President Joe Biden has nominated Rashad Hussain, an Indian-American lawyer and diplomat, as ambassador-at-large to lead the state department’s international religious freedom office, which, among other things, publishes an annual report on the state of religious freedom around the world.
Tag: Indian-American
US Vice-President Kamala Harris may visit Singapore, Vietnam in August: Sources
United States’ Indian-origin Vice President Kamala Harris could travel to Vietnam and Singapore in August, even though details of the trip are not final yet, a source said yesterday.
Indian-American Samir Banerjee wins Wimbledon junior boys title
Indian-American tennis player Samir Banerjee, 17, defeated Victor Lilov of the USA 7-5, 6-3 to win the Wimbledon Boys’ singles title in a match which lasted one hour and 22 minutes.
Sirisha Bandla becomes third Indian-origin woman to fly into space
Aeronautical engineer Sirisha Bandla became the third Indian-origin woman to fly into space when she joined British billionaire Richard Branson on Virgin Galactic’s first fully crewed suborbital test flight from New Mexico.
Indian-American Abhimanyu Mishra becomes youngest-ever chess grandmaster
US youngest Chess Grandmaster: Indian-origin Abhimanyu Mishra of New Jersey has become the youngest chess grandmaster in history. The 12-year-old player scored his third GM norm in Budapest, having already crossed the required 2500 Elo rating barrier.
US Congress passes resolution on COVID relief for India
The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution recognising the devastating impact of COVID-19 in India and calling for urgent assistance.
India ‘incredibly important’ partner to the US, says White House spokesman
A White House spokesperson announced that India is an “incredibly important” partner to the US in the region and globally, underlining that the US is working with the country on wide-ranging issues like economic, strategic and security.
ZEE5 set to launch streaming services in USA on June 22
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd announced the launch of its OTT platform ZEE5 in the United States on June 22 in a statement.
Two Indian origin journalists among Pulitzer Prize winners for 2021
Two Indian origin journalists are among the winners of the Pulitzer Prizes for the year 2021. Megha Rajagopalan, a journalist working for BuzzFeed News, and Neil Bedi from Tampa Bay Times have bagged these awards under the international reporting and local reporting categories respectively.
One in two Indian Americans faces discrimination, mostly owing to skin colour: Study
Survey is based on a poll of 1,200 Indian Americans — including citizens, Green Card holders and Non-Resident Indians — in September of 2020, in the run up to the November election during trump presidency.
