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Month: April 2023
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Hinduism
Mohini Ekadashi
Mohini Ekadashi is a Hindu holy day, which falls on the Shukla Paksha of Vaishakh month or it can be said that Ekadashi of Shukla Paksha of Vaishakh month is called Mohini Ekadashi. It is […]
Hinduism
Janki or Sita Navami
Sita Navami is an important day of Hindu religion. This day is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Goddess Sita. Married women observe a fast on the day of Sita Navami and pray for the […]
Business & Economics
Why food prices are falling on world markets but not on kitchen tables?
A restaurant on the outskirts of Nairobi skimps on the size of its chapatis — a flaky, chewy Kenyan flatbread — to save on cooking oil. Cash-strapped Pakistanis reluctantly go vegetarian, dropping beef and chicken […]
Business & Economics
US Q1 growth slows to 1.1%, inflation rises
US economic growth slowed to 1.1 percent in the first quarter of this year, the Commerce Department said on Thursday, as the possibility of a mild recession increases. The figure came in below economists’ expectations […]
Business & Economics
Air India to hire over 1,000 pilots in a bid to expand its fleet
Air India will hire more than 1,000 pilots, including captains and trainers, as the Tata Group-owned airline expands its fleet and network. The airline, which currently has more than 1,800 pilots, has placed orders for […]
Business & Economics
Tesla Power in pact with IOC to sell batteries
Tesla Power USA on Thursday inked a pact with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to sell and service batteries at the firm’s petrol pumps. It will enable Tesla Power to sell and service batteries at over […]
Festival
YOGA FEST 10TH ANNIVERSARY : “EMERGES TO IMAGINE”
By Mabel Pais The Sedona Yoga Festival (SYF) celebrates its tenth anniversary with the theme, “EMERGE TO IMAGINE” leading the way to seek solutions that the yoga community can envision a peaceful, abundant, liberated, and […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Haresh Gurnani to lead Stony Brook College of Business
NEW YORK (TIP): Haresh Gurnani, an Indian Institute of Technology graduate has been named as the new dean of the College of Business at Stony Brook University in New York. He will assume his new […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Immigration Council Neeli Bendapudi wins Immigrant Achievement Award
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): The American Immigration Council honored Pennsylvania State University’s Indian American President Neeli Bendapudi with its Immigrant Achievement Award at a reception on April 28 in Washington, DC. The award recognizes individuals or […]
Indian Americans
8 Indian Americans win Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
NEW YORK (TIP): Eight Indian Americans figure among 30 winners of the 2023 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, a merit-based graduate school program for immigrants and children of immigrants. Chosen for their […]
Dance
SLO FILM FEST NUDGES FILM LOVERS TO IN-PERSON VIEWING
By Mabel Pais Featuring Tribeca-Fest-Award-Winning Director NARDEEP KHURMI’S ‘Land of Gold’ Director ABHIJEET ACHAR’S ‘Mysore Magic’ Co-Director ABIDA CHOWDHURY’S ‘The Reflection on My Screen’ And more The 29th Annual San Luis Obispo International Film Festival […]
India
India
KidsChaupal Empowers Young Authors with a Spectacular Book Launch Event
NEW DELHI/NEW YORK (TIP): Devendra Jaiswal and KidsChaupal recently hosted a literary event in Delhi. The three young authors were the brand ambassador of KidsChaupal – 17-year-old Tisya Singh from Bengaluru with her debut dystopian […]
Bollywood
NY/NJ/CT
Top Indian American doctor appointed senior advisor to India unit of Sloan Kettering Center
NEW YORK (TIP): Observing that the opening of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center from New York in India – the first of its kind outside the United States — “is a big deal,” Dr Nori […]
NY/NJ/CT
STATE HOLDS THE LINE ON NYC CHARTER SCHOOLS: SENATOR LIU
NEW YORK (TIP): State Senator John Liu stated the following about the tentative agreement to keep the New York City charter cap in place while allowing for the reassignment of 14 previously closed charter schools. […]
NY/NJ/CT
GOVERNOR HOCHUL ANNOUNCES $6 MILLION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY IMPACT GRANTS
Funding Available to Address Environmental Concerns in Potential Environmental Justice Areas Largest-Ever Community Impact Grant Opportunity Since Program’s Creation ALBANY, NY (TIP): Governor Kathy Hochul announced on April 26 that $6 million in grants is […]
Business & Economics
Adani to raise up to $1.5 bn for funding green energy projects
Industrialist Gautam Adani’s group is looking to raise $1-1.5 billion for financing new green energy projects in the conglomerate’s biggest borrowing since the group came under attack from a US short seller in January. The […]
Science & Technology
WhatsApp’s new feature allows adding descriptions to forwarded messages
Meta-owned WhatsApp has released a new feature, allowing users to add descriptions to forwarded images, videos, GIFs, and documents on Android, which is currently available to some beta testers. According to WABetaInfo, this feature can […]
Science & Technology
Future ChatGPT models to replace many human tasks: Top AI scientist
The future versions of ChatGPT have the potential to replace many tasks currently performed by humans, leading AI researcher and cognitive scientist Ben Goertzel has warned. Known for co-developing Sophia the Robot, Goertzel believes the […]