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01/01/2024

May the coming year be a masterpiece painted with moments of love, laughter, and endless possibilities. Happy New Year!

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31/12/2023

May the coming year be a masterpiece painted with moments of love, laughter, and endless possibilities. Happy New Year!

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28/12/2023

After the festive season, it's time to give your body a well-deserved detox! Explore Ayurvedic programs specially designed to cleanse, heal, and restore your energy levels for a fresh start in the new year.

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28/12/2023

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27/12/2023

Couple Tells Indian-American To ‘Go Back To Pakistan’ After Taking Over His House

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26/12/2023

Apple’s Smart Watch Series 9 & Ultra 2 To Go Off Shelves Unless Biden Intervenes

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19/12/2023

Kanan Khant’s “Maya 2” Exhibition Mesmerizes Artlovers At Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery In Mumbai. https://bit.ly/3tmZEva

18/12/2023

Indian Origin Man Fatally Shot Dead In Apparent Robbery

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18/12/2023

Indian American Ashwin Ramaswami Running For Georgia State Senate

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18/12/2023

Drunk Indo-Canadian Man Crashes Car In US With Four-Month-Old Baby Inside.

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18/12/2023

Recession Fears Hit IT Sector, Infosys, Major Players Announce Drastic Cuts In Pay Hikes, Promotions

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18/12/2023

Study Finds Blood Biomarkers Linked To Suicidal Thoughts
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16/12/2023

Hrithik, Deepika’s Chemistry In ‘Sher Khul Gaye’ From ‘Fighter’ Sets The House On Fire

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16/12/2023

U.S. Employment-Based Green Cards Predominantly Granted To Family Members In 2022

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15/12/2023

Shreyas Talpade Suffers Heart Attack, Undergoes Angioplasty

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15/12/2023

US Reaches H-1B Visa Cap For FY24

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15/12/2023

Indian-Origin Hotel Owners Arrested In US For ‘Hiding’ Fugitives

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15/12/2023

US: Abortion Pill Access In Peril Even In States Where It’s Legal

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14/12/2023

- Join us at the spectacular annual fundraiser gala hosted by Chinmaya Mission LA! Show your support and help us raise funds for organizations in need.

06/12/2023

India ranks among countries with the highest mortality rates due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and statistics show that one child dies every nine minutes due to illnesses caused by bugs that resist antibiotics.

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23/11/2023

22/11/2023

Happy Thanksgiving

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02/03/2023

Celebrating women's history month 2023

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02/03/2023

US Border Patrol agents arrested them during a smuggling attempt near Algonac in Michigan.


Five people are arrested by US border authorities after they were caught illegally crossing into the country from Canada by boat. Two of them are Indian nationals. Other nationals are from Nigeria, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic.

02/03/2023

27-year-old, Nishad Singh, an engineer who was previously employed as the co-lead of FTX Trading Ltd in NY has pleaded guilty of committing fraud by defrauding equity investors. He is facing federal charges and during a hearing on Tuesday he admitted to one count of wire fraud, three counts of conspiracy to commit fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, and one count of conspiracy to defraud the US by violating campaign finance laws.

Singh withdrew approximately $6 million from FTX for personal use which included the purchase of a multi-million-dollar house. He is cooperating with the ongoing investigations.

01/03/2023

Her music is a fusion of Indian vocals with Carnatic roots and R&B
She says, “The album is an ode to my Desi R&B sound, including samples from Devdas and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, but also Hindi lyricism and Indian sounds that I crafted myself.”
Naperville brought up Sanjana Nayak who goes by the name SANJ in music circles is just out with her new album. SANJ trained in Indian classical music for two decades and her music reflects it. She told her Hi India, about her music, “It is silky Indian vocals that tap into my two decades of classical music training, and sultry R&B flows inspired by songs that I grew up listening to. Over the past year, I’ve been posting music mashups of my favorite Bollywood songs on TikTok mixed with a variety of Western artists, while also performing in dozens of live shows and working on original music.”

