Indian American Current Affairs, GK & News

Recent Wave of Tech Layoffs

January 31, 2023

Layoff means removing employees from jobs. Dismissing due to a decrease in profits. When the profit of a company is not sufficient to pay all its employees, it Lays OFF. Recently, IBM (International Business Corporation), one of the largest tech companies in the world laid off its 3,500 employees. This is the largest layoff since ..

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Indian-American becomes Chief Judge of the US Court of Appeals for DC Circuit

February 20, 2020

Indian-American judge Sri Srinivasan has been recently appointed the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. The judge has created history as he became the first ever Indian-American to lead the powerful federal circuit court. The DC circuit is considered more powerful in the United States, as it is ..

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Sundar Pichai promoted as Alphabet CEO after Larry Page, Sergey Brin step down

December 4, 2019

Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer(CEO) of Google LLC was named and promoted as the new CEO of Alphabet Inc on Tuesday, 3rd December 2019. Google is the largest subsidiary of California based Alphabet Inc. The alphabet was founded on 2nd October 2015 through a corporate restructuring of Google with the aim to make the business ..

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Indian-American appointed as US Ambassador to Peru

June 29, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed an Indian-American named Krishna R Urs as the new US Ambassador to Peru. Facts Krishna R Urs is a career service American diplomat who has served at seven US embassies as well in several senior leadership positions in Washington, DC. At present, he is serving as Charge d’ Affaires of the US Embassy ..

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Rashad Hussain appointed as US Special Envoy and Coordinator

February 19, 2015

Rashad Hussain, an Indian-American  has been appointed United States (US) Special Envoy and Coordinator for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications. He will hold both posts. Prior to this appointment, he was Special Envoy of the US to Organisation for Islamic Countries (OIC). As Special Envoy he will lead a staff from a number of U.S. departments and ..

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