A US-based Indian diaspora organisation found that more than 200 Indian origin persons occupy leadership positions in as many as 15 countries including the United States and United Kingdom. Of these, 60 hold Cabinet ranks.
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Piyush Gupta wins ET Global Indian Award
Singapore-based DBS Group CEO Piyush Gupta won the Global Indian Award of The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence.
India Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposes Aatmanirbhar Bharat, new tax and investment rules for NRIs in Budget Speech 2021
Taxation and investment rules for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) as Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2021-22 in Parliament.
Big relief for spouses of H-1B visa holders as Biden withdraws proposal to deny them working rights in the US
Under the Barack Obama administration, a regulation was passed that allowed certain sections of the spouses of H-1B visa holders to work in the US.
Meet the 20 Indian-Americans in US President-elect Joe Biden’s administration
As many as 17 Indian-Americans have been nominated to the White House and 13 of the 20 are women.
Indian-American Raj Iyer appointed chief information officer for the US Army
Iyer will be the highest ranking Indian American civilian at the Pentagon equivalent in rank to a three-star general.
Joe Biden appoints more Indian-Americans to top posts
Biden has appointed 3 Indian-Americans – Tarun Chhabra, Sumona Guha and Shanthi Kalathil – to his national security council.
The Indian-American who led Donald Trump’s Twitter ban
The social media giant decided to ban Trump’s accounts following the attack on the US Capitol that they believe were encouraged and supported by the President’s posts.
Eminent members of Indian diaspora honoured with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award at PBD Convention
Non-Resident Indians (NRI), Persons of Indian Origin, Indian diaspora or an organization/institution established honoured with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award at PBD Convention
International Sikh news portal alleges censorship by Facebook
An article on the website of the news portal Sikh24 claims that the hashtag #sikh has been blocked by the social media giant.