MUSICAL BEGINNINGS
She also says that music has been a passion for her and adds, “This body of work is definitely a passion project, as I feel it is the culmination of all my training and creative work over the past several years. I believe it pushes the boundaries of traditional fusion music, but also highlights my creative ethos in a way I haven’t tapped into before.” She adds, “The album is an ode to my Desi R&B sound, including samples from Devdas and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, but also Hindi lyricism and Indian sounds that I crafted myself

SANJ grew up training in Carnatic style of vocals since she was 4. She says, “I think growing up listening to soundtracks from Veer Zaara, Devdas, and more were my initial inspiration for truly enjoying music as both a listener and a musician. But on the other end, I also was inspired by the likes of Kelly Clarkson, Mary J Blige, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Trey Songz, and Coldplay when I was young as well.

Talking about growing up in Chicago suburbs, SANJ says, “I was born in Jacksonville, FL, then lived in Richmond for 10 years, and finally moved to the suburbs of Chicago when I was in the 5th grade.

01/03/2023

Pilot Project to Stamp H-1B Visas within US to Start in Summer 2023

State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Nancy Jackson made the announcement

During a meet with Indian American community leaders

The pilot project on domestic renewal of work permit visas has been named PHILEO

H-1B and other work visas like L-1 have dealt with the challenge of traveling out of the US to get their visa stamped even after the petition has been approved. This rule has historically caused a lot of hardships for work visa holders. But this may be changing as early as this summer. The US State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Nancy Jackson said during a discussion in Silicon Valley with Indian American community leaders that the pilot project that had been announced by the US recently to stamp the non-immigrant work permit visas, including the H-1B, in the US, instead of applicants having to travel back to India for it would start in the summer of 2023.

28/02/2023

For a long time, Indian films have always made an impact on international film festivals. While Bollywood and South Indian films continue to captivate the audience. Not many may know that the regional film industry is also flourishing and bringing out some great movies to watch.

One such regional industry is the Gujarati Films, which are up and coming in a big way. Many regional Gujarati directors and story writers are coming up with works of such stellar quality that it definitely deserves a broader platform to showcase. It was this thought that led to the conceptualization of Vadilal International Film Festival (IGFF).
Founder of IGFF, Kaushal Acharya, on why he thought of this unique concept, says “Well, Gujaratis remain one of the biggest NRI communities in the US and even across the globe. I felt that even though a lot of good work is being done in Gujarati cinema, enough of it was not reaching the overseas markets and people needed to see how successful their own regional films can be if given the right platform.”

This will be the fourth edition of the festival which made its debut in 2018 in NJ. The Chicago edition will be hosted by the largest media and event company www.hiindia.com. The festival which will be held from June 23-25 is already being chalked out as one of the most anticipated events for a lot of desis in America. The festival will see some of the biggest names in Gujarati film industry coming to Chicago. Renowned Gujarati actors, directors, writers and theatre personalities will be a part of this extravaganza. A high-octane red-carpet event, the first of its kind for any regional Indian cinema will be the highlight of the event in Chicago. For movie buffs it will be a time to get up close and personal with their favorite stars as Q&A sessions, master classes and film bazaar will bring together both filmmakers and film lovers in a close setting.

Watch out for some of the most promising film screenings showcasing the gems of Gujarati cinema. It’s also a time for aspirants to get their talent noticed as master class and talent hunt for new Gujarati films would also be held.

28/02/2023

In a historic first, Shama Hakim Mesiwala has been confirmed as the Associate Justice of the California Third District Court of Appeal. With this new feat, Mesiwala has become the first South Asian American woman and first Muslim American woman on any appellate court in the country.
Born in Stanford and raised in Cupertino, Mesiwala has been a Sacramento County Superior Court Judge since 2017. She is also the first South Asian American appointed to judgeship in Sacramento County.

27/02/2023

Indian Woman Missing from Redmond, Washington found dead



Soujanya Ramamurthy, wife of an Indian Microsoft employee’s wife who went missing from her home in Bell Marymoor Apartments in Redmond, Washington is now reported dead. Soujanya who went missing on February 25 was found dead. After a massive search, her body was found at Lake Sammamish in King County some eight miles east of Seattle.

A search campaign was going online with friends and colleagues circulating her missing details on social media too. Her husband Mudambi S Srivatsa is a software engineer at Microsoft. The couple are from Mysore, India. A Go Fund Me has been launched to help carry the body to India for last rites.The police are still investigating the case.