WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has announced his intent to appoint Shamina Singh, a prominent Indian-American business leader, to the President’s Export Council, which serves as the principal national advisory committee on international trade. Singh,…
WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden on Friday named Indian-American Neera Tanden as his Domestic Policy Adviser to help him craft and implement his domestic policy agenda. “I am pleased to announce that Neera Tanden…
KINSHASA: Shri Madan Lal Raigar (YOA:2007), presently Director in the Ministry has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Congo. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
NEW YORK: Ajay Banga, the President of the World Bank, has been named by a prestigious philanthropic organisation to its annual “Great Immigrants” list of honourees who have enriched and strengthened America and its democracy…
LONDON: A UK-based charity working on a project to build Britain’s first temple dedicated to Lord Jagannatha in London has welcomed a pledge of GBP 25 million from an Odisha-origin entrepreneur and hopes to get…
PARIS: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting over lunch with H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, on 10 September 2023, on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in New…
VIRGINA: Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has appointed Indian-American gastroenterologist, Dr Bimaljit Singh Sandhu, to a key administration position in the health sector. Dr Bimaljit Singh Sandhu on Tuesday was sworn in as a Board member…
DUBAI: The CPI(M)-led LDF government in Kerala is planning to launch a passenger ship service between the coast of the southern state and the Gulf countries to provide affordable travel for Malayali expatriates in the…
NEW JERSEY: The State of New York and New Jersey have issued special resolutions honouring the 100th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, underscoring that the “vital” broadcast has…
NEW YORK: Indian-origin Dev Shah from Florida has been named the winner of the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee in the US. The teenager spelt the final word “psammophile” and took home the prize money…
