MoS Pabitra Margherita meets ITEC and ICCR alumni in Naoero

IANS | October 22, 2026 12:17 PM

Yaren (Naoero), Oct 22 (IANS) Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita met the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) alumni in Naoero on Thursday.

Big tech firms profiting from surge in anti-Indian hate: Raja Krishnamoorthi

IANS | October 22, 2026 9:36 AM

Washington, Oct 22 (IANS) Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has accused big tech companies of profiting from a surge in anti-Indian hate on social media and called on Congress to hold them accountable, weeks after a plot to carry out a mass shooting at a Hindu temple in his home state of Illinois.

Trump says Google CEO Pichai dropped ‘American Ocean’ idea

IANS | October 22, 2026 9:32 AM

Washington, Oct 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said he spoke to Indian-American Google CEO Sundar Pichai about renaming the Atlantic Ocean on Google Maps, but was told that oceans were different because they “cover a lot of countries”, as he riffed at a midterm rally in South Carolina about renaming the Gulf of Mexico and the Strait of Hormuz.

JD Vance backs Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy for Ohio governor race

IANS | October 22, 2026 8:40 AM

Washington, Oct 22 (IANS) Vice President J.D. Vance urged Ohio voters to elect Vivek Ramaswamy governor, putting property taxes, home ownership and manufacturing jobs at the centre of his pitch for the Indian-American businessman at a Cincinnati campaign rally.