United States (US)
- Technology
US judge allows 9K women employees to sue Disney for pay discrimination
San Francisco: A US judge has allowed 9,000 women to sue entertainment giant Disney via a class-action lawsuit that alleged pay disparity. The lawsuit includes female Disney employees who worked for the…
- World
India strategic partner but those behind assassination plot need to be held accountable: WH
Washington: India is a strategic partner for the United States, the White House has said as it urged New Delhi to hold accountable those responsible for the plot to assassinate a separatist…
- India
Pannun case: Jaishankar says India formed inquiry committee following inputs from US
New Delhi: Days after Washington alleged an Indian link to a conspiracy to kill a Sikh separatist, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said India instituted an inquiry committee to look…
- World
US House asks Pakistan to uphold democratic institutions, human rights
Washington: A resolution has been introduced in the US House of Representatives urging Pakistan to uphold democratic institutions, human rights, and the rule of law, as the cash-strapped country prepares for general…
- World
Republican primary not a referendum on Trump but on Biden: US media
Washington: The Republican presidential race ahead of the primaries to the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire meet in another 50 days should have been a referendum on former President Donald Trump, instead,…
- World
Indian-origin Dave Sharma officially sworn in as senator in Australia
Canberra: Indian-origin former MP Dave Sharma was officially sworn in on Monday as a senator for New South Wales (NSW) in the Australian Parliament. Sharma, 47, defeated former state treasurer Andrew Constance…
- World
US foreign policy stalwart Henry Kissinger dies at 100
Washington: Henry Kissinger, the 56th US Secretary of State known to be as one of the most influential foreign policy figures in American history, has passed away at the age of 100.…
- World
US-born doctor loses citizenship after 61 years
A 62-year-old doctor from Virginia has been stripped of his US citizenship because his father worked as an Indian diplomat to Iran. His citizenship was revoked in February this year, when Siavash…
- India
Indian in US Dies of Malaria in Brazil; Efforts to Repatriate
Shivpuri: A 23-year-old Indian student, studying in the US, has died of malaria in Brazil, his father said on Sunday. “My son Navjot died at a hospital in Sao Paulo on November…
- World
Attempt on my life threat to US sovereignty: Khalistan leader Pannun
New Delhi: Calling the foiled attempt on his life ‘transnational terrorism’ and a threat to US sovereignty, Khalistan leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said on Thursday that he will let the American government…
- World
Biden-Harris campaign slams Nikki Haley’s abortion ban remarks
San Francisco: Indian-American Republican presidential aspirant Nikki Haley has lent her support to an extreme abortion ban at six weeks after conception when many women don’t yet know they are pregnant, drawing…
- Pakistan
Cipher case: Imran Khan will take legal action against senior State Dept official in US, says sister
Islamabad: Imran Khan will register a case in the US against State Department official Donald Lu if the jailed former prime minister doesn’t get justice from Pakistani courts, his sister Aleema Khan…