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The detention of Indian-origin filmmaker Arfat Sheikh by ICE authorities has drawn attention from supporters, who has launched an online fund-raising campaign while seeking his release, reports said.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has turned cautious on inflation, raising its benchmark interest rate for the first time in nearly four years and leaving the door open to further increases as price pressures build and the currency weakens.

Lionel Messi gave Argentina fans a farewell to remember on Tuesday, October 6, scoring once and setting up a brace as the world champions beat Benin 3-0 in Buenos Aires.

A Pennsylvania doctor of Indian-origin, who led the North American Telugu Association (NATA), admitted in federal court that he took part in a scheme that fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in corporate charitable matching funds and involved falsifying the nonprofits tax returns.

The institutional balance between the judiciary and executive statutory bodies forms the core of democratic governance. Recent public observations made by a sitting member of the apex court have brought this delicate balance into sharp focus, raising fundamental questions about judicial decorum, free expression, and the sub judice doctrine.

The 2026 South Asian Literature and Arts Festival brought Nobel laureates, authors, artists and cultural leaders to Menlo College on Sept. 26 and 27, drawing more than 1,000 attendees for two days of discussions, readings, poetry, performances and visual art.

Today, I want to talk about something that is more taboo. When a couple is struggling to get pregnant, society automatically assumes it is the womans fault.

A detector buried deep beneath the Antarctic ice has opened a new way of studying the universe, and the scientist whose vision helped make it possible has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday, October 6.

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, a sitting judge of the Indian Supreme Court, while speaking at the valedictory function of a moot court competition at NALSAR, Hyderabad, on Sunday, October 4, spoke strongly against the disenfranchisement of millions of Indian voters by the Election Commission of India (ECI).

The 2027 World Cup is shaping up to be less a tournament and more an endurance test, for the teams, the players and perhaps even ODI cricket itself. With South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia preparing to host cricket's biggest 50-over spectacle from October 2 to November 21, the ICC has expanded the field and radically changed the route to the title.

An Indian-origin woman from Telangana died in a crash in Missouri after she was returning home from the restaurant she ran in St. Louis, leaving behind a two-and-a-half-year-old child and a grieving family.

U.S. and Indian defense officials held a series of high-level meetings in New Delhi as the two countries looked to deepen their military and maritime cooperation across the Indo-Pacific.

The U.S. Justice Department is seeking to revoke the citizenship of 40 naturalized Americans in a series of cases that span alleged immigration fraud, concealed crimes, tax violations and national security offenses.

The ability to control nerve cells with light, giving scientists a new way to study how the brain produces memories, emotions and behavior, has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan has called for immediate government action to oversee artificial intelligence, warning that companies developing increasingly powerful AI systems should not be allowed to decide on their own how those systems are regulated.

I am a Kashmiri. Though my ancestors migrated to the plains of India over 200 years ago, we never forgot our Kashmiri roots and always prided ourselves on being Kashmiris.

FBI Director Kash Patel and country singer Alexis Wilkins are engaged, with the couple sharing the news on social media.

For many farmers in developing countries, artificial intelligence may be less about replacing jobs and more about making basic services and knowledge easier to access, World Bank President Ajay Banga said, pointing to an initiative in Uttar Pradesh that helps women farmers identify crop diseases using basic smartphones.

India and Canada are moving quickly to rebuild their economic ties, with negotiators set to meet in Ottawa this week for a fifth round of talks aimed at completing a long-awaited trade agreement by the end of 2026.

Indias white-ball cricket is producing gold, records and a frightening amount of batting depth. Yet, beneath that success lies a question that cannot be ignored: is 50-over cricket itself keeping pace with the game India is building? The answer from the Asian Games in Nisshin and the subsequent West Indies ODI series is both encouraging and worrying.

In a fractured geopolitical landscape, India's diplomatic choices are increasingly under global scrutiny. At a recent South Asian Literature Association gathering, senior Congress leader and former Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid discussed India's Tryst with the World, a 2025 volume in the Rethinking India series edited by Salil Shetty and Khurshid. He used the discussion to examine the evolution of Indian foreign policy, the legacy of nonalignment and the challenges facing Indi

It is without question that education helped me escape, or at least deal it my way, the wounds of my forefathers. The same is true for both my parents different times, but on a much more impactful fashion. The gospel of education lived in the house as a most-valued valued member, her fragrance at times raw and merciless wafted through our every breath, and flowed through our veins as sustenance.

The United States is leading a new international push to change how scientific research is funded, organised and carried out, with 16 other countries backing a plan that puts artificial intelligence, advanced computing and Super Intelligence at the center of future scientific discovery.

The global Indian diaspora has called for improvements in consular services, financial access, cultural programs and other areas in a memorandum submitted to India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during his recent visit to New York.

