Indian-American Community News
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For the third consecutive year, President Donald Trump celebrated Diwali, the popular Indian festival of lights, in the White House by lighting the ceremonial ‘diya’ (traditional lamp). Continue reading President Donald Trump lights Diwali diya in White House for third consecutive year
In a historic first, Diwali, the popular Indian festival of lights, was celebrated in the national capital region’s famed Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD). Continue reading For the first time, Diwali is celebrated at Washington Dulles International Airport
At a memorial service, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner proclaimed October 2, 2019 as ‘Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal Day’ eliciting loud cheers from the crowd for his declaration. Continue reading Tributes pour in for trailblazing Sikh deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal
The fact that the ‘Howdy Modi’ rally drew over 50,000 people to the cavernous NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, early on a Sunday morning is a testament to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity and the ‘rock star’ receptions he gets on American soil. Continue reading President Trump joins Prime Minister Modi at “profoundly historic event” in Texas
House Resolution 489 “strongly condemns President Donald Trump’s racist comments that have legitimized and increased fear and hatred of new Americans and people of color”. Continue reading House votes to condemn President Trump’s racist tweets
Indian-American whiz kid Avi Gupta of Portland, Oregon, has won the Teen Tournament of Jeopardy!, the most popular televised quiz show in America, bagging the grand prize of $100,000. Continue reading Indian-American Avi Gupta wins top prize of $100,000 in Jeopardy! 2019 Teen Tournament
Sundar Pichai, the Indian-American chief executive of internet giant Google, was conferred with the Global Leadership Award at the India Ideas Summit and 44th Annual Meeting of the US-India Business Council (USIBC) held in Washington, DC. Continue reading Google CEO Sundar Pichai conferred with 2019 Global Leadership Award
Referring to the popular BJP election slogan, ‘Modi hai toh mumkin hai’ in the context of ironing out trade differences, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo professed, “Modi makes it possible”. Continue reading Mike Pompeo touts advancing “special partnership” with India, ahead of visit
In a first, eight super spellers including seven Indian-origin kids, were crowned co-champions of the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Continue reading Seven Indian-Americans among eight co-champions of National Spelling Bee
At the 31st annual National Geographic GeoBee, Indian-American students made a clean sweep winning the top three awards and barring one, all the finalists were of Indian origin. Continue reading In a first, National Geographic GeoBee champion Nihar Janga is a former Spelling Bee co-champ
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