President Barack Obama has nominated Sunil Sabharwal, an independent Indian American investor in the payments sector, as US Alternate Executive Director at International Monetary Fund for a term of two years....
New York, March 5 : An Indian American woman, who was convicted in 2013 of harbouring an illegal immigrant at her upstate New York mansion for over five years and subjecting her to slave-like conditions, has lost an appeal to overturn the verdict. ...
More than certain rewards, uncertainty motivates people to put in more efforts, new research has found. These findings can help companies and public policy makers when designing incentive systems....
Do you feel irritable at being interrupted -- especially when you are close to finishing a task? A new study shows that people tolerate interruptions less the closer they are to completing a task or achieving a goal....
The US Justice Department has said that it will not bring federal civil rights charges against Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown, Efe news agency reported....
A US high school student, who allegedly helped a man travel to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, has been arrested, according to media reports. ...
As New York City public schools added two Muslim holidays - Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr - to the school calendar, a US lawmaker asked Mayor Bill de Blasio to do the same for Diwali too. ...
Leaders at the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) expressed deep disappointment with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to exclude Diwali from the 2016-17 public school calendars. Earlier today, the Mayor announced that the new public school calendar will include two Muslim holidays...
US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took pot shots at each other as the latter warned against entering a "very bad" deal with Iran over its nuclear programme....
National Federation of Indian American Associations (NFIA), the largest umbrella organization of more than 200 associations, will honour 10 Indian American achievers at its 18th biennial convention March 6-8 in Cerritos, California....
