'Om Shanti Shanti': Hindu priest opens DNC Day 3

The third day of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday kicked off with a first-of-its-kind Vedic prayer where the priest sought blessings for a united country. IMAGE: Rakesh Bhatt, a......

Dr Devinder Singh to head Maryland Board of Physicians

Dr Devinder Singh, associate professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, has become perhaps the first second-generation Indian American to head a state......

Desi appointed dean of top US college

Physicist Kanwal Singh appointed dean of Sarah lawrence College, the first Indian American to head a leading liberal arts college in the US. Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com reports from Washington, DC. Dr......

The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments,......

Modi could name Arvind Panagariya as RBI governor: TV channels

Panagariya, who heads the government's main economic advisory body NITI Aayog, is also India's Group of 20 summit negotiator Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan's successor is likely to be......

Niti Aayog being decked up to welcome new members

Hectic preparations are on at the newly-formed Niti Aayog to welcome the first Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya and other members whose appointments were approved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on......

Arvind Panagariya appointed vice-chairman of NITI Aayog

Economist Arvind Panagariya was appointed the first vice chairman of the newly-created NITI Aayog on Monday. Bibek Debroy, another economist, and former DRDO chief V K Saraswat were appointed as......

Good news for Indian IT workers; US L-1B visas are now easier to get

United States President Barack Obama has announced an easing of the process to obtain L-1B work visas for corporate executives, a move that could end the large scale harassment of IT professionals......

Sixers take Fultz with top pick of youthful NBA Draft

IMAGE: Markelle Fultz (Washington) is introduced by NBA commissioner Adam Silver as the number one overall pick to the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the 2017 NBA Draft at Barclays......