Category: National Briefs US

Indian-origin professor Hari Balakrishnan has been awarded the 2023 Marconi prize for his fundamental discoveries in wired and wireless networking, mobile sensing, and distributed systems.  Balakrishnan is the Fujitsu Professor […]

In response to the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye, the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville, New Jersey organized a special prayer assembly on February 25, 2023, for those affected by […]

An Indian-origin judge, Shama Hakim Mesiwala, has been unanimously confirmed as an associate justice of a district court of appeal in California.   Mesiwala’s appointment as an associate justice of […]

Nikki Haley on Tuesday announced that she will make a bid for the White House in the upcoming 2024 Presidential Elections and became the first challenger to former US President […]

An Indian-origin professor has been appointed as the vice president of the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science, and Technology (TAMEST), an organization that brings the state’s top scientists and […]

Harmeet Dhillon, a prominent Indian-American attorney failed in her bid to win the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee (RNC) to Ronna McDaniel who was reelected in a high-profile and […]

The 74th Republic Day of India was celebrated in the Consulate General of India, New York with a flag hoisting ceremony on Thursday, January 26th, 2023.   Consul General Randhir […]

Tanishq, an Indian jewelry brand, launched its first store in the United States on January 18, 2023. Senator Robert Menendez, Senior United States senator from New Jersey and Randhir Jaiswal, Consul General of India in New York, along […]

Hyderabad-born Aruna Miller made history by becoming the first Indian-American politician to be elected as the lieutenant governor of the US state of Maryland.  Miller was sworn in as the […]