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‘Go back to your country’: Indian-origin founder highlights hate incidents in US, seeks help | World News

Indian-origin founder Anita Ratnam shared US hate incidents, highlighting abuse faced by Indian-origin individuals/Image: Getty Images An Indian-origin founder has raised concerns over a rise in hate incidents targeting Indians living in the United States, calling for urgent attention and support through a post on X.Anita Ratnam, popular Indian dancer and founder of Narthaki.com, described […]

Perplexity reacts to Indian-origin CEO Aravind Srinivas’ AI gaffe: Layoffs are fine as people hate their jobs

Aravind Srinivas, CEO of AI startup Perplexity, says job losses because of AI are fine as people hate their jobs anyway. Aravind Srinivas, the Indian-origin CEO of Perplexity AI, was caught in a major controversy after he defended AI-triggered layoffs and said people do not love their jobs anyway. In a podcast, Srinivas who studied […]

Indian-origin US doctor reacts to Oracle layoff, says every single H-1B should be sent back home

Internet personality Mike Cernovich questions how many H-1Bs Oracle has after the IT company announced a layoff of 30,000 employees across the world. IT firm Oracle announced a brutal layoff impacting 30,000 employees across the world in a 6am email on March 31. Informing the employees that March 31 was their last working day, the […]

‘Need to be prosecuted’: Indian-origin congresswoman calls for compensation for migrants ‘traumatised’ by ICE crackdown

Indian-origin US lawmaker Pramila Jayapal has called for reparations for undocumented immigrants, saying families were “traumatized” by immigration enforcement under US president Donald Trump.Speaking at a congressional hearing titled “Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Attack on Children”, Jayapal said compensation may be needed for those affected by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations. “We are going […]

Why Indian-origin Democrat Arvind Venkat read from Isha Upanishad in Pennsylvania House

Rep Arvind Venkat read a prayer from Isha Upanishad at the Pennsylvania House. Rep Arvind Venkat read a prayer from the Isha Upanishad at the Pennsylvania House Wednesday and said he wanted to say the prayer from the Hindu text as this year is the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Sri Venkateswara Temple […]

Meet Rudrojas Kunvar: 16-year-old Indian-origin US entrepreneur who said ‘no’ to $300,000 offer because…

Rudrojas had a rough couple of weeks as he did not know how to say ‘no’ to a $300,000 offer. “That’s a lot of money,” he said to Business Insider as he recounted how he built an AI tool to help farmers analyze crop health and why he did not want the tool to become […]

Indian-origin man in US steals $1 million in loan fraud, buys land in Fresno with pandemic relief money

An Indian-origin man in California has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for loan fraud. An Indian-origin man in California has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for defrauding the government’s Paycheck Protection Program Loan. 37-year-old Gurjeet Bath has also been ordered to pay a $100,000 criminal fine. Bath applied for this loan, […]

We have beautiful eyes, we don’t claim Kash Patel as our own: Indian-origin surgeon trolls FBI chief in viral video

The Indian-American community does not claim FBI director Kash Patel to be one of them and there are many reasons behind it, Dr Dhivya Srinivasa, a plastic surgeon, said in one of her viral Get Ready With Me videos. The video went viral as her audience loved how nonchalantly she delivered what they considered the […]

Meet Nithin Hassan: Indian-origin techie who left Meta, to build his startup in India | World News

After nearly two decades in the United States, a well-settled life in California and a high-paying career in Big Tech, the decision to return to India in 2023 marked a clear shift from stability to building something from scratch.Nithin Hassan, who left his role at Meta, moved back to Bengaluru to focus on building consumer […]

Indian-origin sheriff’s deputy Yash Patel arrested on suspicion of sexual battery, false imprisonment in California

Indian-origin Yash Patel, a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy, has been arrested in Jurupa Valley, California, on suspicion of sexual battery and false imprisonment while off-duty, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced.The arrest took place earlier this month after the sheriff’s Special Investigations Bureau looked into the allegations.Patel began his employment with the sheriff’s department in […]