A nutrient found in everyday protein-rich foods may help cells produce energy more efficiently by preventing the breakdown of key mitochondrial proteins, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Cologne, Germany.

The 19th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Convention will be held in Kolkata from Jan. 7-9, 2027, the Ministry of External Affairs said.

A Hindu temple in the greater Cleveland area of Ohio was vandalized with bricks while priests and devotees were inside on Friday, October 2, according to reports.

India's men's team successfully defended its Asian Games hockey title after beating Malaysia 5-1 in the final on Saturday, October 3, at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium in Kakamigahara.

The Indian Consulate in Los Angeles marked Gandhi Jayanti and Shastri Jayanti with two separate programs in the city, bringing together community members to remember Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on October 2.

Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat survived a late fightback from North Koreas Chong Song Han to win the mens freestyle 57kg gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games on Saturday, October 3.

India completed a memorable cricket double at the Asian Games on Saturday, October 3, beating Pakistan by 19 runs in the mens gold medal match to retain the title and add another gold to the one won by the womens team earlier in the competition.

Pranavi Urs held her nerve under pressure on Saturday, October 3, to make history as the first Indian woman golfer to win an Asian Games gold medal, finishing the final round one stroke ahead of the field.

India's Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal used his visit to Chicago to reassure Indian-Americans that India would continue to support its citizens and diaspora members during difficult situations overseas, while also urging them to contribute fully to life in the U.S.

Kumkum Mohod completed a stunning comeback to make history for India at the Asian Games on Saturday, October 3, winning the womens individual recurve gold after beating South Koreas Yejin Oh in a dramatic shoot-off.

New Delhi and the Washington are pushing to move ahead with an interim trade agreement, with India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal holding talks with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on the sidelines of the G20 Trade Ministers' meeting in Milwaukee on Wednesday, September 30.

Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar was hailed as a hero by President Donald Trump after he reportedly managed to open the cockpit door despite being badly wounded in a mid-air attack by his co-pilot aboard a Flydubai flight bound for Israel.

India completed a golden day in compound archery on Wednesday, September 30, with the men's team fighting back to beat China 238-237 and complete a hat-trick of gold medals in the event at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square.

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and Hospital for Special Surgery in New York have identified a previously unknown stem cell population that appears to generate tendons and ligaments throughout the body, a discovery that could open new avenues for treating spinal stenosis and other connective tissue disorders.

An Indian woman has reportedly died after suffering cardiac arrest during childbirth in Texas, leaving behind her newborn son and husband.

A flydubai flight carrying around 180 passengers made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, September 30, after a mid-air incident triggered emergency signals and fears of a possible hijacking, with passengers reporting screams, blood in the cockpit and a sudden dive.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined a regional meeting of American diplomats virtually from Washington, as U.S. envoys from South and Central Asia gathered in New Delhi to discuss regional engagement.

Two Indian nationals are facing federal charges in Florida over an alleged international scheme to distribute counterfeit Ozempic in the United States, with prosecutors saying the drugs were obtained from unauthorized sources in China and sold to U.S. distributors.

India produced a dominant performance in the women's compound archery team final at the Asian Games in Japan on Wednesday, defeating China 238-234 to win the gold medal.

India enjoyed a strong run across shooting, athletics and boxing at the 2026 Asian Games on Tuesday, September 29, with the women's 4x400m relay team delivering the country's first athletics gold of the Games.

Neeru Dhanda added a major milestone to India's shooting campaign at the 2026 Asian Games on Tuesday, September 29, winning the women's individual trap gold after dominating both the qualification round and the final.

Educational ties between India and the United States were the focus of a recent visit by Indian diplomatic officials to Santa Monica College in California, as both sides explored ways to expand opportunities for Indian students.

A proposed steel project in Iowa could become the next major chapter for India-born businessman Rewant Ruia and his family, with Essar Group planning to invest billions of dollars in a new steel complex linked to an iron ore mine in Minnesota.

Indian aluminum producers and exporters of can stock will get relief from U.S. antidumping and countervailing duties after the U.S. Commerce Department partially revoked existing trade-remedy orders covering the product.

Indian pharmaceutical manufacturers will get duty-free access to the U.S. for a selected group of specialty medicines and pharmaceutical ingredients, providing some relief to the industry ahead of Washingtons planned tariffs on certain drug imports.

When I was about 6, my parents and I were thrown out of the Principals Office (?) at Calcutta Boys School which was the best boys school in Kolkata, India. It was the family interview, a required step, after the written test that I had cleared, before admission into Grade 1. I still remember the commotion after what I thought was a stellar performance on my part. I claim to have floored everyone with three fully formed, and grammatically correct, English sentences in pucca accents as I was made