Indian-Americans News

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

As India prepares to land its third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon's south pole on Wednesday evening, the Indian-American community here is filled with excitement and anticipation.

Indian Americans have organised the march in 20 major cities across the United States including New York. The community were seen chanting "Modi Modi", "Vande Mataram" and "Vande America."

Indian Americans constitute about 1% of the US population. The Indo-Americans pay about six percent of the taxes. The above-mentioned data is put by a congressman, McCormick.

The elections are scheduled to be held on April 6. At least 10 Indian-Americans are running for local elections in the Chicago area. Five of the Indian-Americans running for local elections in the Chicago Land area are women.

Indian-Americans are taking over the US, President Joe Biden has said In less than 50 days of his presidency, Biden has appointed at least 55 Indian-Americans to key leadership positions in his administration ranging from his speechwriter to the NASA, to almost every wing of the government.

The rallies were organised by Indian Americans in several cities of the US to dispel the misinformation and myths surrounding the Citizenship Amendment Act as well as to counter the deliberate propaganda of hate, lies and downright absurdities spread by the Congress supporters, US-based Pakistanis, and some Leftist organizations.  

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Three among them - Hiral Tipirneni and Anita Malik from Arizona and Pramila Jayapal from Washington State - are women.

  Six Indian Americans, including two women, are among 35 students from the US selected for the prestigious Gates Cambridge scholarship.

Irma has already left at least 25 dead in the Caribbean. About 60 Indian nationals were evacuated from the island of St Martin in the Caribbean.

Two Indian-Americans have been indicted by a US federal court for using fraudulent documents in obtaining H-1B visa for Indian technology professionals.

Two Indian-Americans in the US have been sentenced to over a year of imprisonment for a massive international credit card fraud involving more than USD 200 million.

A large contingent of Indian-Americans gathered outside the CNN office in Chicago after the channel aired a documentary that "tarnished" Hinduism, the media reported.

A 24-year-old American, who took a bullet for an Indian, has been honoured as 'A True American Hero' by the Indian-American community.

Commending the demonetisation move by the NDA government, a group of Indian-Americans have said that this would not only help eliminate corruption and fight terrorism, but also fast track digitization of economy.

That number is expected to increase to five if Democratic Congressman Ami Bera is declared elected for a third consecutive term after a recounting of votes. 

Trump was today elected as the 45th president of the United States.  

Over 600 Indian-Americans gathered on the banks of the historic Potomac River in the suburbs here to celebrate the festival of Chhath, making it the largest gathering in the last nine years.

Indian-American voters can turn the tide in key battleground states like Florida, Ohio and Colorado, and decide the fate of White House aspirants Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump who are in a dead-heat in major polls just days ahead of the election, community leaders say.