Indo-US ties vital: Congressman Ami Bera

File photo of USAID administrator Rajiv Shah. () WASHINGTON, D.C., United States The United States has partnered with India to take leverage of its cheap technology advancement in an effort to jointly fight poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, a top ...

WASHINGTON: All politics is local, former US House Speaker Tip O'Neill famously declaimed to stress the principle that politicians' primary duty is to those who elected them to office. Evidently, someone forgot to write this truism in the Indian ...

Washington Washington lawmakers are realizing that if they want to protect the health of their constituents, they need to help protect the health of people far away who will never set foot in the United States. The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee ...

WASHINGTON, DC With the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considering proceeding toward approval of Genetically Engineered (GE) salmon, or Frankenfish, for human consumption, U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich voiced serious ...

The US congressional panel has been told that Kenya's March 4 elections were credible despite challenges faced by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). Three groups that participated as election observers told the US congress ...

Several of Indian American physicians descended on Capitol Hill April 11, urging lawmakers to address their concerns about the shortage of doctors as they draft a comprehensive immigration bill, as well as issues such as Medicare reimbursements.

From Lalit K Jha Washington, Apr 11 (PTI) Described by President Barack Obama as a "trailblazer", Sri Srinivasan has bright chances to become the first ever Indian-American to serve as a US federal judge as he faced no outright opposition from ...

  US Principal Deputy Solicitor General Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan on Wednesday moved a step closer to creating history, reports Aziz Haniffa.   Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan, 45, currently the principal deputy solicitor general -- who is already being talked of as a potential supreme court nominee the next time a vacancy arises in the United States’ highest court -- Wednesday moved one step closer to creating history by becoming the first South Asian American ...

It's unfortunate that California Attorney General Kamala Devi Harris has gotten national attention due to President Obama's remarks about her looks. She is a politician who deserves to be noticed instead for her achievements. Harris has been ...