The FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop at 3:54 p.m. ET on Nov 13, holding departures at all US airports "until further notice" due to extraordinary circumstances and for safety reasons. Inbound international flights are being handled case by case. The FAA has not said what caused it.
Read more →It will be the first attempt to catch both the Super Heavy booster and the ship back at the tower, and success would make it the first fully recovered orbital rocket.
Read more →Jensen Huang resigned as Nvidia's CEO this week, with CFO Colette Kress stepping in as interim. He left amid reporting of extramarital affairs, including an alleged tie to a woman the press describes as a suspected Chinese intelligence operative, which Nvidia has not addressed.
Read more →SpaceX's Starship Flight 15 is set to lift off from Starbase, Texas, at 5:45 p.m. ET (2:45 p.m. PT) on Nov 13 with 26 Starlink satellites. It is the first attempt to catch both the Super Heavy booster and the ship back at the tower, which would make it the first fully recovered orbital rocket.
Read more →DHS proposed re-examining H-1B visa extensions, adding scrutiny to renewals in a move that could land hardest on Indian tech workers.
Read more →After flipping both chambers in the midterms, Democrats began organizing the new majority, with an early leadership challenge to Senator Schumer.
Read more →Modi and Trump agreed to keep engaging as India's trade minister pressed in Washington for an interim deal. Talks advanced but no agreement was signed.
Read more →A tanker, the Atlantic Asphalt, struck American Cruise Lines' docked paddlewheeler American Heritage near the Port of New Orleans around 12:30 p.m. local time on Nov 13, partially submerging it with about 130 people aboard. The Coast Guard, harbor police and city fire crews are pulling passengers from the water. Injuries and the cause are under investigation.
Read more →A widespread Microsoft outage took out Outlook, Teams, OneDrive and Azure on Nov 12. Service is back, and Microsoft says there is no sign of a cyberattack.
Read more →US envoy Steve Witkoff met Putin in Moscow while Zelensky toured Europe, as European leaders press for a seat at the table. No agreed framework yet.
Read more →Delhi was ranked the world's most polluted major city this week, ahead of Lahore, per IQAir, and BBC Verify found missing monitors had understated official Diwali readings.
Read more →Modi inaugurated Bengaluru's Metro Pink Line, pushing the city's network past 100 kilometres.
Read more →At least 12 people died and over 25 were injured when a passenger bus and a truck collided in Golaghat, Assam.
Read more →Rockstar released GTA 6's launch trailer with a release date and a loaded soundtrack, a new Justice track with Tame Impala and SZA, plus Lil Wayne and Depeche Mode.
Read more →Namit Malhotra's Ramayana, directed by Nitesh Tiwari and starring Ranbir Kapoor, was submitted for the 99th Academy Awards, even as the Marathi film Gondhal stays India's official international entry.
Read more →Chennai-raised NYC stylist Sandeep Ravi dressed Tyra Banks in her first Indian outfit for Diwali, a green-and-gold set styled with Kalyan Jewellers.
Read more →Rep. Grace Meng reintroduced the Diwali Day Act to make the festival a federal holiday, and former Canadian MP Ruby Dhalla joined the White House Diwali celebration.
Read more →Diljit Dosanjh is on the Coachella 2027 lineup, alongside Madonna, Dua Lipa, Tame Impala and SZA.
Read more →Taylor Swift is back at the CMA Awards for the first time in about a decade, nominated for I Knew It, I Knew You.
Read more →Indian roadside restaurants on US highways have grown from about 40 in 2023 to more than 150, per Dhabaroute, feeding a heavily South Asian trucking workforce, the LA Times reports.
Read more →The Simpsons brought Apu back after eight years, now voiced by Sunil Malhotra, with Janina Gavankar as Manjula.
Read more →Priyanka Chopra threw a Diwali party with chefs flown in from London's Gymkhana, and announced an investment in Gymkhana Fine Foods.
Read more →Mindy Kaling's Diwali looks in Indian designers drew applause, then comments about her body, a reminder of how fast the lens turns on women.
Read more →Instagram's 2026 Rings named three India-linked creators: Chanel model Bhavitha Mandava, footballer Muhammed Riswan, and Brooklyn comedian Pooja Tripathi.
Read more →Former Mayfield CMO Kamini Ramani joins Milan Vaishnav on Grand Tamasha to discuss Lotus Leadership, a book built on interviews with more than 100 Indian women leaders.
Read more →The New York Indian Film Festival is taking submissions for its 2027 edition, set for June 17-20 in New York City. The festival lists Nov 15 as the regular deadline.
Read more →The South Asian Bar Association of New Jersey and APALA-NJ host a Diwali celebration Tuesday, Nov 17, 6:30-9:30 pm at Martinsville Gardens in Martinsville, NJ.
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