Indian American Appointed as Top Economic Diplomat
WASHINGTON (TIP): The White House announced Sep 7th, President Trump’s intent to nominate Indian American Manisha Singh of Florida as Assistant Secretary of State, Economic and Business Affairs. When confirmed by the US Senate, Singh […]
Indian Americans Plead Guilty in Multimillion Dollar India-Based Call Center Scam
HOUSTON (TIP): Four more defendants, including three Indian origin men pleaded guilty, Sept 7 to conspiracy and passport fraud charges during the past month for their roles in liquidating and laundering victim payments generated through […]
1993 MUMBAI BLASTS Abu Salem gets life term, 2 others get death sentence
NEW DELHI (TIP): Extradited gangster Abu Salem was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment by a Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (TADA) court in Mumbai in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. Special Judge G A Sanap pronounced the death verdicts on […]
Hardeep S Puri-Just Minted Minister of State for Housing & Urban Development
Ambassador Hardeep S Puri, now Minister of State with Independent Charge of Housing and Urban Affairs in the rejigged Cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 4 […]
Gauri Lankesh’s killers must be found; or it’ll embolden those who stifle dissent
The murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru has set off a wave of protests across the country; the chill that has set in is difficult to miss. It is a fool’s game right now […]
Poetry Corner – The Journey
The journey acquaints the traveler, With roads narrow and wide. As they bend and curve; swivel and swirl, They take him places near and far. At times they teach him, The lessons of walking; Rugged […]
Equifax Says Cyberattack May Have Affected 143 Million Customers
NEW YORK (TIP): Various news outlets including New York Times, Washington Post and CNN have reported that Equifax, one of the three major consumer credit reporting agencies, has been hacked. Equifax is reported to have […]
Fierce Hurricane Irma bears down on Florida
TAMPA, FL (TIP): Fast and furious large-scale Hurricane Irma is sweeping towards Florida. If the storm reaches its full potential, it could be one of the worst hurricanes in the state’s history. It’s not clear […]
Juster Nominated as US Envoy to India
WASHINGTON (TIP): The White House on Friday, Sept 1 announced Kenneth I. Juster, one of the foremost experts on India-US trade relations as the next ambassador to India. He succeeds Richard Verma who relinquished charge […]
US tech giants vow to defend ‘Dreamers’
NEW YORK (TIP): US tech giants, including Apple, Google and Microsoft, have pledged to stand by their employees after the Trump administration scrapped an amnesty program that granted work permits to immigrants who arrived in […]
After DACA Repeal Trump says he has ‘great love for young immigrants’
Widespread condemnation of DACA Repeal WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Donald Trump has said that he has “great love” for young immigrants who came to America as children and hoped that the Congress would bring in […]
Ambassador Hardeep S Puri is appointed a Minister in Modi’s Rejigged Cabinet
PM Narendra Modi reshuffled his cabinet September 3 and brought in nine new faces. NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi elevated four senior ministers to the cabinet rank as he roped in nine new […]
Chairman Crowley Pushes for Health Care Protections, Immigrant Rights in Government Funding Bill
NEW YORK (TIP) House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) introduced a series of amendments to the government funding bill that would defend middle class families against Republican attempts to undermine vital health care and […]
Of Donald Modi & Narendra Trump
The affinities between Trump and Modi are striking, but none of them bodes well for democracy. NO two persons are exactly alike. But Narendra Modi and Donald Trump resemble each other to such a degree […]
Work Visa to Green Card route getting tougher from October 1
With 2.47 lakh applications, Indians are top H-1B visa applicants till July 2017 NEW YORK (TIP): Heretofore, thousands every year transited to US Green Card through their work visa in the US.. H1 B route […]
Viceroy’s House – Featured Article By Mabel Pais
“It’s been the most satisfying thing I’ve ever done” “History is written by the victors” “My intention is to examine how someone like me can look at new historical evidence and explore an alternative historical […]
DACA decision taken for safer, fairer, and legal immigration system, Says White House
WASHINGTON (TIP): Faced with the very real possibility of a potential immediate shutdown of the entire DACA program by a federal court, President Trump took the responsible and constitutional step of announcing that the administration […]
SAALT Slams President Trump’s Decision to Terminate DACA
NEW YORK (TIP): South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), a national civil rights and racial justice organization, slammed President Trump’s decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the latest in a […]