A statue of a defiant little girl was placed in front of Wall Street's Charging Bull to challenge the 'traditionally male environment' of the industry, on International Women's Day.
An Indian American doctor, who is accused of illegally possessing high-explosive grenades, and his wife face new charges of interfering with the probe into their extensive weapons cache. The new seven-count indictment accuses 51-year-old Dr Randeep Mann and his wife Sangeeta of seeking to obstruct the probe by hiding from federal agents signed, blank cheques. It also alleged that 48-year-old Sangeeta concealed evidence and made a false declaration to a federal grand jury.
The Civil Aviation Ministry has ordered a probe into the incident involving the ground security staff of Continental Airlines which subjected Kalam to security check before he was to board a Newark-bound flight on April 24.
Several top American media outlets, including The New York Times, CNN and The Los Angeles Times, which were among those press outlets critical of the Trump Administration, were not invited to Spicer's press gaggle.
She added that Washington wants to facilitate both the Palestinian Authority and Israel coming together, 'being accountable' and moving forward for peace.
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The body of Albany-based hotelier George Kolath, who hails from Kerala, was recovered on Monday afternoon, state police said. Bodies of his 11-year-old son, George Kolath Jr, and friend, identified as Krishnan Raghavan (52), were pulled out from the river on Sunday.
Long-haul low-cost carriers like Scoot and AirAsia X offer a similar configuration.
The California Department of Education and the State Board of Education have agreed to pay US $ 175,000 to the California Parents for the Equalisation of Educational Materials (CAPEEM) the organisation formed by Hindu American parents to fight the case against the California State.
The Financial Times report citing Altavilla's court testimony stated that, "Fiat will name chief executive Sergio Marchionne, Alfredo Altavilla, its head of business development, and Lucio Noto, former vice-chairman of ExxonMobil, to the board of new Chrysler." Altavilla also said Marchionne should be named chief executive and "spend a substantial amount of time in Detroit."
'I like to challenge myself. Competing against players much younger than me is something that I want to keep doing,' says Chess Legend Viswanathan Anand
Images from Day 2 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday
'So far as supervision is concerned, there are enough powers but to take action on public sector banks, consultation with the government is needed.'
'Welcome to America', '#Americaisbeautiful'. These were just some of the chants heard at American airports as families reunited with their loved ones after a federal court swept aside the ban imposed by President Donald Trump, which restricted the access of people from seven nations -- namely Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Yemen, Syria and Somalia.
Satish K Tripathi, who as provost raised academic standards and spurred student development, has been appointed president of the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York.Tripathi, who maintains close relations with several major educational institutions in India, is the first Indian American to become president of one of the 63 research universities that are part of the American Association of Universities.
The US authorities are checking people's social media accounts for their political views before allowing them into the country after the recent travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump on people from seven predominantly Muslim nations, a media report said.
Erin Green, former head of immigration, Infosys says says only the loss of a big client could push Infosys to correct its internal corporate culture.
Bernie Ecclestone's 40-year reign as Formula One's commercial supremo ended on Monday with the sport's new owners Liberty Media replacing the 86-year-old Briton with American Chase Carey.
The five-member Board of Supervisors oversee the management of the county government and many special districts. The board has legislative and executive powers. The supervisors are elected to four-year terms. The county is the second largest in California and the eighth largest in the United States.
FIFA technical director Marco van Basten would like to see how football works without offside and limit the number of fouls a player can commit during a game.
Dr Randeep Singh Mann was arrested on March 4 after federal agents searched his home and found a cache of unregistered, high-explosive grenades and guns at his home and nearby.
Default in payment of royalties to McDonald's India for nearly two years was the key reason behind the fast-food chain's decision to terminate franchise agreement
Indian-American Pradman Kaul, chairman and chief executive officer Hughes Network Systems has been named 'Via Satellite' Magazine's Satellite Executive of the Year for 2008.
Annabel Mehta, Sachin Tendulkar's mother-in-law, has dedicated her life to working with the Beautiful People of the other half of Mumbai without whom the city would neither exist nor thrive. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel met the amazing lady who was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire for her service to underprivileged communities.
Building a global brand was Choksi's idea, which Modi borrowed from him.
A weak dollar sentiment across the board alongside unwinding of long positions by speculative traders ahead of key US macro data release largely supported the rupee
SBI had a bad day, sliding the most by 5.36%. Others that dragged the key indices down were M&M, Reliance Industries and L&T.
No one knows where billionaire Nirav Modi emerged from. What is known is that when he came (back) to India, he cut his teeth in the diamond business under the tutelage of his jeweller uncle. Then he began to build a glittering international brand. Soon even Hollywood stars like Kate Winslet and Dakota Johnson were walking the red carpet showing off Nirav Modi jewels.
The channel has begun forensic investigations into the leak of the next episode, which was put up on Reddit three days before the official release.
An Indian American, with roots in Mumbai, has been appointed to the key post of Treasurer of the American state of Virginia.
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Levon Aronian of Armenia in the seventh round of London Chess Classic, in London on Saturday.
Kushner would testify before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Tuesday.
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand had to settle for a draw with British number one Michael Adams in the fourth round of the London Chess Classic, in London.
'Let us not, with all our drive for modernisation of the armed forces, send the forces to battle this time with second rung leadership,' says Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd).
It was not the best of birthdays for five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand as he went down to Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the third round of London Chess Classic chess tournament.
Blankfein, 57 took the witness stand on Tuesday in Gupta's trial, which began in a Manhattan court on May 21.
A team of Indian Americans met United States President Barack Obama during his fourth fundraising visit to the San Francisco Bay Area May 23-24. The fundraiser was the first involving the Indian American community.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
Sheela Murthy, founder, president, and managing attorney of the Baltimore County, Maryland-based Murthy Law Firm, will be honoured by the Children's Guild with its 2012 Sadie Award for her philanthropy and humanitarianism.
She was surprised to learn that nobody was running against state Senator Mark Leno, a Democrat from the newly-redistricted Senate District 11. So, Dhillon decided to run.
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