Indian American

New York: Indian-American economist Bharat Ramamurti and four others have been named by US President Joe Biden as key members of his economic team to deliver on his "steady and stable growth strategy". Ramamurti, who currently serves as…
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Washington: An Indian-descent man has been charged with hate crime against another Indian-descent man in perhaps the first of its kind case. California prosecutors have charged Tejinder Singh, 37 with hate crime in violation of civil…
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Washington: Indian-American Republican Jitendra Diganvker, who ran for Congress in 2016, announced that he was contesting for the post of Highway Commissioner in a suburb of Chicago, according to a media report. Speaking to the American…
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New York: Incoming First Lady Jill Biden has named Indian-American Garima Verma as her digital director. Making the announcement about Verma and other additions to her staff, President-elect Joe Biden' wife Jill Biden said, "Together, we…
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New York: US President-elect Joe Biden has appointed Vedant Patel, a former communications aide to House of Representatives member Pramila Jayapal, as his assistant press secretary. His appointment announced on Friday makes him one of…
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Washington:  NASA has selected an initial team of 18 astronauts, including Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari, to form the Artemis Team and help pave the way for the next lunar missions, including sending the first woman and next man to…
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New York: Vivek Murthy, Indian American nominee for US Surgeon General and "grandson of a poor farmer in India" struck notes of gratitude and an empathetic approach to his new role as he delivered his first public remarks from the…
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Washington:  Danny Gaekwad, a Republican Indian-American entrepreneur and an avid supporter of US President Donald Trump, has launched a campaign titled, "Trump Hai to Safe Hai", which highlights the President's support for India, a media…
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New York: Kamala Devi Harris has deftly melded her dominant African American identity with that of her Indian background as a Tamil to create the evergreen American classic of the immigrant dream. Born in the US to immigrants, cancer…
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New York: An Indian-American professor, who posted a joke on Facebook about Iran choosing 52 US cultural sites to bomb, has been fired by his college. Babson College said Asheen Phansey was fired because the post on his "personal…
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