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Missouri’s First: Governor Mike Parson Appoints Indian American Vivek Malek as State Treasurer

Missouri Governor Mike Parson has appointed Republican attorney Vivek Malek to be the next state…

Short Shrift: Rep. Ami Bera Loses Bid to Lead Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Incoming Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York has sidelined Rep. Ami Bera and Tony…

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta Dismisses Hindu American Foundation’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Five Defendants

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Dec. 20 dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Hindu…

Leo Varadkar Returns as Ireland’s Prime Minister Bringing All the British Isles Under the ‘Indian’ Sun

Less than two months after Rishi Sunk, 42, of Indian heritage became the Prime Minister…

Indian American Daleep Singh Named to Bloomberg’s Annual List of People Who Defined Global Business This Year

Former Deputy National Security Advisor Daleep Singh was named among ‘Bloomberg 50,’ an annual list…

In ‘The Song of Cell’ Author Siddhartha Mukherjee Uses Stories to Decipher and Explain an ‘Unsung Hero’

Siddhartha Mukherjee believes that science is an act of storytelling. “We tell each other stories…

By a Whisker: Indian American Engineer Murali Srinivasan Wins District 3 Seat on Sunnyvale City Council by One Vote

Indian American engineer Murali Srinivasan has made history by winning an open seat on the…

Former Employee Sues Tata Consultancy Services Alleging Discrimination Against Non-Indian Employees

A former employee of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is suing the company for discriminatory hiring…

‘India Mon Amour’: Remembering Dominique Lapierre, Eminent French Author of Several Bestsellers About India

Eminent French author Dominique Lapierre, who had a special bond with India, died on Dec,…

Indian American Sushmita Shukla Named First Vice President and COO of New York Fed

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has appointed Sushmita Shukla as the first vice…

Shadow Ban: Stanford Professor Jay Bhattacharya Was Reportedly Targeted by Twitter for His Anti-Covid Lockdown Views

Jay Bhattacharya, a health policy professor at Stanford University, who opposed Covid-19 lockdowns, was among…

Fall of a ‘Titan’: Former Theranos President Ramesh ‘Sunny’ Balwani Sentenced to Almost 13 Years in Prison

Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the former president of Palo Alto, California-based Theranos Inc., and ex-boyfriend of…