A new initiative between Tata Trusts and the University of Chicago will collaborate in ideation and solution-seeking to complex developmental challenges in crucial areas like sanitation, energy and the environment, a US don of Indian origin who heads the venture said....

She called him "most dangerous" and he dubbed her a "world class liar" and "most corrupt" as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump joined the battle of the most unpopular candidates ever sending fact-checkers scrambling for truth. ...
US President Barack Obama said on Friday that he is confident Britain will make "an orderly transition" out of the European Union, after the British people voted in favour of leaving the bloc....
Calling the flooding "among the worst in a century for some parts of the state," Tomblin told reporters that damage is widespread and devastating. The death toll could rise further, Xinhua reported....

Yes, I will do everything possible to defeat Donald Trump," Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said in an interview with MSNBC channel on Friday, on being asked if he will vote for his rival Hillary Clinton in the November poll....
For the very first time in the history of AAPI, both the President and the Convention Chair are women,†pointed out Dr. Seema Jain, Dr. President of AAPI. “We are so fortunate to have Dr. Rita Ahuja to chair the prestigious convention. She brings with her a wealth of knowledge as she has chaired two succes...

The United States Supreme Court upheld on Thursday college and university admission reservation based on race in a verdict that could adversely impact Indian-Americans, and in a verdict in a separate case, blocked President Barack Obama's immigration reform programme....
Nearly 225,000 Indian and Pakistani individuals are eligible for DACA and DAPA. India ranks among the top ten origin countries with individuals eligible for DACA, and ranks third among individuals eligible for DAPA. At least 23,000 Indian and Pakistani youth are eligible for DACA and expanded DACA. ...

US Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a heavy blow to the White House's immigration programme by unable to come to a decision on a lower court's ruling that blocked the programme....
New York-based Indian actor Ankur Bhatia, who played Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s husband in "Sarbjit", has now been signed to play Shraddha Kapoor’s husband in Apoorva Lakhia’s "Hasina"....