New Faces Emerge as Bollywood Stars, Surpassing the Khans
Young actors Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda shine in the new Bollywood film “Saiyaara,” offering a refreshing shift from industry…
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Pope Leo XIV Welcomed at Catholic Influencer Festival
Pope Leo XIV was warmly welcomed by Catholic influencers at the Vatican’s festival, where he highlighted the importance of maintaining…
Report Shows Increase in Hate Crimes Against Indian Communities in Canada
Hate crimes and harassment against South Asian communities, particularly those of Indian descent, have drastically increased in Canada, fueled by…
US Tightens Social Media Rules for Indian Students and Exchange Visa Applicants
In a significant shift in visa application requirements, the United States embassy in India has announced a new directive for…
U.S. Tightens Scrutiny on Student Visa Applicants’ Online Presence Amid Broader Immigration Clampdown
U.S. diplomats have now been officially instructed to examine the social media and digital activity of all foreign nationals applying…
Beauty Influencer’s On-Camera Killing Shocks Mexico Amid Rising Femicide Concerns
Valeria Marquez was chatting with her TikTok audience during a livestream from her beauty salon in Zapopan, Mexico, when her…
Trailer Out Now: Babil Khan’s ‘Logout’ is a Wake-Up Call on the Hidden Dangers of Phone Addiction
~ Directed by Amit Golani, ‘Logout’ stars Babil Khan in the lead as a social media influencer; the direct-to-digital film…
Social media’s war on civility and compassion: Feeds on the psychological vulnerability of individuals
Many of us spend hours on social media doom scrolling, which then ceases to be just a source of recreation;…
Indo-American Leadership Forum Offers Powerful Platform to New England Indian-American Community
The New England community leaders organized a virtual meet on November 2nd as part of the 2nd annual meeting of…
IAPC Organizes Live Presidential Debate During 7th International Media Conference
(New York, NY; October 22, 2020) The Indo-American Press Club (IAPC) organized a live Presidential Debate virtually as part of…
Dr. Sudhakar Jonnalagadda Given Excellence in Leadership Award During IAPC’s 7th Annual International Media Conference
Dr. Sudhakar Jonnalagadda, President of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), was conferred the Excellence in Leadership Award…
IAPC’s 7th Annual International Media Conference Held Seminars, Panel Discussions, Presidential Debate, Cultural Programs, Award Ceremony Are Highlights
Educational Seminars, Panel Discussions, Presidential Debate, Award Ceremony, and Cultural Extravaganza were some of the major highlights of the 7th…
AAPI Plans Mini Convention in Chicago From September 26th – 27th
“It’s very great joy that I want to invite you all to come and be part of the MINI Convention…
National Geographic series, Mega Icons to Feature Deepika Padukone, AR Rahman, Ratan Tata
From actress Deepika Padukone to music maestro AR Rahman and industrialist Ratan Tata, a slew of renowned celebrities will be…
IAPC Plans 7th International Media Conference
Indo American Press Club (IAPC) has planned to organize its 7th International Media Conference (IMC 2020) from October 16-19th 2020….
Indian Overseas Congress, USA, seeks dismissal of Ankhi Das, FACEBOOK content Chief in India
Indian Overseas Congress, USA, an advocacy group that promotes democracy, freedom, and equal justice in India, condemns the FACEBOOK management…
Social connection is key to mental health during coronavirus pandemic
By Binghamton University, State University of New York It’s important to stay socially connected during the coronavirus pandemic and avoid isolation…
IAPC Board of Directors for 2020-21 Announced
INDO AMERICAN PRESS CLUB, Inc. (IAPC) has announced the Board of Directors for the year 2020-21. Dr. Joseph .M. Chalil will serve…
Top 5 Reasons Online Casinos are so Popular Today!
Why are online casinos so popular? People have always loved the thrill and excitement of playing at casinos right from…
Healthier and Happier Without Facebook
By Ruhr-Universität Bochum People who reduce the time they spend on Facebook smoke less, are more active and feel better all…
7 million join Kerala human chain to protest against CAA
Billed as one of the biggest protests against the CAA, Kerala’s CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) on Sunday organised a…
Documentary directed by 2 Indian Americans is shortlisted for an Oscar
Helmed by Smirti Mundhra and Sami Khan, ‘St. Louis Superman’ is based on the life and work on rapper and…
Oscar nominations 2020: ‘Joker’ leads with 11; complete list of nominees
“Joker,” the controversial drama about the mentally ill Batman villain that sparked backlash with its realistic depictions of extreme violence,…
Deepika Padukone Visits JNU, Stands With Students Attacked By Goons On Campus
Actor Deepika Padukone visited Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Tuesday, two days after a masked mob attacked students and…
Artificial Intelligence And Fake News
A lot has changed since technology took over the world. Back then, not everyone had access to these sophisticated gadgets…
Is Your Smartphone Ruining Your Relationship?
