In the run-up to next year's edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), the foremost conclave of the Indian diaspora, the government is organising a national contest to identify the top 25 social innovations that can be showcased to expatriate Indians, a senior official said on Thursday....
Indian American Governor Nikki Haley is one of the contenders for Secretary of State or other cabinet positions in the Donald Trump administration, according to media reports on Wednesday. ...
US President-elect Donald Trump and some of his advisers sought to quell reports of disorganisation on the transition team and fierce internal battles among its members....
Hillary Clinton urged supporters "not to give up" in her first public appearance since she suffered a shocking defeat to Republican Donald Trump in the November 8 Presidential election....
More than half of the residents of three luxury high-rises located on the banks of the Hudson River on Manhattan's Upper West Side signed a petition on Wednesday for the gold letters spelling out the name "Trump Place" to be taken off the buildings' facades, Efe news reported....
On Wednesday, the Academy said:, "In a personal letter, he explained that due to pre-existing commitments, he is unable to travel to Stockholm in December and therefore will not attend the Nobel Prize Ceremony. He underscored, once again, that he feels very honoured indeed, wishing that he could receive the prize in person," Xinhua news agency reported....
Starting early Wednesday morning, Trump once again took to Twitter to reject the reports of chaos and infighting, saying in a tweet-storm that the process of selecting members of his future Cabinet was going "so smoothly", Efe news reported....
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that the US President-elect Donald Trump would be a "natural ally" if he fulfilled his campaign pledge to fight terrorism....
US President-elect Donald Trump wants to name billionaire investor Wilbur Ross as Commerce Secretary....
House Republicans renominated Speaker Paul D. Ryan as their leader on Tuesday, quieting rumours of an initial revolt in the party in the wake of feuding between Ryan and US President-elect Donald Trump. ...