TORONTO: Leading investment professional Usha Rao-Monari of India has been appointed by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres as Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). A statement issued by the UN…
MELBOURNE: More than 200 Indian origin people occupy leadership positions in as many as 15 countries including the United States and United Kingdom. Of these, 60 hold Cabinet ranks, according to the first of its…
ABU DHABI: Indian expats in the UAE can locally renew their International Driving Permit (IDP) issued in India starting Tuesday. According to a report in Gulf News, the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi on Monday…
HOUSTON: Two Indian-origin experts in public service have been appointed by the Biden administration to key positions at AmeriCorps, the federal agency for volunteering and service. Sonali Nijhawan has been named Director of AmeriCorps State…
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has appointed Indian-American doctor Dr Pritesh Gandhi as Chief Medical Officer in the Department of Homeland Security. In this role, Mr Gandhi serves as principal adviser to the Department of…
DUBAI: A two-year-old Indian boy has become one of the youngest donors of hair in the UAE, as part of a charity drive to help cancer patients, according to a media report. At two years…
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has appointed Indian-origin Raj Panjabi to lead his Malaria Initiative, which is mainly in African and Asian countries. “After being sworn in this morning, I’m honored to share that I’ve…
LONDON: Scotland Yard has celebrated the 50th anniversary of Karpal Kaur Sandhu joining its ranks as the first South Asian and Sikh female police officer, paving the way for others to follow in her footsteps.…
CALIFORNIA: Several Indian-American organisations in US on Sunday strongly condemned the violent toppling of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in California and expressed hope that those responsible for the despicable act will be brought to…
BEIJING: Zhong Shanshan is setting new wealth records. The chairman of Nongfu Spring Co, a bottled-water company that’s ubiquitous in China, is now richer than Warren Buffett as his fortune surged $13.5 billion to $91.7…
