New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with US president-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday, November 17. Prime Minister Modi congratulated Joe Biden for the resounding victory in the US elections. This was the first interaction between the two leaders after Biden defeated incumbent president Donald Trump in the US presidential election. The two leaders reiterated firm commitment to India-US strategic partnership as well as discussed priorities and concerns over the COV...Read More

Washington: America born Niraj Antani, a 29-year-old Kutchi Gujarati origin Republican has become the first Indian-American to be elected to the Ohio state Senate. Antani, currently the State Representative, defeated Mark Fogel of the Democratic Party. A political science graduate Antani's parents came to the US in 1987 from Gujarat in India and settled in Washington township. Later, they moved to Miami. Antani was elected at the age of 23, to the Ohio House of Representatives in 2014, becom...Read More

New Delhi: U.S. Secretary of State H.E. Michael R. Pompeo and Secretary of Defense H.E. Dr. Mark T. Esper called on the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today. They conveyed greetings from the President of United States of America to the Prime Minister. Recalling the successful visit of President Trump to India in February 2020, the Prime Minister warmly reciprocated the greetings. The Secretaries briefed the Prime Minister on their bilateral meetings and the fruitful and productive t...Read More

New Delhi: Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India on Wednesday said India will be hosting the third India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue on 27 October 2020 in New Delhi. U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper will be visiting India on 26-27 October 2020 to participate in the Dialogue. From the Indian side, Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar will lead the delegations from the Ministries of Defenc...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi shall deliver the Special Key Note Address at the USISPF 3rd Annual Leadership Summit at 9 PM IST on the 3rd September 2020, through video conference. The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) is a non-profit organization that works for thepartnership between India and the U.S. The Theme of the 5 day Summit that began on the 31st of August is “US-India Navigating New Challenges”. The theme covers various subjects such as India’s...Read More

Rajkot: It appears that fooling the Americans via phone calls for money has become an industry in Gujarat. While several illegal/underground call centers into this fraud practice have been busted in the past in Ahmedabad, the latest one busted by police was operating in Rajkot city. Police has today nabbed four youths from an illegal call center functioning in Raiya Circle area of city and seized computers, contact data, script etc. DeshGujarat Read More

New York: Images of Bhagwan Ram and 3D portraits of proposed grand Ram Mandir in Ayodhya will be beamed across the giant billboards in the iconic Times Square here on August 5 from 8 am till 10 pm to celebrate the temple’s groundbreaking ceremony. According to the President of the American India Public Affairs Committee Jagdish Sewhani, among the prominent billboards being leased for beaming are the giant Nasdaq screen and the 17,000-square-foot wrap-around LED display screen, considered among...Read More

New York: The United States is urging telecom operators around the world to follow the Reliance Jio template of developing homegrown 5G solutions, while delivering stinging criticism against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and the consequences of "untrusted" Chinese components in 5G infrastructure. "I think the lesson of Reliance Jio is that there's nothing mystical about 5G technology. It has the same types of components that 4G technology has; it's just evolved to another level," Robert L. St...Read More