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NASA appoints Indian American as Associate Administrator

Posted on September 4, 2025 by a Staff Writer

Amit Kshatriya. PHOTO: Courtesy NASA The nation’s top space agency announced September 3, 2025, it has selected exploration-focused Indian American as its Associate Administrator. Acting NASA Administrator Sean P. Duffy named Amit Kshatriya,…

Trump ends security protection for former Vice President Harris, senior White House official says

Posted on August 29, 2025August 30, 2025 by Steve Holland

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attends the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January…

Three delightfully strange new sci-fi and fantasy books, one by Tashan Mehta

Posted on August 24, 2025August 25, 2025 by Charlie Jane Anders, Special to The Washington Post

Speculative fiction is often at its best when it’s weird: Just ask Philip K. Dick. Thank goodness some authors have been embracing the bizarre lately, as exemplified by three new books about…

How one scientist, Jagadish Shukla, used ‘a billion butterflies’ to predict the weather

Posted on August 20, 2025August 21, 2025 by Anusha Mathur, The Washington Post

Jagadish Shukla at his home in Rockville, Maryland, in June. MUST CREDIT: Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post Standing in his home office in Bethesda, Maryland, meteorologist Jagadish Shukla gestured at the high-resolution satellite…

Hundreds of thousands enjoy FIA’s massive 43rd India Day Parade in the Big Apple

Posted on August 20, 2025 by a Staff Writer

Grand Marshals of the FIA 43rd India Day Parade in Manhattan Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna, with Dr. Sudhir Parikh, chairman of Parikh Worldwide Media, extreme left, Saurin Parikh, president of FIA-nynjctne,…

Indian foreign minister stresses on border peace in talks with China’s Wang

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Reuters

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Moscow, Russia September 10, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS/File…

Social Security Marks 90 Years as Trump Signs Proclamation to Protect Program

Posted on August 15, 2025 by a Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Social Security Administration (SSA) celebrated its 90th anniversary today with a ceremony at the White House, where President Donald Trump signed a presidential proclamation honoring the program’s enduring…

US, Russia talks conclude in “narrow format,” says Kremlin

Posted on August 15, 2025August 16, 2025 by ANI

Alaska [US], August 16 (ANI): Negotiations with the American delegation in the “narrow format” have concluded, the Kremlin said in a short statement, as reported by CNN. The bilateral meeting between…

India says international court lacks authority to rule on Pakistan water treaty

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Reuters

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The international Court of Arbitration lacks any legal authority to make pronouncements on the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan as New Delhi has never recognised the legitimacy…

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