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Indian Americans get key security positions

Joe Biden named Sumona Guha and Tarun Chhabra to the US National Security Council. Dr Raj Iyer became the first Chief Information Officer of the US Army.  US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday announced several key appointments to the National...

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Sabrina Singh will be Deputy Press Secretary to VP

Sabrina Singh, who was Press Secretary to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on the Biden-Harris campaign, has been appointed Deputy Press Secretary to the Vice President. A news release from the Biden Administration announced additional members of the White House staff,...

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Farmers’ protest: Gridlocked again

The farmers have only been intensifying their stir. The ninth round of talks between farmers and the Indian government on Friday has ended in another impasse. On the 44th day of protests that are now largely centered in the national...

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Trump returns to Twitter, but adopts conciliatory tone

Several social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, and Snap Inc banned Trump following the attack on the US Capitol on Wednesday. Twitter lifts the ban after 12 hours. Facebook decided to extend it indefinitely. ASHITHA S PRASAD After being...

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Biden nominates Indian American Vanita Gupta to Department of Justice

Vanita Gupta will be the highest-ranking Indian American at the Department of Justice if the US Senate confirms the nomination. President-elect Joe Biden yesterday formally nominated Indian American civil rights attorney Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney General, the third highest...