From all accounts and estimates we are receiving from social media and other sources ( though one has to wait till 4th June when the results of the ongoing Indian parliamentary elections will be finally announced ), the seats of the ruling BJP in the Lok Sabha ( the lower, and more powerful, House in the Indian Parliament ) will be considerably reduced. Presently the BJP has on its own 303 seats in the 545-member House, and the NDA, the coalition it leads, has 353, which gives the BJP a comforta

India has emerged as a critical partner for the US which is doubling down on it for trade and working on further boosting economic ties, according to a senior US trade official. Assistant Commerce Secretary Arun Venkataraman said, I genuinely believe that this is very much a heyday of this bilateral economic relationship between India and the US.

After his release from Tihar Jail on Friday evening, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal told a large gathering of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporters that the 140 crore people of the country will have to fight together against dictatorship.

The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly on May 10 voted in favor of a resolution that upgrades Palestine's rights at the world body as an Observer State may fall short of full membership but sends a powerful message to both Israel and the United States.

Several dozen Indian students on Optional Practical Training (OPT) whose H-1B visas were denied because of fraud committed by their employers, leading to a lawsuit filed by over 70 students, have had these sanctions lifted.

Much has already been said and written about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policy of religious polarisation of Indian society, inciting and spreading of hatred against the Muslim minority, and 'saffronisation' of the Indian state and educational institutions, all with the aim of getting Hindu votes. So one need not labour any more on it.

Industry leaders, BITS Pilani officials, alumni, and startups, converged at the BITS Pilani Alumni Association (BITSAA) Silicon Valley Chapter (BITSAA SVC) annual conference BITSync '24, to build relationships, and celebrate the 25-year long success of BITSAA Silicon Valley Chapter.

Even factoring in the fact that news cycles these days are rapid and that a large number of the Indian broadcast and online media is owned by entities unabashedly pro-government, the general silence on an extraordinary case of political grandstanding by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is quite troubling.

A student from Telangana, pursuing a master's from a university in the US, has been reported missing in Chicago for a week, as per his family. The Consulate General of India in Chicago said, in a post on X, that it was deeply concerned to learn that Rupesh Chandra Chintakindi has been incommunicado since May 2.

Targeting the US for interfering in India's internal affairs, Russia has said that Washington is trying to complicate the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, including by making egular unfounded accusations on threats to religious freedom in the country.

After two years of recessionary fears, high inflation, and unprecedented monetary tightening, the global macro-outlook looks relatively better now with improving growth, disinflation and monetary easing in sight, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Chairman N. Chandrasekaran said.

Veteran Congressman Sam Pitroda, facing fire over a string of controversial statements in the recent past, stepped down as the Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) on Wednesday.

Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella met the president of Indonesia on Apr.30, pledging a US $1.7 billion investment in artificial intelligence and cloud computing to help develop the country's AI infrastructure.

The third terrorist killed in Jammu & Kashmirs Kulgam district in an encounter with security forces was identified on Thursday.

Tech giants Microsoft and Google have moved the Delhi High Court against its single-judge bench's order directing search engines to proactively remove non-consensual intimate images (NCII) from the internet without requiring specific URLs.

Sam Pitroda is an Indian scientist and entrepreneur, who now lives in the USA, and has had a distinguished career, as outlined below: He became President of the Indian Overseas Congress, which is a US-based affiliate of the Congress party of India.

iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- New details are emerging from the deadly car crash that killed a family of four in Pleasanton. A complaint to safety regulators raises concerns about the electric vehicle driven by the family by car maker VinFast. The Pleasanton Police Department confirmed that the family did not own the electric vehicle they []

Indian American Ramamoorthy Ramesh, senior faculty scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. He joins 118 other new members and 24 international members who will be formally inducted next April.

Seventy eight flights were cancelled and many were delayed as Air India Express faced major disruption in services after cabin crew called in mass sick leave to mark their protest against the ongoing transition in the airline.

Indias High Commissioner in Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma said national security threats originating from Canada are a red line for India. My concern is national security threats emanating from the land of Canada. These threats are largely emanating from Canadian sections, he said, adding that the two sides are engaged to resolve the differences. We are ready to sit down at the table any day and we are doing that and we are trying to resolve this issue, he said.

With the rise of extortion cases among the Indian community, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Sacramento Field Office on Tuesday, May 7, urged the community to report crimes to ensure the individuals committing these crimes face justice.

One of the causes of the present crisis in Pakistan is the lack of an independent judiciary. Every society needs a judiciary. The reason for this is that it is like things that there will be some disputes between the people among themselves and between the people and the authorities. Hence there must be a forum for peaceful resolution of these disputes, otherwise, they will be resolved violently, with guns, bombs, swords or lathis. Since time immemorial every society in the world has had a judic

Looking for a purpose to the Met Gala fashions is like looking for a purpose to the universe. Just as merely to exist is the universe's purpose, so for fashions at the gala. This year's event was no different.

Dr. Manoj Sharma- Dr. Sharma is a Professor and Chair of the Social and Behavioral Health Department and an Adjunct Professor in Internal Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He is a global expert in health promotion. In 1988, a classic double-blind randomized controlled study of aspirin and carotene was conducted among []

India on Tuesday, May 7, reacted strongly to pro-Khalistani elements taking the centre stage, raising anti-India slogans, and displaying objectionable posters against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a 'Nagar Kirtan' organized at Malton in Canada, urging the government led by Justin Trudeau to stop providing criminal and secessionist elements a safe haven and political space in the country.