Smartphone dependency is on the rise. According to Dr. James A. Roberts, “the typical American checks his or her smartphone once…
Greta Thunberg Is TIME Person of the Year
Greta Thunberg, 16, a Swedish climate crisis activist, has been chosen by TIME as person of the year. Thunberg is…
Indian sand artist wins People’s Choice Award at Boston festival
Sudarshan Pattnaik’s sculpture highlighted the dangers of plastic pollution in oceans Renowned Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the…
How to delete your Google account data when you die
In the age of the internet, data is most precious entity in this world. Our email accounts today not only…
“I Enjoy Learning About New Cultures, it Helps Me Grow” Says Sunny Leone on Debut in South Cinema
Actress Sunny Leone, who is foraying into the southern film industry with movies like “Rangeela” and “Veeramadevi”, believes it will…
Students From 1,600 Cities Just Walked Out of School to Protest Climate Change. It Could Be Greta Thunberg’s Biggest Strike Yet
Hundreds of thousands of students around the world walked out of their schools and colleges Friday in the latest in…
GOP Rep calls for Trump’s impeachment
A Michigan Republican and member of the House Freedom Caucus accused President Trump of “impeachable conduct” in a break with his party….
Publics in Emerging Economies Worry Social Media Sow Division, Even as They Offer New Chances for Political Engagement Many who use social media say they regularly see false and misleading content along with new ideas
In recent years, the internet and social media have been integral to political protests, social movements and election campaigns around…
Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan Win Instagrammers of the Year Awards
Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone and Sara Ali Khan have won Instagrammers of the Year awards, which recognize most engaging community…
Facebook joins GAME to train entrepreneurs in India
Facebook and the Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME) — a consortium of public and private organizations — on Tuesday…
Share of U.S. adults using social media, including Facebook, is mostly unchanged since 2018
The share of U.S. adults who say they use certain online platforms or apps is statistically unchanged from where it…
G. Nagesh Rao Receives ‘Gears Of Government’ Awards From White House
The White House Office of Management and Budget and General Services Administration announced that G. Nagesh Rao was named a…
Working too many hours a week is basically pointless
Working this many hours a week is basically pointless. Here’s how to get more done—by doing less When it comes…
Mainstream media must boycott Trump
“I Have A Running War With The Media.” During a visit to CIA headquarters, President Donald Trump said he has “a…
The Roar of a Woman’s Silence
By Miss Anushree Bernard, Program Coordinator of Vanishing Girls Campaign of ADF India The United Nations declared the 8th of…
‘Sudani from Nigeria’ bags five awards at Kerala State Film Awards
‘Sudani from Nigeria’ bagged five awards at the 49th Kerala State Film Awards 2018. The film directed by new-comer Zakariya…
Screen time for children: Good, bad, or it depends?
This is not the first time when technological advances have created a virtual riot in homes, schools, and offices. When…
From Fake News to Enemy of the People: An Anatomy of Trump’s Tweets
NEW YORK, Jan 31 2019 (IPS) – Since announcing his candidacy in the 2016 presidential elections to the end of…
James Koodal to lead Houston Chapter of IAPC
A new leadership team for IAPC Houston Chapter was elected in the meeting last week presided over by Indo American…
Social media affects all in unique ways
A generation ago, the likes of Walter Cronkite, Peter Jennings and Diane Sawyer were the heroes of television news in…
Sundar Pichai’s mea culpa over Google’s #MeToo moment
Google’s chief executive, Sundar Pichai, issued a mea culpa of sorts as its employees around the world held walkouts to protest how…
8 facts about Americans and Facebook
BY JOHN GRAMLICH Facebook is one of the most popular social media platforms among adults in the United States. At the…
Hasan Minhaj featured in TIME among Next Generation Leaders
Indian American Hasan Minhaj has been featured by Time Magazine as a Next Generation Leader in is October 11th edition. The…
Shashi Tharoor’s new book on Narendra Modi is not just ‘floccinaucinihilipilification’
My new book, THE PARADOXICAL PRIME MINISTER, is more than just a 400-page exercise in floccinaucinihilipilification, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor…
Facebook says hackers accessed personal data of 29 million users
Facebook had originally said up to 50 million accounts were affected in a cyberattack that exploited a trio of software…
Facebook says 50 million users affected by security breach
Almost 50 million Facebook accounts were affected by a major cyber security breach, the social networking company said on Friday….
