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Employer-sponsored Green Card processing takes 3.4 Years, all-time high

Posted on August 12, 2025 by David J. Bier

Stock photo: Dreamstime Immigrant workers seeking a green card—which denotes legal permanent residence in the United States—now face almost a three-and-a-half-year wait to make it through the government’s regulatory morass. Paying a…

Two-day Durga Festival to be celebrated at Times Square in NY

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Archana Adalja

Members of the Committee of Times Square Durga Utsav Organization. (Left to Right) Secretary Nirupoma Saha, Treasurer Soumyabrata Dasgupta, President Sasadhar Howlader, Advisory Committee Member Milon Awon, Chief Advisor: Mridul Pathak, and…

Mahindra expands in South Africa as US tariffs hit autos

Posted on August 12, 2025August 13, 2025 by Matthew Hill, Bloomberg

The Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. new assembly plant. MUST CREDIT: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. is boosting capacity at its South African plant by two-thirds as India’s largest automaker by value…

New U.S. Visa Rule Requires Up to $15,000 Bond for Certain B-1/B-2 Applicants

Posted on August 11, 2025 by a Staff Writer

A man exits the transit area after clearing immigration and customs on arrival at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, U.S., September 24, 2017. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan/Files Washington, D.C. – August 2025…

Flushing Swaminarayan Mandir hosts Back to School supply giveaway

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Archana Adalja

Members of Indian Nurses Association NY, NYCD Desi Society, LiveOnNY, and BAPS Flushing Swaminarayan Mandir at the Back to School supplies giveaway on Sunday, August 10, 2025. ALL PHOTOS: Courtesy Vipul Patel…

Commentary: India’s Cosmic Leap: A Billion Dreams, Will See Visits to Moon, Mars and Venus

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Pallava Bagla

The NISAR satellite, jointly developed by NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), will orbit Earth 14 times a day, scanning nearly all the planet’s land and ice surfaces twice every…

Apicha Hosts Health Fair in Jackson Heights, Drawing Hundreds for National Health Center Week

Posted on August 11, 2025August 12, 2025 by a Staff Writer

Volunteers, healthcare professionals, community leaders, and partners gather at Apicha Community Health Center’s Health Fair in Jackson Heights, Queens, during National Health Center Week 2025. | Photo Credit: Apicha Community Health Center…

Indian exporters weigh options to deal with US levy that’s ‘worse than Covid’

Posted on August 10, 2025August 11, 2025 by Satviki Sanjay, Bloomberg

Employees inspect and polish diamonds at a workshop in Surat, Gujarat, India. MUST CREDIT: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg Indian exporters who built their businesses on Americans’ demand for affordable goods are redrawing their strategies…

ZEE5 Global Launches First-Ever Malayalam Original ‘Kammatam’ — A Crime Thriller Inspired by True Events

Posted on August 8, 2025 by a Staff Writer

Photo Credit : ZEE5 Global Global – August 7, 2025 — ZEE5 Global, the world’s leading streaming platform for South Asian content available in over 190 countries, has announced its entry into…

GAPIO Mid-Year Conference 2025 in Nairobi showcases global health innovation

Posted on August 8, 2025 by a Staff Writer

India’s Acting High Commissioner to Kenya Rishab Kumar Rewar, center, poses with organizers and attendees at the GAPIO Mid-Year Conference 2025, held July 18. Also in photo, Dr. Nandakumar Jairam, right, and…

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