Seventeen-year-old Riddhi Chauhan has become the Battalion Commanding Officer of Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) at Benjamin N Cardozo High School in New York, the highest student rank in the programme, leading nearly 300...

Indian-origin candidate Aparna Raj has won the Democratic primary for a Washington DC Council seat, positioning her to become the ward’s first new representative in over 30 years and one of its youngest members.Raj, 32, secured 52% of the vote...

The four astronauts of Artemis II have safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a successful nine-day journey around the Moon.Travelling at over 24,000 mph, their Orion capsule endured extreme heat during re-entry, briefly losing contact...

Rini Sampath, an Indian-origin professional, has become the first South Asian candidate to qualify for the mayoral ballot in Washington, DC.

The city of Seattle, Washington, has agreed to a $29 million (about ₹262 crore) settlement with the family of Jaahnavi Kandula, a 23-year-old Indian student who was fatally struck by a speeding police officer while crossing a street in 2023.

Renowned astronaut Sunita Williams has officially retired from NASA, bringing a storied 27-year career to a close.

Zohran Mamdani became the first Mayor of New York City to be sworn into office using a Quran. The 34-year-old Democratic socialist, born in Uganda to filmmaker Mira Nair and academic Mahmood Mamdani, officially assumed the role just after midnight...

In a historic move for California’s Silicon Valley, 28-year-old Indian-origin psychologist Pranita Venkatesh was sworn in as the youngest-ever Mayor of San Carlos.Venkatesh, who previously served as the city’s Vice Mayor, was unanimously selected...