Mexican-Indian high school student crowned Miss Teen USA

IANS | October 5, 2023 10:42 AM

New York, Oct 5 (IANS) Mexican-Indian high school student, UmaSofia Srivastava has been crowned Miss Teen USA 2023, which saw participation from over 50 young women from across the country, in a live-streamed contest in Nevada state.

US braces for another major strike by health care workers

IANS | October 4, 2023 10:00 PM

Washington, Oct 4 (IANS) Riddled with inflation and an un-abating auto workers strike, the US economy is facing the grim prospects of a health care workers strike that could paralyze the working of hospitals across the country.

2 Indian-origin men plead guilty to multimillion-dollar Covid fraud in US

IANS | October 4, 2023 8:09 AM

New York, Oct 4 (IANS) Two Indian-origin men have pleaded guilty to their role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain and launder millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans that the Small Business Administration guaranteed under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

Family demands probe into UK Sikh separatist Avtar Khanda's death

IANS | October 3, 2023 11:22 AM

London, Oct 3 (IANS) The family of Avtar Singh Khanda -- the principal orchestrator of the violence at the Indian High Commission in London who died this year -- has sought a formal inquest into his death from the chief coroner for England and Wales.