California Senate passes bill banning caste discrimination

In a historic move, the California State Senate on Thursday passed a legislation that would ban caste-based discrimination in the state. Photograph: Kind courtesy @aishabbwahab/Twitter Passed by......

California senate panel passes bill to end caste bias

A bill seeking to explicitly ban caste discrimination in California has been unanimously passed by the state's Senate Judiciary Committee, amidst strong opposition from Indian-American business and......

ISIS, Qaeda planning large-scale attacks on US, warns FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation director Christopher Wray on Thursday expressed concern that foreign terrorist organisations (FTOs), such as the Islamic State and Al Qaeda, may either launch or......

Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as first Black woman judge of US SC

In a momentous occasion in American history, the United States Senate on Thursday confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to sit in the country's highest court. IMAGE: President......

Will minimum salary of H1-B visa holders be hiked?

Given the sharp differences that the Democratic and Republican lawmakers and the White House has on various aspects of immigration reform including H-1B, the Congressional passage of the bill and......

Indian IT is dead!

But Indian information technology workers might do better without the companies that held them back, says Mihir S Sharma. Let’s give President Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt, and......

'Indian talent must for US' leadership in innovation'

The single greatest empowerment to our economic growth as we continue to move towards three per cent or four per cent GDP growth will be the resources that we need to fill hi-tech jobs, advanced......

'You can't stand on a podium and preach to India'

'India is no longer the India of the '70s and the '80s.''It's a large country with the fastest growing economy.''In working with India, you just can't go and humiliate the nation publicly.' USIBC......

FIFA scandal takes ugly turn

Ex-South American soccer chief in FIFA scandal under house arrest   The former head of South America's soccer federation was under house arrest on Monday evening, a senior police official......