Indian-Americans
Indian American legal scholar Ved Prakash Nanda dies
DENVER (TIP) : Noted Indian American legal scholar, Professor Ved Prakash Nanda passed away on January 1. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar among others condoled […]
Indian-American medical biller arrested for stealing more than USD 1 million
NEW YORK (TIP): A 61-year-old Indian-origin medical biller has been arrested for stealing more than USD 1 million from doctors who provided medical care to injured workers in New York, according to the Attorney General’s […]
Indian American technocrat Suhas Subramanyam vows to keep defending reproductive rights
ASHBURN, VA (TIP) : Suhas Subramanyam, an Indian American technocrat, has vowed to continue defending reproductive rights despite Loudoun County Republican party’s calls to ban him from houses of worship in Northern Virginia over his pro-choice record. […]
Indian American Ash Kalra named chair of California Assembly Judiciary Committee
SACRAMENTO (TIP): Ash Kalra, the first Indian American elected to the California State Assembly, has been appointed Chair of the Assembly Committee on Judiciary by Speaker Robert Rivas. “At a time when California must be […]
Indian American high school student Bianca Jain wins Congressional App Challenge for New York district
NEW YORK (TIP) : Bianca Jain, a 9th-grade Indian American student of Briarcliff High School in New York, has won the prestigious Congressional App Challenge for the state’s 17th District. Bianca’s app, Cancer Awareness Hub, […]
2 Indian-origin men jailed for 34 years in UK for drug smuggling
LONDON (TIP): Two Indian-origin men have been sentenced to prison in the UK for smuggling cocaine, cannabis and cigarettes into the country hidden in shipments of perishable goods. Anand Tripathi (61) and Varun Bhardwaj (39) […]
Indian-origin undercover reporter Balakrishnan Balagopal finds exploitation of care workers in UK
LONDON (TIP): A UK-based reporter from Kerala who went undercover as a care assistant in a care home for the elderly in north-east England discovered worrying levels of exploitation of staff, many of them recruited […]
Eight-year-old British Indian schoolgirl chess prodigy named Europe’s best female player
LONDON (TIP): An eight-year-old British Indian schoolgirl has made chess history after being named the “super talented” best female player at a European championship. Bodhana Sivanandan, from Harrow in north-west London, won the European Blitz […]
London housing block named after British Indian spy Noor Inayat Khan
‘It is wonderful that the residents of Camden voted to name the housing block after Noor Inayat Khan”- Khan’s biographer Shrabani Basu. LONDON (TIP): A council housing block in north London has been named after […]
Indian American Hari Choudhari wins UK’s prestigious 2024 Marshall Scholarship
LONDON (TIP): An Indian-origin student is among the 51 winners of the prestigious 2024 Marshall Scholarship, which selects American scholars to pursue their graduate education at any university in the UK. Bengaluru-born Hari Choudhari, a […]
Indian-origin motel owner shot dead by homeless trespasser in North Carolina
NEWPORT CITY, NC (TIP): A 46-year-old Indian-origin motel owner in Newport city in the US state of North Carolina was shot dead by a homeless trespasser, who barricaded himself inside a room at the property […]
China formally accords diplomatic recognition to Taliban govt in Afghanistan
BEIJING (TIP): China has become the first country to confer diplomatic status to a Taliban-nominated official as Afghanistan‘s Ambassador to Beijing, thereby formally recognising the Taliban-run administration as a legitimate government in Kabul. “As a […]