Former head coach Ravi Shastri has picked out two players set to debut at senior ICC events for India Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dube as key to the teams hopes in the Caribbean and USA for the Mens T20 World Cup 2024 in June.

Ali Amin Gandapur is the Chief Minister of the provinceof Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ( KP ) in Pakistan, and belongs to former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party,the PTI. His recent fiery defiant speech has not only aroused the people of KP but also the whole of Pakistan.

The robbery at one of the oldest Indian American-run jewelry stores located at El Camino Real in the city of Sunnyvale, California on Saturday, May 4, did shook the owner, however, he is hopeful the culprits will be caught as assured by the city.

India's democratic journey continues as voters will head out on Tuesday to exercise their franchise in 93 constituencies, spread across 11 states and Union Territories spanning the beaches of Goa to the jungles of Assam, and a large swathe of UP to north Karnataka, and seal the electoral fate of several heavyweights.

Human beings are driven by a feeling to make a difference: Zscaler founder Jay Chaudhry at TiEcon 2024 Experts discuss gains and pitfalls of AI in summit at Stanford Faculty Club IIT alumns non-profit helps scale startups Moonpreneur conference in California brings together bright young minds to chart career paths Scores turn up to pay []

Basepair, Fluentpet, Proptexx, and Velmeni made it to Meet The Drapers show at TiE50 where several early to mid-stage startups from across the world contested in the event held at The IndUS Entrepreneurs Conference (TiEcon) 2024.

A webinar hosted by Stimson Center on May 1 brought together by South Asian Voices with the Third Pole on trans-boundary solutions to shared climate challenges in South Asia lamented on the lack of regional cooperation among South Asian countries.

A massive sex scandal in India is making waves all around the length and breadth of the countryin newspaper headlines, on TV, and on social media.

The San Jose chapter of BAPS Charities hosted its annual In the Joy of Others: Walk-Run recently to support El Camino Healths South Asian Heart Center and the CityServe of Tri-Valley.

A machine learning tool can identify many patients with rare, undiagnosed diseases years earlier than current methods, potentially improving outcomes and reducing cost and morbidity, researchers say. The findings, led by researchers at UCLA Health, are described in Science Translational Medicine.

Indias Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar rejected US President Joe Biden's comment that xenophobia was diminishing the country's economic growth.

Leaders of the tech world voted in favor of regulations and guardrails for AI and related innovations at a summit on AI, hosted by Indiaspora recently

Indian Americans are calling upon a US university not to implement a portion of one of the demands it conceded to protesting students to display on campus the flags of occupied people, which listed Kashmiris along with Palestinians and the Kurds.

'12 Digit Masterstroke - The Untold Story of Aadhaar', a documentary series that unravels a behind-the-scenes story of the creation of the world's largest social identity program, culminating into what is today known as 'Aadhaar Card', has been announced by streaming service DocuBay.

Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi's decisionto contest in the ongoing Indian parliamentary elections from Rae Bareilly constituency in UP, instead of Amethi, has been widely commented on by the Indian media, as if it was a great historical event.

They would have been in Colombo in Sri Lanka, their destination, a couple of days ago, and would have been on their way home. But they remain on a cargo ship off the coast of the US port city of Baltimore.

Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi's decisionto contest in the ongoing Indian parliamentary elections from the Rae Bareilly constituency in Uttar Pradesh, instead of Amethi, has been widely commented on by the Indian media, as if it was a great historical event.

About a third of Indian American adults (31%) and about a quarter of Vietnamese American adults (24%) say they have given to a charity in their Asian origin country. One-in-ten Chinese adults and 6% of Japanese adults say the same.

The real problem facing India is how to abolish massive poverty, massive unemployment, appalling level of child malnutrition (every second child in India is malnourished, according to Global Hunger Index ), skyrocketing prices of food, fuel and other essential commodities, almost total lack of proper healthcare, and good education for all.

The Congress finally declared its candidates for the Amethi and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh after weeks of suspense. Rahul Gandhi has been fielded from Rae Bareli while Kishori Lal Sharma will be contesting from Amethi.

Elon Musk said on Thursday that he must respect the law of the land else his X platform will be blocked, as an Indian user criticised the billionaire for locking her account over a post.

India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has urged Indian students enrolled in US colleges and universities to abide by local laws and regulations with regard to the ongoing protests that have swept across American institutions for higher education against Israel's ongoing war in Gaza.

Jay Choudhry, founder of Zscaler, a global cloud security company, advocates a never-exit policy for all entrepreneurs. Choudhry was the opening keynote speaker of the three-day long TiEcon 2024 that started May 1 at the Santa Clara Convention centre in California.

US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that xenophobia from China to Japan and India is hobbling their growth while argued that migration has been good for the U.S. economy.

Ram Shriram and Angela Nomellini were the recipients of the 2023-2024 Gold Spike Award, Stanfords highest annual honor for volunteer service. President Richard Saller conferred the awards at an April 20 dinner held in their honor.