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  Meet the 11 Indian-American women making their mark in 2016 US elections

  World | November 08, 2016 15:42 IST

  As U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton targets to break the “highest glass ceiling” in the US, here is the list of Indian-American women politicians are making a mark in this year's general elections in

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  National Spelling Bee ends in tie for third straight year, Indian-Americans declared co-champions

  World | May 27, 2016 14:16 IST

  Oxon Hill: The words were tougher. The final rounds lasted longer. The result was the same. The Scripps National Spelling Bee ended in a tie for the third consecutive year Thursday night, with Jairam Hathwar

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  Indian-American Rupa Iyer awarded highest teaching award in US

  World | May 19, 2016 14:09 IST

  Houston:An Indian-American biotechnologist has received University of Houston’s highest teaching award for her sustained and significant contributions to education. Rupa Iyer, Indian-American Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies at the Unive

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  Michelle Obama stuns in Indian-American designer Naeem Khan for a state dinner

  World | May 14, 2016 12:44 IST

  Washington: US First Lady Michelle Obama stunned in Indian-American fashion designer Naeem Khan's creation on Friday at the state dinner hosted by US President Barack Obama in honour of leaders from Nordic countries. Michelle wore

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  4 Indian-Americans charged with H-1B visa fraud in US

  India | May 09, 2016 11:48 IST

  Washington: Four Indian-Americans, including a couple from the Silicon Valley, have been charged in the US with conspiracy to commit H-1B visa fraud among other offences, federal prosecutors have said. The couple -- Sunitha Guntipally,

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  Indian American Sikh woman elected to key Republican position

  World | May 03, 2016 6:53 IST

  Washington:An Indian American Sikh woman from California has been elected to a key position in the Republican party at the national level. Chandigarh-born Harmeet Kaur Dhillon was elected as the newest national committee woman

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  Obama nominates Indian-American woman as US envoy to Chad

  World | April 20, 2016 6:50 IST

  Washington: US President Barack Obama has nominated Indian-American Geeta Pasi, a career foreign service officer, as the country's next envoy to Chad. Pasi, who served as US Ambassador to Djibouti from 2011 to 2014,

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  Indian-American named President, CEO of Bank of the West

  March 28, 2016 7:34 IST

  Houston:Indian-American Nandita Bakshi has been appointed the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of the West, a unit of French banking giant BNP Paribas. Ms Bakshi, 57, will replace Michael Shepherd as Bank of

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  Indian-American judge on US Supreme Court?

  World | February 14, 2016 21:48 IST

  Washington: Indian-American judge Sri Srinivasan may be nominated to the US Supreme Court which would make him the first from the community to achieve thefeat.After Justice Antonin Scalia, the longest-serving justice on the high court,

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  Indian-American professor wins $625,000 MacArthur

  World | September 30, 2015 12:26 IST

  Washington: Kartik Chandran, an Indian-American associate professor of earth and environmental engineering at Columbia Engineering, has been named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow with a "genius grant" of $625,000 with no strings attached.Chandran, an IIT Roorkee

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  Two Indian Americans raise $100,000 each for Hillary Clinton campaign

  World | July 20, 2015 18:51 IST

  Washington:  Two prominent Indian Americans have joined the club of 120 volunteers who have raised more than $100,000 for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, media reported.Maryland Democrat Mahinder Tak and New York technology investor Deven J.

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  Indian born Nisha Desai to be US Assistant Secretary of State

  World | October 17, 2013 19:56 IST

  Washington: The US Senate has confirmed Indian-American woman administrator Nisha Desai Biswal as the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, making her the first person from the community to hold the top