Diaspora
CGI Atlanta, Vibha Unite Community Through Run for Unity
The Consulate General of India (CGI) in Atlanta, in collaboration with Vibha, brought together members of the Indian American community and friends of India for the Run for Unity on…
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Australia
West Australian Indian Film Council Invites Indian Screen Partners, Building On Its University Ties
West Australian Indian Film Council (WAIFC) Founder and Chair Nilesh Makwana traveled to the University of Western Australia's Mumbai campus on September 18, 2026, to deliver a memento marking the…
Diaspora
USCIS Form Overhaul Puts South Asian Green-Card Filings Under Fresh Scrutiny
South Asian immigrants preparing for the next stage of their U.S. permanent-residency journey face a new administrative checkpoint after U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released updated editions of Form…
Diaspora
Marathi Film Gondhal Heads for Oscars
The Marathi film, Gondhal (which means ‘Chaos’) is India’s choice for the upcoming (99th) Academy Awards. The Film Federation of India announced the winner among 33 films at a press conference on…
Diaspora
Perth to Host Inaugural Indian Film Festival in November, Scorchers Set for Historic Big Bash Debut in India
Perth will host its inaugural Indian Film Festival from November 12 to 15, it was announced in Mumbai on September 18, 2026, as Western Australia moves to deepen its screen,…
AI
Exclusive: Microsoft’s Girish Bablani Sees AI as a ‘Huge Accelerator’ for India’s 2047 Vision
President of Microsoft Azure Core, Girish Bablani has said India’s large and diverse population is one of its greatest strengths in developing and deploying technology. With more than a billion…
Culture & Heritage
Exclusive: Lakshmi Puri Relaunches ‘Swallowing the Sun’ at JLF Seattle 2026
Ambassador Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri relaunched the international edition of her novel, “Swallowing the Sun,” during the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) Seattle 2026, held September 17-20, at the Seattle Public Library,…
Diaspora
The United Kingdom Is Becoming a Different Country
The United Kingdom is not going to vanish any time soon, but it is already stepping into a new phase in its history. For years, the Union was seen as…
Agriculture
Exclusive: Microsoft Executive Says India Has Potential to Lead Agricultural AI Applications
Seattle, Washington: Microsoft’s Vice President of Frontier Tuning and Chief Technology Officer for Agri-Food, Ranveer Chandra, said India has the potential to become a global leader in agricultural Artificial Intelligence (AI)…
AI
Exclusive: Taraknath Woddi Calls India-US Tech Partnership an Enduring Alliance
Seattle, Washington: Taraknath Woddi, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of Anicca Data Science Solutions, has described technology cooperation between India and the United States as a permanent “Indian marriage” driven by…
AI
JLF Seattle 2026 Opens With Leaders Celebrating Literary Culture
Seattle, Washington: The third edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival Seattle (JLF) 2026, was formally inaugurated at the Seattle Public Library on September 18, celebrating global literature, cultural exchange and…
Diaspora
Trump Tightens H-1B Scrutiny, Renews $100,000 Fee for Some Visas
The Trump administration tightened scrutiny of H-1B visa applications from employers that have recently laid off or plan to lay off similarly situated US workers, while renewing a $100,000 fee…
Capitol Hill
CoHNA Las Vegas Rallies Support for Right to Worship Act
The Las Vegas chapter of the Coalition of Hindus of North America hosted an interfaith community gathering in support of the Right to Worship Act on September 16, 2026, at…
Diaspora
IFFI 2026: Rewriting the Script for Cinema’s Future
Film Festivals in 2026 have undergone a strategic shift in positioning, branding and outreach. Today, any film festival, in order to succeed, has to follow the M Principle: Multi-Layered, Multi-Dimensional,…
Diaspora
Bhumi Pednekar Turns Showstopper for Nazranaa at NYFW
Nazranaa, a South Asian fashion and bridalwear brand founded by sibling designer duo Shivangi Gupta Singh and Shashank Gupta, unveiled its Spring/Summer 2027 collection, Samskriti 2.0, during New York Fashion…
Diaspora
Film Reviews: The ‘Vibe’ from Daayra and the ‘Daayra’ of Vibe
This week saw two big releases—Meghna Gulzar’s Daayra, a crime thriller inspired by dark reality and Kunal Kemmu’s Vibe, an action comedy of two normal youths coerced into going on a patriotic…