By Arun Kumar WASHINGTON– President Barack Obama has nominated India-born Swati A. Dandekar, a Nagpur and Bombay University alum, to be United States director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of ambassador. The nomination of...

NEW YORK– The US Sikh community has condemned a doctored photograph on social media that falsely depicted a Sikh-Canadian journalist as a terrorist involved in the November 13 Paris attacks. An old photograph of Veerender Jubbal holding an...

LONDON– An Indian-origin Maoist cult leader is under trial on the charges of “psychologically stripping”, raping and forcing women to perform degrading sex acts in London, a media report said. Aravindan Balakrishnan appeared in...

Thiruvananthapuram– An Indian-origin billionaire from Kerala is so much in love with his roots that he wants his fellow businessmen in the Middle East to realise why this place is described as God’s own country. B. Ravi Pillai has...

TORONTO–Andhra-born Dipika Damerla, who is the first Indian-origin woman minister in Canada’s biggest province of Ontario, is blazing a trail in community service. If thanks to her efforts Indian-Canadians in the neighbouring Mississauga...

By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar PANAJI– Goa, with a large diaspora spread across the world, may well have one of its own in queue for Portuguese premiership. The left-leaning 54-year-old Antonio Costa, who traces his paternal roots to Goa, may well...

MUMBAI — Prominent NRIs based in Britain have welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-day visit to that country beginning Thursday, a statement issued here said on Wednesday. G.P. Hinduja, co-chairman of the multi-billion dollar...