Indian Americans
Month: September 2016
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The Mayor’s Office for International Affairs Calls for Applications for the 2016-2017 NYC Junior Ambassadors Program
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The Mayor’s Office for International Affairs has opened the application process for the 2016-2017 NYC Junior Ambassadors program. NYC Junior Ambassadors is a NYC initiative focused on empowering 7th graders in […]
United States
Senator Avella’s Bill to Prevent Sale of Mislabeled Fish Signed into Law
QUEENS, NY (TIP): Governor Cuomo signed into law Senator Tony Avella and Assembly Member Ellen Jaffee’s bill that prohibits the willful sale of escolar mislabeled as tuna. Although escolar is a species of fish that […]
Europe
Guinness World Record for bearded woman Harnaam Kaur
SLOUGH, UK (TIP): A model with six-inch long facial hair has become the youngest woman in the world to have a full beard, according to the Guinness World Records. Body positivity campaigner Harnaam Kaur, 24, […]
E-Edition
Volume 10 Issue 36 | New York | Sep 16
Print Edition ~ Digitally Volume 10 Issue 36 ~ NY ~ Sep 16
E-Edition
Volume 10 Issue 36 | Dallas | Sep 16
Print Edition ~ Digitally Volume 10 Issue 36 ~ Dallas ~ Sep 16
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Business & Economics
Business & Economics
Business & Economics
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Believes Bots Will Change Customers’ Experience
Artificial Intelligence-powered bots will become the next interface, shaping our interactions with the applications and devices we rely on and Microsoft’s latest solutions are set to change the way HP interacts with its customers and […]
Education
Indian American, Ramesh Raskar, MIT Scientist Bags $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
Indian American Nasik-born Ramesh Raskar, 46, has bagged the prestigious Lemelson-MIT Prize worth $500,000 for his groundbreaking inventions to create solutions to improve lives globally. Risker is founder of the Camera Culture research group at the MIT […]
Education
Indian American MIT Scientists Win Lemelson-MIT Prize
Two Indo-American scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (#MIT) have been conferred with prestigious awards for their path-breaking inventions. Nasik-born Ramesh Raskar, an imaging scientist and inventor at MIT, has been awarded the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT […]
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Asia
US lifts Myanmar trade sanctions
President Barack Obama announced that US economic sanctions against Myanmar will be lifted, and trade preferences reinstated to provide duty-free treatment for goods from the Asian nation. Yesterday’s (09/14/2016) meeting in Washington was the first by Aung San […]
Europe
Former British PM Cameron quits Politics, resigns from Parliament
Britain’s former Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned his seat in the House of Commons, he told in an interview earlier this week. Cameron stepped down as prime minister in June, hours after Britain voted to […]
COUNTER TERRORISM
Obama talks about American Values on 9/11 anniversary
WASHINGTON: On the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, US President Barack Obama paid tribute to the victims of 9/11 at the Pentagon in Washington. He called on Americans to protect the ideals that made their […]
Indian Americans
Barack Obama Nominates Indian-American Diane Gujarati to the US District Court bench in New York
US President Barack Obama has nominated a 47-year-old Indian-American woman attorney to the US District Court bench in New York, the White House has said. “I am pleased to nominate Diane Gujarati to serve on […]
Middle East
Education
Indian Parents prefer US Colleges for their Kids: Report | Education
Although the US is an expensive destination, it is the top choice for Indian parents who would consider university abroad for their wards, according to a report. HSBC’s ‘The Value of Education Foundations for the […]
Indian Americans
Krishna Leela staged in NY
A dance drama on Krishna leela was presented by the East-West School of Dance in traditional Kathak style, bringing Vrindavan to the Blue Sky Center auditorium of Ananda Ashram, a yoga retreat and spiritual educational […]
Business & Economics
A cafe that charges you more!!! for being RUDE (Trump to stay away)
LONDON: Pays to be polite! A Spanish cafe owner has put in place a novel policy to promote good manners under which rude customers are charged more while prices are cut for those who say […]
Other News
Indian Americans
NRI TEENS WIN AT 2016 US OPEN
Two teens of Indian origin shone at the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows, N.Y., defeating their opponents and moving forward in the rankings. Natasha Subhash, 15, won an exciting match in the US Open Juniors […]