Kenneth Juster confirmed as the next US ambassador to India; succeeds Indian-American Richard Verma

Kenneth I Juster has been unanimously confirmed as the next ambassador to India, who will succeed Indian-American Richard Verma, Barack Obama’s nominee, who was asked to step down before US President Donald Trump’s inauguration, leaving the post unfilled for almost a year.

Update: Indian immigrants in US fear deportation post DACA repeal

After US President Donald Trump’s decision to repeal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) programme, thousands of people from India, who arrived in the US illegally as children, are fearing deportation, a South Asian Advocacy group has said.

‘Get your f****** garbage and go back to India’: Indian-American CEO victim of racist rant

An Indian-origin CEO in the US, Ravin Gandhi, was racially abused after he wrote an article saying he will not defend US President Donald Trump’s economic agenda after the violence in Charlottesville.

Nikki Haley: Everybody knows’ Russia meddled in 2016 US elections

American Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said today that “everybody knows” Russia meddled in the 2016 elections and now they were trying to “save face”, despite US President Donald Trump refusing to say they did.

Amul Thapar becomes second Indian-American Judge to the Circuit Court of Appeals

The first Indian-American to be nominated by US President Donald Trump for the sixth US Circuit Court of Appeals, Thapar was confirmed by a 52-44 vote. With this, he becomes the second Indian-American judge to be on a US Circuit Court of Appeals.