An Afghan-American lawmaker in California has introduced a bill to make caste discrimination illegal and if passed, it will become the first ever US state to outlaw discrimination based on caste. ...
One person was injured and hospitalised after an explosion rocked a phenol plant in the US city of Houston, authorities said. ...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued crypto asset entrepreneur Justin Sun along with eight celebrities -- including actress Lindsay Lohan, boxer/influencer Jake Paul, and rapper/producer Soulja Boy -- for perpetrating fraud via market manipulation and paying celebrities for crypto endorsements. ...
The US is on edge over the possibility that former President Donald Trump would be indicted over an alleged hush-money payment during his 2016 election campaign. ...
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has appointed Indian-American healthcare professional Srilekha Palle to the Virginia Asian Advisory Board (VAAB). ...
Five people died from storm-related incidents in the US' San Francisco Bay Area, local authorities said. ...
The year of 2022 marked the first 12-month period in Canada's history where population grew by more than 1 million people, and the highest annual population growth rate of 2.7 per cent since 1957, Statistics Canada said. ...
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that the US has in some cases, significant concerns about China's behaviour, particularly its coercive and aggressive behaviour in the South China Sea....
At the Taj Mahal Party Center in Jamaica, New York, a celebration programme was held to mark the 103rd birthday of "Father of the Nation" of Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rehman and the 52nd anniversary of the country's independence on Tuesday....
US President Joe Biden honoured Indian-American actress-producer Mindy Kaling with the prestigious 2021 National Medal of Arts, one of the highest awards given to artists and arts patrons by the government....