Sundar Pichai visits Congress to combat charges of bias against conservatives
Google chief executive Sundar Pichai paid a rare visit to Washington on Friday to defend the search giant against allegations…
Sivic launched to kill petition sites and change the way we resolve issues
The Sivic App was launched on August 30th 2018 at the Peninsula Hotel Chicago attended by an august gathering of diplomats, leaders, entrepreneurs, politicians, doctors…
Netflix’s Rajneeshee documentary ‘Wild Wild Country’ wins an Emmy Award
“Wild Wild Country” a Netflix documentary on Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his followers in Oregon, has won in the outstanding documentary or…
Documentary on Kailash Satyarthi on YouTube
American video-sharing website YouTube has acquired the award-winning documentary on the work of Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi and will bring…
Madhulika Sikka hired to create flagship podcast at Washington Post
The Washington Post has hired award-winning journalist and veteran audio storyteller Madhulika Sikka as an executive producer on The Post’s…
Techies Who Raised $1.5 Million for Kerala Flood Relief From Social Media, Invited By Kerala CM
Three Indian Americans from Chicago, Illinois have raised a remarkable $1.5 million in five days to aid the over one…
Social media affects all in unique ways
A generation ago, the likes of Walter Cronkite, Peter Jennings and Diane Sawyer were the heroes of television news in…
Veteran Indian journalist Kuldip Nayar dead
Veteran journalist, author and human rights activist Kuldip Nayar died at a hospital in New Delhi, his family said on…
Shy, intelligent student with ‘big handwriting’: IIT professors remember Google CEO Sundar Pichai
It was late one night in 2013 when professor Sanat Kumar Roy was woken up by the shrill ringing of…
As our media environment blurs, confusion often reigns
A generation ago, the likes of Walter Cronkite, Peter Jennings and Diane Sawyer were the heroes of television news. Now…
Can the Media Stand Up to Assaults On Reporting?
A contributing factor to confusion is the way news articles often lose their context when spread on Twitter feeds and…
Facebook Loses $120 Billion On A Single Day’s Stock Plunge, Shattering Faith in Tech Companies’ Invincibility
It had become an article of investor faith on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley: Quarter after quarter, year after…
Is your smartphone spying on you?
Some popular smartphone apps may be secretly taking screenshots of your activity and sending them to third parties, a study…
Is Micro-Cheating Ruining Your Relationship
Infidelity is everywhere. Studies have shown that around 23% of married men and 12% of married women have at some…
Akshay Kumar Is World’s 7th Highest-Paid Actor
Akshay Kumar (for the third successive year) has made it to Forbes’ ‘World’s 100 Highest-Paid Entertainers’, and ranks 7th in…
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas engaged
Actress Priyanka Chopra, 36, and pop singer Nick Jonas, 25, are engaged after two months of dating, the US media…
Offensive NJ Radio Comments Offer Opportunity to Educate
Last week in a radio broadcast, hosts at NJ 101.5 repeatedly referred to New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal as…
Prof. Kapil Chalil Madathil-led study to help prevent death from viral videos on social media
Kapil Chalil Madathil, an Indian American-led research team at Clemson University in South Carolina, is studying the dangers of viral…
Don’t Quit Your Daydreams and Other Advice From Mindy Kaling’s Books
“Let’s go over my plan, shall we?”, said Mindy Kaling into my ear. I was halfway into her second audiobook,…
FIFA World Cup 2018: Shocking Surprises
The curse of the World Cup winners continues. A “shocked” Germany became the third straight reigning champion to be knocked…
5 dangerous social media habits you must quit
What started as innocent online phenomenon has ended up being the lifeline for everyone on the Internet. Social media is, of course,…
Irrfan Khan, Sridevi win top honors at IIFA 2018
Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan and late veteran actress Sridevi were named the Best Actors at the 19th edition of the…
Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit Among Indian Invitees of Oscar Academy’s Class of 2018
Shah Rukh Khan, Soumitra Chatterjee, Naseeruddin Shah, Tabu, Madhuri Dixit, Ali Fazal and Anil Kapoor, apart from producers Aditya Chopra…
Anukreethy Vas crowned ‘Miss India World 2018’
Anukreethy Vas, a 19-year old beautiful and talented young woman from Tamil Nadu, triumphed over 29 contestants from all over…
FIFA World Cup kicks off in Russia – Proved to be most shocking, surprising to worldwide fans
