits Indian mother for realising American Dream

Indian-American Neera Tanden, who has been nominated as the director of the Office of Management and Budget by US president-elect Joe Biden, on Tuesday shared the inspiring story of her mother who......

America is a nation of immigrants: Biden aid amid H-1b debate

America is a nation of immigrants, and there's broad support for expanding legal immigration in the country, a top domestic policy advisor to United States President Joe Biden has said amidst a......

All parties in UP patronised Neera Yadav

Controversial IAS officer and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Neera Yadav , who was on Tuesday, convicted by a special Central Bureau of Investigation court and arrested in Ghaziabad on......

White House budget chief nominee Neera Tanden withdraws nomination

In the first major setback to United States President Joe Biden, Indian-American policy expert Neera Tanden has withdrawn her nomination as his top White House budget official after she faced......

Did poverty and inequality spike during Covid?

Claims of a spike in poverty and inequality in India during the Covid-19 pandemic are patently false as such claims are based on uncomparable different surveys, according to a paper co-authored by......

Pandemic keeps uber rich off charities, contribution drops to 11%

In spite of a massive jump in the number of the uber rich and rich becoming richer, their contributions to charity continued to decline during the COVID-19 pandemic when a whopping 200 million-plus......

Funding from family philanthropy in India triples to Rs 12,000 cr in FY20

Family philanthropy has proven resilient throughout the pandemic and grew to nearly Rs 12,000 crore in fiscal year 2020, accounting for almost two-thirds of the rise in private sector funding since......

PSU banks had worst time in Dr Singh-Rajan tenure: FM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the Indian public sector banks had the "worst phase" under the combination of former prime minister Manmohan Singh and former RBI governor Raghuram......

Nooyi, two other Indians invited by Obama for talks

US President Barack Obama has invited at least three Indian-Americans, including PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, as part of his wider consultations with leaders from business, labour, civic community and......

PIX: Beautiful Moments from Amitabh Bachchan's life

A peek into the Big B's life. Amitabh Bachchan is one of the most photographed celebrities of the film industry but there have been many moments in his life that have remained private. The Big B......

Sports Shorts: Silver and bronze for India in Commonwealth shooting

IMAGE: Anish Bhanwala, left, with Neera Kumar, right. Photograph: Courtesy Aus Shooting/Twitter India's Anish Bhanwala won a silver in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol event, while Neeraj......

New shooters shine, seniors maintain status quo

IMAGE: Heena Sidhu and Jitu Rai celebrate winning the 10 metre mixed team air pistol event. Photograph: PTI The ranges are bursting at the seams with young talent and Indian shooting's present......