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Suhas Subramanyam becomes first Desi to win US House seat from East Coast

Suhas Subramanyam created history by becoming the first Indian American to be elected from Virginia and the entire East Coast. IMAGE: Virginia State Senator Suhas Subramanyam. Photograph: Kind......

US election 2016: Jeb Bush drops out of Republican race

Jeb Bush on Sunday dropped out of the Republican presidential race after a series of dismal performances in primaries and a sluggish campaign, as the Bush family’s dream of an unprecedented......

Neal Kwatra to head New York governor's re-election campaign

On November 2, 2010, in his acceptance speech on being elected Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo declared, ‘We got such fantastic help from our brothers and sisters in the labour......

Utah governor presents lifetime achievement award to Dr Dinesh Patel

Dr Dinesh Patel, Utah’s most high profile and influential Indian American, was conferred the Willem J Kolff Lifetime Achievement Award at BioUtah’s 2013 Utah Life Science Award, the......

Statue of Liberty to undergo $27 mn renovation

The iconic Statue of Liberty will remain closed to the public for nearly a year as it undergoes a renovation worth over $27 million to make the monument more safe and accessible. The National Park......

Ajay Banga becomes first Indian-American to head World Bank

Ajay Banga was on Wednesday appointed the next president of the World Bank, becoming the first-ever Indian-American to head the global financial institution which said it looks forward to working......

Biden nominates ex-Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga to head World Bank

President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that the US is nominating Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank, saying the Indian-American business leader is uniquely equipped to lead the global institution......

Fortune names Nadella as businessperson of the year

Microsoft's India-born Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella has occupied the top spot in Fortune's Businessperson of the Year 2019 list, an annual compilation that also includes Mastercard CEO......

Indian-American firm to pay $15 mn to resolve fraud claims

A diagnostic firm founded by an Indian-American physician, will pay over $ 15 million to the federal government to resolve allegations that it falsely billed for health tests that were never......

Remembering Amar Bose: The label 'Great Man' fits him to a T

Sree Sreenivasan recalls his encounters with the pioneer of sound who passed away on Friday and gives a sense of how many lives he touched -- in big and small ways. There are two......

Doesn't Taapsee Look Cool?

Salman enjoys a view... Pooja turns into a momo... Manju goes biking... Photograph: Kind courtesy Taapsee Pannu/Instagram Taapsee Pannu puts on her cool shades. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Pranitha goes scuba diving

The Maldives is movie stars's FAVOURITE holiday destination, especially this time of the year. So after Elli AvrRam, Taapsee Pannu, Neha Dhupia, Mandira Bedi and Varun Dhawan holidayed in the......

Oscars 2018: Meet the BIG Winners!

The 90th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. A quick glance at the winners, listed in bold. IMAGE: Sam Rockwell (Best Supporting Actor, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,......

Shape Of Water leads Oscars nominations

Dunkirk may have been missed at the year's earlier awards shows, but thanks god, Chris Nolan's classic gets enough play at the Oscar noms. IMAGE: Sally Hawkins' stunning portrayal as a mute in The......

Happy Anniversary, Shilpa-Raj!

Happy anniversary, Shilpa-Raj. Varun Dhawan goes underwater. Sunny Leone copies the Big B. The top social media posts from your favourite Bollywood celebrities. It has been seven years since......

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