marjeet Sohi takes oath as Canada's new Minister of Infrastructure and Communities during the ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
Canada's new Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan during the ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, accompanied by NDP candidate Harbaljit Kahlon, left, waves to supporters at a rally in Brampton, Ontario.
A sand sculpture created by Indian sand artist, Sudarsan Pattnaik with the message 'Save the Environment' during Seychelles India day Celebrations at Beau Vallon Beach in Seychelles.
India-born Sundar Pichai will be the new CEO of Google under a major restructuring at the technology giant, as co-founder Larry Page lauded the IIT alumnus' "progress and dedication" and said it is "time" for him to take over the company's reins.
Republican presidential candidate, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, speaks at the RedState Gathering, in Atlanta.
Shyam Narayanan, 17, and Yang Liu Patil, 18, were part of the six-member US team that won the renowned award after a gap of 21 years. India was ranked 37th in the competition. In this photo, IMO Team with their USAMO Medals. Michael Kural, Yang Liu, Ryan Alweiss, Shyam Narayanan (Back Row), Allen Liu, David Stoner (Front Row)
Indian High Commissioner in New Zealand Ravi Thapar has been "posted back" to New Delhi following allegations that his wife had assaulted a staff member and a detail investigation is being carried out into the matter.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (center) meets with specialist Donald Himpele (left) as he visits the trading floor of the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, before ringing the closing bell.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (center) gavels the market closed after he rang the closing bell of the New York Stock Exchange.
Raja Rajeswari has been sworn-in as a criminal court judge by Mayor Bill de Blasio, becoming the first India-born woman to be appointed a judge, in the New York City.
Indian Naval Ship Tarkash evacuates personnel of different nationalities from the war torn city of Aden, Yemen.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes a selfie with Indian employees during a visit to the Airbus facility in Toulouse, France.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes a selfie with Indian employees during a visit to the Airbus facility in Toulouse, France.
A woman evacuated from Yemen waits at a counter upon arrival at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai.
Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit with Indians evacuated from Yemen by a Pakistan Navy ship, upon their arrival at the IGI Airport, in New Delhi.
A man speaks with his daughter after she arrived at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai after being evacuated from Yemen.
Kochi: One of the Kerala nurses evacuated from Yemen with her parents upon arrival at the international airport in Kochi.
People evacuated from Yemen seated in an IAF C-17 Globemaster-III at Djibouti prior to taking off for Mumbai.
A relative welcomes a woman who was among the stranded 349 Indian nationals after being evacuated from Djibouti, at the International Airport in Mumbai.
Purvi Patel is taken into custody after being sentenced to 20 years in prison for feticide and neglect of a dependent at the St. Joseph County Courthouse in South Bend, Indiana. Patel was found guilty in February of neglect of a baby whose body was found two years ago in a trash bin behind her family's restaurant in Mishawaka.
Indian-American Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley during the inauguration of Global Science Conference EBAS 2014 at Lovely Professional University in Jalandhar.
This undated photo released by the Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD) shows GNRD employee, Krishna Upadhyaya, at an unknown location. Two Britons, Upadhyaya and Ghimire Gundev, researching migrant worker issues in Qatar, the Gulf nation that is due to host the 2022 World Cup, have gone missing after Upadhyaya reported they were being harassed by police, according to the Norwegian human rights group that employs them. GNRD said that researcher Upadhyaya, 52, and photographer Gundev, 36, were supposed to leave Qatar via the capital Doha.
Indian-origin mathematician Manjul Bhargava won the Fields Medal -- known as the "Nobel Prize of mathematics." Bhargava, a professor of mathematics at Princeton University, was among the four winners who have been awarded the Fields Medal, given out every four years.
Indian-origin mathematician Manjul Bhargava won the Fields Medal -- known as the "Nobel Prize of mathematics." Bhargava, a professor of mathematics at Princeton University, was among the four winners who have been awarded the Fields Medal, given out every four years.
Indian-origin Academicians Manjul Bhargava has been awarded the Fields Medal, known as the "Nobel Prize of mathematics.''
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Minister of State V K Singh interacting with the media after inaugurating the online system for facilitating transportation of mortal remains of Indians from ECR countries in New Delhi.
Kerala nurses, evacuated from Libya, being received by relatives on their arrival at the airport in Kochi. Relief writ large on their faces, 44 Indian nurses working in strife-torn Libya arrived this morning from Dubai even as four others are bound for different destinations in the country.
The Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs in the United States Department of State.
Harjinder Singh who returned from Iraq, with his family members in Khatoli village in Patiala.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal gets a hug from Sally Campbell, Chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition of Mississippi, before speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority event in Washington. Jindal was the last of several prospective Republican presidential candidates to address more than 1,000 evangelical Christians attending the event.
An activists of various NGO's of Amritsar taking out candle light march for the safer return of Indians who have been abducted by militants from Mosul city of Iraq, at Amritsar.
Family members pray for the safety of their relatives missing in Iraq, at a Sikh temple in New Delhi.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal at a meeting with the families of some of the Punjabi workers abducted in Iraq, in New Delhi.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj meeting the families of some of the Punjabi workers abducted in Iraq, in New Delhi.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj with Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal addresses the media after meeting with the families of some of the Punjabi workers abducted in Iraq, in New Delhi.
Irfan Jaffery, international contractor working for UNAMID, is welcomed by Hester Paneras, UNAMID police commissioner, and other staff members at El Fasher airport in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan. Jaffery, abducted in El Fasher in March, was freed Wednesday in Kabkabiya, after more than 90 days in captivity. Jaffery, a native of India, will be flown to Khartoum and back to India.
Ansun Sujoe, 13, left, of Fort Worth, Texas, and Sriram Hathwar, 14, of Painted Post, N.Y., raise the championship trophy after being named co-champions of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Maryland, United States.
Suman Mulumudi holding his Steth IO, at home, in Snohomish, Washington. The Steth IO, turns a smartphone into a stethoscope. Mulumudi, 15, showed off the digital stethoscope he invented on a television show. A freshman at Lakeside School in Seattle, Mulumudi is developing the device and another medical tool he invented last summer. The teen is the CEO of his own company, StratoScientific.
Indian-origin internet advertising mogul Gurbaksh Chahal, who escaped jail despite beating his girlfriend 117 times, has been fired from his post of CEO and chairman by his company.
File: In this December 5, 2013 file photo, US Attorney addresses a news conference. Unfazed by the outrage over the arrest and subsequent treatment of senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, the India-born US prosecutor Preet Bharara defended the action against her and confirmed that her maid's family has been "evacuated" from India.
US Senate confirmed Indian-American woman administrator Nisha Desai Biswal as the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, making her the first person from the community to hold the top diplomatic position.
Judge Sri Srinivasan taking the oath of office in Washington. Indian American Srinivasan is the first South Asian to be appointed to the United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which is considered as the second highest court in the US after the Supreme Court.