The World Cup kicked off in Russia on Thursday as the host nation take on Saudi Arabia in front of…
Raj Shah may soon exit the White House, says CBS
Two of the most visible members of the Trump administration are planning their departures, the latest sign of upheaval in…
Meher Tatna Re-elected President of Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Journalist Meher Tatna has been re-elected president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for the 2018-2019 year. Tatna, who oversaw…
In Defense of the Long-Distance Relationship
It appears absence does make the heart grow fonder in 2018. The Economist reports that “about 3.9 million married Americans aged 18 and over…
World Press Freedom Day 2018
The theme for the 25th celebration of World Press Freedom Day is “Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule…
Sikh American Story Airs on CNN May 6th
The Sikh Coalition is excited to announce that CNN’s Emmy Award-winning United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell will feature the…
US wants visa applicants to submit phone, email, social media details
The Trump administration wants all US visa applicants to submit details of their previous phone numbers, email addresses and social…
Here’s How to Turn It Off
Just as Facebook has been trying to overcome a user data scandal involving the U.K. political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, the world’s…
Sridevi fondly remembered
When news of Bollywood actress Sridevi’s death in Dubai spread like wildfire late Saturday evening, it understandably met with shock…
Sridevi’s funeral: millions gather to bid farewell
Millions of people joined film stars and celebrities to bid adieu on Wednesday to the first lady superstar of India,…
Medha Gupta worried about walking alone, so she created an app to make it safer
Medha Gupta sometimes felt uneasy making the 20-minute walk from the corner where the school bus dropped her off to…
US announces 2+2 ministerial dialogue with India to take place in Washington DC
In an on-going sign of growing partnership, the United States has announced that the inaugural “2+2” ministerial dialogue between its…
Indian govt admits rise in religion-based hate crime Pro-Hindu ruling party accused of fanning the flames of violence against religious minorities
BJP run government of India has presented detailed data in parliament showing a surge in religion-based violence since it came…
INOC, USA expresses concern over misinformation campaign to denigrate the legacy & contributions of Nehru-Gandhi family
Indian Overseas Congress (IOC, USA) expresses grave concern over the tone and content of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at…
Freida Pinto & Leslie Odom Jr. To Star In ‘Only’ From Takashi Doscher
Indian actress Freida Pinto and Tony-winning Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr. are set to star in Only, written and directed by Takashi Doscher. The film follows Eva (Pinto),…
SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival New York
The fifth edition of SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival New York takes place at Cinema Village in Downtown Manhattan and neighboring venues such as SVA…
This is why 63 million girls are missing in India
A deeply felt preference for boys has left more than 63 million women statistically “missing” across India, and more than…
The Earth’s Future Will Not Come from Heaven
Most readers will find it difficult to accept what I am going to express here. Even though it is based…
Adopted Indian child now a Swiss Parliamentarian
Gugger has become the first Person of Indian Origin to be elected to the Swiss parliament. His biological mother Anasuiya…
India’s Supreme Court in crisis!
‘No Your Honour’! An earnest plea to save India’s faltering democracy! By George Abraham Many newspapers in India on Saturday,…
Pakistan summons U.S. ambassador after Trump’s angry tweet
Pakistan has summoned the U.S. ambassador to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s angry tweet about Pakistani “lies and deceit”,…
Priyanka Chopra is world’s Sexiest Asian Woman
Priyanka Chopra has been voted the “Sexiest Asian Woman” in the world in an annual UK poll released in London…
Radhika Jones to lead pre-eminent celebrity-driven magazine ‘Vanity Fair’
Radhika Jones, 44, has been chosen to be the chief editor of Vanity Fair, the world’s celebrity driven magazine announced…
DREAMER OF THE WORLD PEACE SRI CHINMOY
About 53 years ago on April 13, 1964 Sri Chinmoy came to New York. Since then he tirelessly dedicated his…
At UN, Priyanka Chopra bats for girl empowerment
Actress Priyanka Chopra, a UN Goodwill Ambassador, spoke up for girl empowerment and felicitated an Indian woman working towards supporting…
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