Brazil’s right-wing president-elect Jair Bolsonaro better not get too carried away with comparisons of him to the US president. “There’s only one Donald Trump,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders dead-panned Monday, pouring cold water on claims — both from supporters and opponents — that Brazil has produced its very own tropical Trump. Despite this, there were signs of a budding Trump-Bolsonaro friendship after the former paratrooper’s election on Sunday. Washington […]

Hope Hicks, one of US President Donald Trump`s longest-serving, most trusted aides, is resigning from her job as White House communications director. The White House announced she was leaving a day after Hicks, 29, spent nine hours in a closed hearing of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee on its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Hicks` decision to leave […]

In the last 30 years and more, the information technology industry in India has seen wave upon wave of negative news that threatened to upset the applecart, but the industry has shown resilience and confidence to withstand each wave and grow every year. In doing so, industry leaders have built fortresses of capabilities, ranging from standard applications and infrastructure management to package implementation to engineering and product design, business process […]

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: “Tanned. Rested. Ready.” That is Indian-American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s new 2016 presidential campaign slogan and the “tanned” part is supposed to be a reference to his skin tone. “The liberal media that developed this week was disgusting: Apparently Bobby isn’t brown enough for them,” wrote Timmy Teepell, Mr Jindal’s campaign manager, in an email to supporters. Well, this will make the left even more upset. We […]

In a neighborhood that doesn’t necessarily offer many extras when it comes to education there is one middle school student who wouldn’t let that dictate his fate. This is partly because he has a school principal who lets him know that he doesn’t have to. Sharing his story of how he was inspired by this educator has taken this student all the way to the White House. Vidal Chastanet inspired […]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold two days of meetings with President Barack Obama in his first visit to the US since being banned in 2005, US officials have confirmed. Mr Modi will visit the White House on 29-30 September. The two leaders are expected to discuss issues “to expand and deepen the US-India strategic partnership”. Mr Modi was denied a US visa in 2005 after religious riots in […]

Washington: Four Indian-American kids have made it to the exclusive list of 54 winners of the White House-launched national ‘Healthy Lunchtime Challenge’ by coming out with a healthy menu. These 54 kids would be honoured by none other than the First Lady, Michelle Obama, at the Kids’ “State Dinner” at the White House on July 9. The group will join the First Lady for a healthy lunch, featuring a selection […]