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Indian to lead Asian American panel in White House

Kiran Ahuja, the founding executive director of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, has been appointed by President Barack Obama as executive director of the White House Commission......

US House rejects sex selective abortion bill

The United States House of Representative has rejected a legislation that would impose fines and prison terms on doctors who would perform abortion for the sole purpose of controlling the gender of......

Biden nominates Desi lawyer to head office of personnel management

United States President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-American lawyer and rights activist Kiran Ahuja to head the Office of Personnel Management, a federal agency that manages America's more than......

'Your faith in me brought me to this moment': Kamala remembers mom

Kamala Harris, who scripted history by becoming the first-ever woman Vice President of the United States, has credited her Indian mother for showing faith in her and always reminding her two......

'Kamala Has A Very Strong Connect With India'

'This victory would mean a huge inspiration for the next generation who can say that coming from India I can be anybody I want to be if I work hard and acquire the right skills.''They could be the......

Why the outlook for globalisation is bleak

Although the returns from outward-looking policies are less today, substantial gains can still be made with good policies and initiatives, says Shankar Acharya. Twenty years from now, if the world......

The end of the immigration boom

The relatively free movement of labour across borders for the last few decades has generally had a positive impact on many countries because of the large remittances sent home by expatriates. In......

'In India, those who don't vote are happy people'

In the wake of Thomas L Friedman's The World is Flat, and Shashi Tharoor's The Elephant, The Tiger, and The Cell Phone comes Rafiq Dossani's book India Arriving: How This Economic Powerhouse is......

Chopra misses bronze by a whisker in Diamond League Final

IMAGE: India's Neeraj Chopra. Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images for IAAF Newly-crowned Asian Games champion Neeraj Chopra produced yet another impressive performance but missed the......

Sports Shorts: Coleman breaks world record in 60 metres

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday IMAGE: USA's Christian Coleman broke a 20-year-old record that was set by Maurice Greene. Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters World......

Sports Shorts: Pliskova sets up Brisbane semi-final showdown with Vekic

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday IMAGE: Karolina Pliskova interacts with fans. Photograph: Brisbane Open/Twitter Former world number one Karolina Pliskova lost her......

VOTE! The best Indian sportsperson of 2016

It was a year which P V Sindhu made memorable for all Indians with a historic silver medal at the Rio Olympics and Sakshi Malik became the darling of the nation with her bronze medal in wrestling.......

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