While governors, senators and other leaders represented their states at the Democratic Party Convention's roll call to determine the party's presidential nominee, a 20-year-old Indian American student stood out representing the Maryland state
Given that Indian settlers are generally law-abiding citizens with a high focus on education and are positive contributors to the local economy they are considered a model minority group. India’s rising economic stature and the government of India’s regular engagement with the diaspora have raised the diaspora’s stock within the host nation.
The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) will host GOPIO 2024 Global Convention of People of Indian Origin April 26-28, 2024 at the Royal Albert Palace in New Jersey., US The convention will focus on India’s Present and the Future and what role the Diaspora Indians can play in helping to realize this desirable future. The theme of the convention is ‘Opportunities for Diaspora Indians in India’s Big Manifest Future.’
He became the first prime minister of Indian descent since the arrival of Indians in this Caribbean nation as indentured labourers from India between 1845 and 1920.
While governors, senators and other leaders represented their states at the Democratic Party Convention's roll call to determine the party's presidential nominee, a 20-year-old Indian American student stood out representing the Maryland state
Madhav Prasad Ghimire, who has died aged 101, was one of the last of the Nepali literary figures from among the older generation. Known as Rastra Kavi, or national poet, Ghimire was also a playwright and essayist
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Fatima Sultani, an 18-year-old Afghan woman, spoke to TOLOnews and said she and companions reached the summit of Noshakh in the Hindu Kush mountains, which is the highest peak in Afghanistan at 7,492 metres
Pandit Jasraj, the doyen of Indian classical music, passed away at the age of 90 following a cardiac arrest in New Jersey, the US, on Monday
Idli, the staple breakfast fare for millions of Indians, particularly those in South India, will now kindle global interest with US Senator and Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaking about the dish, opine chefs
The first foreign expedition team of this climbing season has arrived in Pakistan to summit a 6,500-metre high peak in Shimshal Valley of Gilgit-Baltistan, a top official said
After sending off thousands of migrants back to their hometowns, Indian film actor Sonu Sood has now extended his altruism to save 12 Filipino children, suffering from acute liver disease and requiring an organ transplant urgently
At least 513 animals were reported to have gone "missing" from Islamabad's Marghazar Zoo, a media report said
In some good news for the country, a Bangladesh scientist, who also discovered jute polymer and is behind the invention of "Sonali Bag", has come up with a method of making biodegradable protective gear in a promising solution to the additional environmental pollution during the coronavirus pandemic
Afghan civil society institutions and women’s rights activists have said that a recent order by President Ashraf Ghani in which he ordered the establishment of the High Council of Women is only a "symbolic" move towards women’s empowerment, adding that there is a need to increase women’s presence in the government institutions on the threshold of the intra-Afghan talks
The last six years have been good for hilsa fishing in the south of Bangladesh
Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni - considered a cricketing legend because of his exploits on the world of international cricket for 16 years - has announced his retirement in an Instagram post
With a cure for coronavirus still not known, more and more people are turning to Ayurvedic Kadha decoctions to keep the virus at bay
The first phase of Islamabad's inaugural public fruit garden has been completed after 200 saplings were planted on a greenbelt adjoining a major road in the Pakistani capital, the media reported on Friday