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We all know the smiley image created by American commercial artist Harvey Ross Ball. Who would have thought that someday our solar system’s brightest star would resemble Ball’s iconic image? Recently, NASA tweeted an image of the sun resembling a smiley icon. The image, captured by the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory, shows dark patches on […]
In the murder of a 20-year-old Indian-origin student named Varun Manish Chheda, studying at Purdue University, his Korean roommate has confessed to murdering him, apologizing for the crime and claiming he was blackmailed. Ji Min Sha, 22, a junior studying cybersecurity at the University in West Lafayette called 911 at 12:44 a.m. on Wednesday to […]
Ten-year-old Nirvaan Agarwal has participated in county commissioner meetings to speak out in favour of animals housed at a roadside zoo, volunteered to aid animals in sanctuaries, and taken to the streets to demonstrate against the meat industry. The 2022 All-Star for Animals Contest sponsored by PETA Kids has now awarded him top accolades because […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the US government crime investigating agency has published the name of one Indian woman Mayushi Bhagat on it’s official website in the “most wanted” category under the ” missing persons/ kidnappings” subhead. Mayushi or Mausi Bhagat, it is learnt, is an Indian student from Vadodara, Gujarat. She graduated from […]
“Saale chamaro tumhari kismat bahut tez hai, tum America pahunch gaye. Translated, this means, ‘you chamars – a slur used by ‘upper’ caste members – you’re in luck to have made it to America.’ The casual, casteist insult was one of many Neha Singh grew accustomed to on campus, as a student at California State University a decade […]
In a first, Canadian born Sushma Dwivedi of Indian descent has become the first American woman priest to perform Hindu religious rites and wedding ceremonies. Until now, only male priests have performed such rituals in America. When Dwivedi decided that she is willing to perform the wedding ceremony and other rituals, she had to seek […]
The Open Doors Report, 2021 states that the United States remains a top destination for international students, welcoming over 9,14,000 of them from over 200 places of origin. Indian students comprised nearly 20 per cent of this number, with 167,582 students in the 2020-2021 academic year. The US remained open and welcoming to international students throughout the global […]
In simplifying the employment process for the immigrants, the Joe Biden administration has allowed providing automatic work permits to the spouses of the H-1B visa holders. The move makes the employment process simpler especially for Indian-American women as a large chunk of H1-B visa holders are Indian IT professionals. A US court directed the US […]
India purchased Russia’s S-400 air defence system’s first deployment is on its way which might call for sanctions against India under US Law. Two US senators, Cornyn and Warner, have urged President Joe Biden to waive sanctions against India saying such a measure might endanger growing cooperation between the two nations. In 2018, India signed […]
On Friday morning, at Jamnagar’s Kasturba Stri Vikas Gruh a five-year-old child’s life changed forever. Abandoned as a baby, Ranna was adopted by a couple from the US. The child wore traditional clothes to also mark the auspicious celebration of Navratri and beamed happily throughout the day. The couple, Dustin and Tory, have decided to […]
On August 31, in Texas, before 666 new laws were implemented, Dr Jasbir Ahluwalia, 83, started his race against time. The one law that made abortion very difficult for the women living in the Lone Star state. At a critical time, Dr Ahluwalia who completed his medical studies from Baroda conducted 67 abortions at his […]
