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.
Washington, Oct 22 (IANS) The White House Correspondents’ Association has accused the Trump administration of retaliation after a journalist who clashed with the President was reportedly removed from an upcoming presidential press-pool assignment.
Washington, Oct 22 (IANS) Indian green-card holders, who form the second-largest group of new American citizens, are facing a steady slowdown in US citizenship approvals, with the backlog of pending applications crossing 813,000 in August, according to official data reviewed by IANS.
Washington, Oct 22 (IANS) The US Postal Service (USPS) has printed 20 million of its new Diwali Forever stamps, a number an official said was “a little bit on the higher side” because of strong advocacy by the Indian community.
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.
Washington, Oct 22 (IANS) Leaders of the Democratic National Committee’s Asian American and interfaith groups condemned the mass-shooting plot targeting a Hindu temple in Illinois.
United Nations, Oct 22 (IANS) India has taken strong exception to a report by a UN monitor falsely projecting that wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim is based in India and warned that such actions cause the organisation "tremendous harm".
Paris, Oct 22 (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron has accused foreign leaders, including those "on the other side of the Atlantic", of attempting to exploit France's tense social climate for political gain following a weekend of violence and unrest.
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The Kuwait-flagged oil product tanker M/T Al Dasma, carrying 21 Indian seafarers, was struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. All crew members are safe, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal announced.
Washington, Oct 22 (IANS) The US Justice Department has accused Ohio State University's medical school of discriminating against Asian and white applicants, saying its admissions system favoured Black candidates and allowed some applicants to bypass screening or interviews.
