HOUSTON (TIP): Family and friends are mourning the loss of Mini Vettical, a prominent Indian American doctor, dancer, and a mother of five children, who died in a tragic car crash in Houston, Texas last […]
BRAMPTON (TIP): In a worrisome trend, four killings of Punjabis have been reported in separate incidents in Canada in just two weeks. These developments have led to panic amongst the parents whose kids are studying […]
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): An Indian American teenager is believed to have jumped off the famous Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and died, according to his parents and officials of the US Coastal Guards. The […]
BRAMPTON (TIP): A 21-year-old Sikh woman was shot dead at Brampton in Canada. Peel Regional Police said the incident occurred at a Petro-Canada at Creditview Road and Britannia Road West around on December 3 at […]
VANCOUVER, BC (TIP): Punjabi-origin Jagrup Brar, New Democratic Party (NDP) leader, has been inducted as Minister of State in the NDP government of British Columbia (BC) in Canada on Wednesday, December 7. The new Council […]
LONDON (TIP): Britain’s King Charles III has officially inaugurated the new Guru Nanak Gurdwara and interacted with the volunteers who prepare the ‘langar’ and work within the local community during his first tour as monarch […]
MELBOURNE (TIP): An Indian-origin teacher in Australia has received the 2022 Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in science teaching in secondary schools. Melbourne-based Veena Nair, who is ViewBank College’s Head of Technology and STEAM project […]
LONDON (TIP): An Indian-origin businessman and charity worker has collected his Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) honor at an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London. Mohan Mansigani, who […]
SAN JOSE (TIP): Theranos’ former chief operating officer, Indian-origin Ramesh ‘Sunny’ Balwani, has been sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison for fraud that prosecutors said risked patient health and defrauded the blood-testing company’s investors […]
MISSOURI (TIP): Two Indian-origin students from Telangana drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri over the Thanksgiving weekend even as one student was trying to save the other. The victims were identified as […]
BERLIN (TIP): Gurdeep Singh Randhawa, an Indian-origin German national, has been appointed to the Thuringia state Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party presidium. Randhawa has been an active member of the CDU and has served in […]
EUGENE, OR (TIP): India-born eminent educator Jayathi Y Murthy has become the 16th President of the Oregon State University (OSU) – one of the top universities in the United States renowned worldwide for its cutting-edge […]
MICHIGAN (TIP): Indian-origin Aruna Anand, a 25-year veteran of automotive industry has been named the new President and CEO of leading technology company Continental’s Automotive group sector in North America, effective Dec 1. She will […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): An Indian American-led company has received USD 5 million in funding to develop and manufacture path-breaking ‘zero-pressure’ tires for the US Army, it said in a statement. The Ohio-based American Engineering Group […]
NEW YORK (TIP): : New York University will invest $1 billion over 20 years to improve the ranking of its Tandon School of Engineering, named after Indian American philanthropists Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon. The investment, […]
CHARLOTTE (TIP): The University of North Carolina, Charlotte, has updated its ‘Weapons on Campus’ policy to allow Sikh students to wear a kirpan, a religious expression of faith, on campus. The move comes about two […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Indian American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has told colleagues she will not enter the House Democratic leadership race and instead will run for reelection as Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair. Jayapal, the first Indian […]
COLUMBUS, OH (TIP): Federal law enforcement authorities in the US arrested an Indian American, Rathanakishore Giri, in Ohio on Friday on criminal charges related to his alleged involvement in a cryptocurrency investment fraud scheme that […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Eminent Indian American academician Sunil Kumar has been appointed the next president of Massachusetts-based Tufts University. He is the first person of color to occupy the position. Kumar, provost and senior vice-president […]
MELBOURNE (TIP): India’s leading economist & Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Bibek Debroy has been conferred a Lifetime Achievement Award by The Australia India Chamber of Commerce (AICC). The […]
BRAMPTON (TIP): Harkirat Singh has become the first turbaned Sikh to be appointed as Deputy Mayor of Canada’s Brampton city for a four-year term period from 2022-2026. He has served as Brampton’s City Councilor for […]
BAKERSFIELD, CA (TIP): Jasmeet Kaur Bains, a family physician from Bakersfield, made history by becoming the first Indian-origin Sikh woman to be elected to the California Assembly. In a Democrat vs Democrat race for the […]
KANSAS (TIP): An Indian American professor of computer science at a US university has received an Amazon Research Award to design a tool that minimizes negative user experiences. Pavithra Prabhakar, who is the Peggy and […]
ILLINOIS (TIP): Nabeela Syed, a 23-year-old Indian-American Muslim woman, has made history by becoming the youngest person to win a House seat in Illinois. Syed, a Democrat, also becomes the first South Asian in the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): An Indian American Republican candidate, who is contesting for the upcoming general election for the New York State Assembly District 16, has apologized for a tweet targeting the Muslim community, saying his […]
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