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Tag: Indian American
American Airlines Welcomes Indian-American, Priya Aiyar as Senior Vice President and General Counsel
indica News Bureau- American Airlines Group announced on Aug 5th that they have hired Indian-American, Priya Aiyar to serve as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Aiyar, a former Obama administration official, succeeds Paul Jones, who retired from American earlier this year. Aiyar holds a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, a master’s degree […]
Sherin Mathews’ father begins life term in Indian girl’s death
indica News Bureau- The Indian-American father who was sentenced to life in prison in the the killing of his 3-year-old adopted daughter Sherin Mathews in Texas has been transferred to state prison to begin serving his term, according to published reports. Wesley Mathews, 39, was taken from the Dallas County Jail on Thursday to the […]
US-based Kashmiri doctors to launch critical care ambulance service in Valley
IANS- Alarmed by the number of road accident deaths in Jammu and Kashmir, a group of US-based Kashmiri doctors is all set to provide fully equipped critical care ambulances. “In the absence of emergency service in the ambulances, the US-based group of Kashmiri doctors has launched a program to provide fully-equipped ambulances with paramedics […]
Population of Indian-origin in U.S. grew by 40 percent between 2010 -2017
indica News Bureau- The population of people of Indian origin jumped by 40 percent during a seven-year period of 2010 and 2017, a South Asian advocacy group has said in its latest demographic snapshot. In general, the population of American residents tracing their roots to South Asia grew by 40 percent, SAALT or South […]
Indian-American judge to fast-track ruling on Trump finances subpoena
IANS- Amit Mehta, an Indian-American judge, will fast-track a decision on President Donald Trumps bid to quash a subpoena for financial records from his accounting firm, saying he will decide the full case after a hearing on May 14. Mehta of the District Court for the District of Columbia, made his announcement on Thursday in […]
Fundraiser Set Up for Dhriti, Still in Critical Condition after Hate-Motivated Attack
Ritu Jha- Nothing has changed for the thirteen-year-old Indian American girl, Dhriti, of Sunnyvale, California. She is still in a coma after going through two brain surgeries said a close family friend of the girl’s father, Rajesh Narayan, who too along with several others were injured when a man allegedly hit them with his Toyota […]
How India’s Ruling Party Mobilizes Indian-Americans to Win Elections
Pieter Friedrich – India is having its first national election in five years. Partisanship in India is no better than in the United States. Probably much worse. Political party choices polarize families, friends, and whole communities and every election season can be a very divisive time. No wonder then that the U.S.’s nearly 4.5 million […]
Indian-American indicted for failure to self-surrender to serve his prison sentence
indica News Bureau- Los Angeles based Indian-American broker, Damanpreet Singh has been indicted for failure to self-surrender to serve his prison sentence for bribing DMV employees to alter records, of which he pleaded guilty. A federal grand jury returned a single-count indictment against Singh on Thursday, March 28. According to court documents, on September 14, […]
Seema Nanda sees Democratic Party as the solution
Surekha Vijh- Seema Nanda, the first Asian as well as the first Indian American to become the Democratic National Committee (DNC)’s Chief Executive Officer, feels that her party will “take back our country for working families.” Nanda, a former senior Obama administration official, who left her post as executive vice president and chief operating […]