Month: June 2015
Indian American Community Forms Networking Group
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian Business and Technology Opportunities organized a successful meeting of academics, professionals, entrepreneurs and potential investors in Big Data / Analytics at a meeting on May 31st in New York City. With […]
GOPIO-CT Awards 4 -Year College Scholarship to Priya Gada of Stamford AITE High School
STAMFORD, CT (TIP): Stamford Dollars for Scholars presented scholarship to 25 high school students on June 1st evening at a ceremony held at the University of Connecticut, Stamford Campus. Attended by Stamford Mayor David Martin […]
Consul General of India assures the Sikh community of due redress of their problems
RICHMOND HILL, NY (TIP): With a view to reaching the consular services to the doorstep of people, Cox & King organized a Visa Camp, May 31 at Gurdwara Baba Makhan Shah Lobana in Richmond Hill. A […]
CLINTON FOUNDATION RELEASES LIST OF MONEY MAKING SPEECHES
NEW YORK (TIP): The Clinton Foundation, facing heavy scrutiny of its fund-raising during Hillary Rodham Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, released on Thursday, May 28, a list of paid speeches by the Clintons that generated at […]
NYC SUMMER STEM 2015 – Free, full-day, high-quality STEM instruction
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): NYC SUMMER STEM 2015 is a new citywide program to provide students who just completed grades 2, 7, and 10 with free, full-day, high-quality STEM instruction. SUMMER STEM will serve 1,200 […]
China and India Immigrants Becoming US Citizens at High Rate
For the first time in decades, the number of immigrants coming to the United States from China and India outnumbers those coming from Mexico. It’s a historic shift that has caught the attention of service providers across […]
$100 million mosque being built in Washington DC suburb
The Turkish government is building a new $100 million mosque and cultural center in Lanham, Maryland, a suburb of Washington DC to cater to the needs of the city’s large Muslim population. Spread over 15 […]
Bomb Threats | 5 U.S. Flights Targeted
At least five flights were targeted by phoned-in bomb threats Tuesday, June 2, government sources told NBC News. The threats weren’t considered credible. Four of the five flights — among them one from San Diego to […]
For International Yoga Day – PM Modi the Show Stopper
A-grade star cast. Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and Shilpa Shetty along with cricketer Virat Kohli and wrestler Sushil Kumar will be the brand ambassadors for Yoga Day on June 21. The show stopper […]
India & US clear two ground-breaking defence projects
NEW DELHI: India and the United States have sealed an agreement to jointly develop protective gear for soldiers against biological and chemical warfare, and another on building generators, defence officials said on Wednesday. The projects […]
New York June 5 Print Edition Replica
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Special Movie Screening of ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’ for Arun Jaitley by Javed Akhtar
Veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar has organised a special screening of his daughter Zoya Akhtar’s forthcoming film Dil Dhadakne Do for Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi on Tuesday (June 2) evening. “Javed sahab has kept a special screening of Dil Dhadakne […]
Study: Microendoscope could eliminate unneeded biopsies
By providing real-time histological data to endoscopists, Rice’s microendoscope can help rule out malignancy in cases that would otherwise require a biopsy. “While traditional endoscopy can rule out malignancy and eliminate the need for biopsies […]
Govt.’s ‘khoyapaya’ website to help trace missing children
With 11 children disappearing every hour in the country, the government will on June 2 roll out a web platform for people to directly report, track and upload information on missing children. The web portal […]
Maggi controversy: Bihar Court orders FIR
In the wake of UP FSDA finding monosodium glutamate and lead in excess of the prescribed limit in the instant noodles, a district court in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur directed the police today to register an First Information […]
Indian American Team at Rice Univ. Creates Imaging System to Monitor Vital Signs
The Indian American team of Rice graduate student Mayank Kumar and professors Ashok Veeraraghavan and Ashutosh Sabharwal created the touch free video imaging system that will let doctors diagnose patients from a distance with special […]
Indian American Ro Khanna to Contest 2016 US House of Representatives Polls
Indian-American Ro Khanna has announced that he will contest for a US House of Representatives seat that represents most of the Silicon Valley in California for a second time after losing out in the 2014 […]
HAB BANK Hosts Customer Appreciation Luncheon for its Jackson Heights Branch
JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY (TIP): HAB BANK, nation’s oldest and largest South Asian bank, hosted a luncheon for Jackson Heights Branch customers in Jackson Heights, NY, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. The event was organized in honor […]