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Indian-American businessman Vinod Khosla & Elon Musk trade barbs on X over ‘WAGA’ jibe

Khosla reposted an old Musk tweet, accused him of backing 'white America great again' and urged Tesla, SpaceX and X staff to quit. Musk hit back as well.

California Governor Gavin Newsom makes way to COP30, calls US absence ‘own goal’ by Trump

The Chinese are very happy dominating supply chains and manufacturing because they understand the economic opportunity of green energy transition, he asserts.

‘Dunki’ migrants & cost of the American Dream: This NGO has repatriated bodies of 55 Indians in 2 yrs

Heart attacks, accidents, shootings, suicides, stress over deportation & loans are top reasons for deaths of Indians who enter US illegally. Latest is Jind's Kapil Sharma, shot dead on guard duty.

34-year-old Haryana man Shammy Verma arrested in California on charges of rape, sodomy

Santa Rosa police say Verma had a pattern of developing relationships with women and then sexually assaulting them, suspect there may be more victims.

NaMo-asana, recommended for Trump & vegan food trucks ‘behind enemy lines’

NaMo-asana, recommended for Trump & vegan food trucks 'behind enemy lines'

Dry winter, low humidity, Santa Ana winds: What’s fuelling the LA wildfires

As 5 major fires—Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, Lidia, Sunset—rage across LA & Southern California, ThePrint looks at the history of wildfires in California & the effect of climate change.

3 Indian-origin engineers behind iPhone 16’s newest features shine at Apple keynote

Product manager Piyush Pratik, manager of camera hardware engg Paulom Shah, V-P of Apple's silicon engg group Sribalan Santhanam significantly contributed to phone’s cutting-edge tech.

‘US soil being used for terrorist activities against India’: Indian Americans tell FBI, DoJ

In a meeting with federal agencies, the community leaders expressed concern over increasing hate crimes against Hindus and the law enforcement's ability to take any action.

Accused of caste bias, ex-Cisco engineer Sundar Iyer wants to ‘fix’ what CRD did — ‘let down Dalits’

3 yrs after it was filed, CRD has dropped lawsuit against him & engineer Ramana Kompella. Iyer says California civil rights dept 'lied & hid evidence' from court, media & activists.

Asian Americans in California are strongly backing the Democratic Party in upcoming elections

Kamala Harris is badly underperforming the generic ballot, which saw a 51–17 percent Democratic advantage over the Republicans

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China’s long shadow over the upcoming Nepal elections—Red Lines and regional rivalries

China has been quieter since the Gen-Z Movement in Nepal, considering Beijing has its own red lines, especially after Tiananmen Square Protests in 1989—a pro-democracy uprising.

Crypto tumbles after US, Israel launch attacks on Iran

Bitcoin dropped as much as 3.8% to $63,038, while Ether, the second-largest token, slid 4.5% to $1,835. Roughly $128 billion in market value was erased across digital assets.

India has ordered more Polish drones, Indian firm keen to set up munitions factory in Poland—Warsaw’s envoy

New Delhi: India is right to pursue and strike terrorists where they are, as during Op Sindoor, Poland’s Ambassador to India Dr Piotr Antoni...

Pakistan is fighting a two-front war. I saw it coming 15 yrs ago

The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.