Indian Americans
Month: September 2016
India
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India
Isolate nations which nurture, peddle and export terrorism: Indian foreign minister at UNGA
UNITED NATIONS: Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, speaking at the 71st United Nations General Assembly, said on Monday that it was time to identify nations who nurture, peddle and export terrorism and isolate […]
Europe
India
Pakistan Must Stop Dreaming About Kashmir, Says Sushma Swaraj At UNGA
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday demanded isolation for the supporters of terrorism. While addressing the 71st session of UN General Assembly In New York, Swaraj Said ” We all have to come together […]
COUNTER TERRORISM
Politics
Hillary Clinton Wins First Presidential Debate, 62% to 27%
Democrat Hillary Clinton on Tuesday defeated Republican Donald Trump in the first presidential debate by 62% to 27%. Earlier, Clinton and Trump took to the stage on Monday to begin their first-ever presidential debate and […]
Other News
Shoe hurled at Rahul Gandhi
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday blamed BJP-RSS after a local hurled shoe at him during a road show. Rahul said “BJP, RSS throw as many shoes you want on me, I don’t fear […]
India
Blood And Water Can’t Flow Together, Says PM Modi Over Indus River Treaty
“Blood and water cannot flow together,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday as he chaired a review meeting of 56-year-old Indus Water Treaty during which it was decided that India will “exploit to the […]
Entertainment
Entertainment
Kudrow-Cox Reunion: Phoebe Really Can’t Seem To Cut Monica Out
Actresses Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow showed they still know their “Friends” trivia as they reunited for an episode of “Celebrity Name Game”. They made an appearance together on “Celebrity Name Game”, and entertained the […]
Entertainment
Other News
Alcohol Addiction May Impact Neurocognitive Skills In Elderly
Excess consumption of alcohol can cause neurophysiological and cognitive changes ranging from disrupted sleep to more serious neurotoxic effects, a study has found. The negative consequences of heavy alcohol consumption on neurocognitive function gets worse […]
Europe
United States
5 killed at Macy’s in Cascade Mall, Burlington, Suspect in Custody within 24 hours
After a shooting at the Cascade mall in Burlington in Washington, which killed Five people – a teenage girl, three women and a man – inside Macy’s department store on Friday; Arcan Cetin was arrested in his […]
Other News
Prolonged sitting behind 4% deaths worldwide: Study
WASHINGTON: Nearly four per cent of all deaths worldwide – or 433,000 per year – are due to the fact that people spend more than three hours a day sitting down, a new study conducted […]
United States
Hackers publish apparent scan of Michelle Obama’s passport
The White House says it is investigating a “cyber breach” after what appeared to be a scan of Michelle Obama’s passport was published online. The scan appeared to have been taken from a Gmail account […]
India
India hits back at Pakistan at UNGA; Terms it a Terrorist State
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif raked up the Kashmir issue on Wednesday, September 21, at the United Nations General Assembly, glorifying slain Hizbul commander Burhan Wani as a “young leader” and demanding […]
Other News
Featured
Diwali Stamp to be Unveiled October 5: Air India announces Raffle for free travel to India
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Almost a decade long struggles to have a US postal stamp to commemorate the best known Indian festival bore fruit in August when the USPS conveyed to Ranju Batra, Chair of […]
Other News
A Day of Protests in front of the United Nations
NEW YORK (TIP): September 21 was a day of protests in front of the United Nations. The most important, from the point of view of Indian American community were the protests against Pakistan, organized by […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Sikh Woman Soldier is Army’s ‘Un-official Diplomat’
CHAUBATIA, UTTARAKHAND (TIP): An Indian American US Army staffer Balreet Kaur Khaira is changing the way Indians are seen and has grown more than an asset for the force, especially when they are in conflict […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Jennifer Rajkumar fails to make it to the general elections
NEW YORK (TIP): Jenifer Rajkumar, a Democrat running in the state’s 65th Assembly District, candidate for the New York State Assembly, has lost the race in the Democratic primaries held on September 13. She was […]
Education
Two Indian American IIT Madras alumni donate $1mn to their alma mater to promote research
CHENNAI (TIP): Two alumni of IIT-Madras based in the Silicon Valley in the United States – Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayanan – have donated $ 1 million, sponsoring the Visiting Chairs in Computer Science and […]