WASHINGTON - Garima Sethi, the widow of Indian pilot on Lion Air flight that plunged into the sea in October claiming 189 lives, has accused Boeing of "playing with lives" and said the second crash involving the same model could have been prevented if appeals to ground the 737 Max 8 fleet were given more weight by the airline and others. Sethi, wife of 31-year-old Bhavye Suneja, told the Washington Post that January wasn't the first time...

UNITED NATIONS - Starved for foreign funds due to UN sanctions, North Korea carried out a $13.5 million cyber heist of Cosmos Bank using a network across 28 countries by breaking its internal safety measures, according to the world body. The Security Council's panel of experts that monitors the sanctions on North Korea said the cyberattack in August last year was carried out "by an advanced persistent threat group" from that country.

KUALA LUMPUR - AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes has deleted his Facebook account over the circulation of a video of the Christchurch mosques carnage that claimed the lives of 50 people, saying the social media giant needed to "clean up and not just think of financials". Fernandes, who had 670,000 followers, announced his decision in a series of tweets on Sunday, reports CNN. "The amount of hate that goes on in social media sometimes...

ADDIS ABABA - As many as four Indians were among the 157 people killed in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash on Sunday. The plane, Boeing 737 Max-8 en route to Nairobi, crashed shortly after taking off from the Ethiopian capital, killing all 149 passengers and 8 crew on board, according to media reports. "Profound condolences to the families of 149 passengers killed in an Ethiopian Airlines crash soon after takeoff from...

LOS ANGELES,CA-  Indian-American Community members representing ten different organizations joined in hands large numbers on Feb 27, and held a peaceful protest near the Pakistan Consulate in downtown LA. Dr. Amrit Nehru and Dr. Amit Desai along with dozens of community leaders coordinated and led the protest. This protest and subsequent vigil were held to express solidarity with the families of the 44 soldiers who lost...

LOS ANGELES - "Period. End of Sentence", an India-set film on the taboos around menstruation and featuring the real 'Pad Man', picked up an Oscar in Documentary Short Subject category at the 91st Academy Awards ceremony. The film, backed by Indian producer Guneet Monga's Sikhya Entertainment, is about women in India fighting against the deeply rooted stigma of menstruation and delving upon the work of real life...

NEW DELHI- The Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology on Feb 11 yet again summoned Twitter’s Global CEO Jack Dorsey to appear before it on February 25 over allegations of the social media site discriminating against “nationalist” posts on its platform. The parliamentary panel headed by Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha MP Anurag Thakur had summoned the Twitter CEO to appear before it on Feb 11, 

LOS ANGELES, CA - If you’re an immigrant and reside in Los Angeles county, there are resources available for you, whether for legal needs or non-legal ones like food, health, environment or education. This was the message of support that came from L.A. county leaders who promised to serve immigrants in tangible ways at a briefing organized by Ethnic Media Services on Jan 18, at the Kenneth Hahn Hall here. At a time when the federal government continuously re-defines who is an American, 

WASHINGTON - Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu Congresswoman, has said that she does not regret her 2017 meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has been accused of using chemical weapons to attack civilians in his country's years-long civil war. Gabbard, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, told CNN in an interview on Sunday that American leaders must meet foreign leaders "if we are serious about the pursuit of peace and securing our country".