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First Indian American, first Muslim woman, Ghazala Hashmi, wins Lt. Governor’s race in Virginia

Posted on November 4, 2025November 6, 2025 by Ela Dutt

Ghazala Hashmi, the new Lt. Governor of Virginia, the first Muslim to win statewide office and the first Indian American to hold the position in Virginia. PHOTO: Facebook @SenatorGhazalaHashmi Ghazala Hashmi, the…

States Can Now Verify Voter Citizenship Using Partial Social Security Numbers

Posted on November 3, 2025 by a Staff Writer

Photo: Dreamstime WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has expanded its Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program to allow states to verify voter citizenship using just the last four…

Kamala Harris says she may run for president again

Posted on October 26, 2025October 28, 2025 by Naftali Bendavid, The Washington Post

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz at the last Democratic Convention. PHOTO: https://www.facebook.com/KamalaHQ/ Former vice president Kamala D. Harris said in an interview that she “possibly” will run for president, adding an early…

Support grows for Bushra Amiwala, Illinois candidate for Congress

Posted on October 14, 2025October 15, 2025 by a Staff Writer

Bushra Amiwala, right, taking a selfie with supporters. PHOTO: @BushraforCongress Bushra Amiwala, candidate for Congress in Illinois’ 9th District, announced new endorsements from Next Gen Politics (IL and National Chapters), and the…

Air India crash: Grieving father of captain says investigators insinuated son cut fuel

Posted on September 25, 2025September 26, 2025 by Aditya Kalra, Lisa Barrington and Arpan Chaturvedi

FILE PHOTO: Father of Sumeet Sabharwal, a pilot who died when an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft crashed during take-off from an airport, offers prayers as he stands next to the…

Kamala Harris’ book draws blowback from Shapiro, Buttigieg. Here’s what’s in it

Posted on September 19, 2025September 20, 2025 by Maeve Reston, Sophia Nguyen, The Washington Post

Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during a November campaign rally in Milwaukee. Her book on her 107-day campaign as the Democratic nominee will publish next week. MUST CREDIT: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington…

India’s top court-appointed committee clears Ambani son’s wildlife centre of wrongdoing

Posted on September 15, 2025September 17, 2025 by Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Groom Anant Ambani gestures on the day of his wedding with Radhika Merchant in Mumbai, India, July 12, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo (Reuters) -A wildlife rescue centre run by the…

Flood-hit India, Pakistan face rising basmati prices amid crop losses

Posted on September 8, 2025 by Reuters

Residents stand at an embankment as they wait to be rescued from a flooded area, following monsoon rains and rising water levels of the Chenab River, in Jalalpur Pirwala, Punjab province, Pakistan,…

Arundhati Roy recalls her brilliant mother, both teacher and tyrant

Posted on September 5, 2025September 7, 2025 by Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post

MUST CREDIT: Scribner For as long as the Indian novelist, Booker Prize winner and activist Arundhati Roy can remember, her mother was – or pretended to be – dying. A chronic asthmatic…

Neurosurgeon Dr. Anil Nanda cautions against overconfidence among physicians

Posted on September 4, 2025 by Archana Adalja

“Punditry and Poignancy in Healthcare, a talk by Dr. Anil Nanda at the Global Conference on Sri Sathya Sai Ideal Healthcare held on June 28-29, 2025 in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, to commemorate…

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