New Delhi, Dec 10, 2015: Apple has featured Lybrate, India’s largest online doctor consultation platform, in its coveted list of ‘The App Store Best of 2015’ that covers most innovative apps and games. Lybrate’s doctor […]
Bates College in Lewiston (Maine, USA), a highly selective residential college, founded by Freewill Baptists in 1855, has instituted a Hindu shrine. Applauding Bates for provision of the shrine located in its Chase Hall, Rajan Zed, described […]
Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos has released a report titled “Opportunities for Improving Preschool Special Education Outcomes for Nassau County Children.” A press release said the report finds that Nassau school districts lag New York […]
Universities across the United States are caught up in a wave of protests swirling around issues of race, identity and how institutions should respond to their history. It’s raised far-reaching questions about campus culture and […]
(New York, NY) Today, State Senator Tony Avella broke his silence on the trials involving Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver and remarked on the challenges facing Albany’s ethics issues. Avella had refrained from comment while the […]
Two organizations dedicated to promoting tolerance and religious understanding through education, research and leadership training will share Hofstra University’s 2016 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize,said President Stuart Rabinowitz in a press release dated December 11. The […]
DALLAS , TX (TIP): For the past two weeks, people seeking safety in the US who ICE has kept detained for up to two years have refused meals as part of the #freedomgiving hunger strike […]
DALLAS, TX (TIP): New federal rules designed to reduce smog in the country’s national parks will force seven of Texas’ oldest coal plants to make costly upgrades to their smokestacks. With an eye to lifting […]
HUGHES SPRINGS, TX (TIP): A Texas police chief who warns President Barack Obama in a social media video that trying to disarm Americans would “cause a revolution in this country” is the latest law enforcement […]
DALLAS, TX (TIP): The 2nd annual DFW South Asian Film Festival kicks off its programming from February 19th to 21st, 2016, at locations in downtown Dallas and Plano. The opening night film, Miss India America, will screen on Friday, Feb. 19th at the Hoglund Foundation Theater of […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Since last month, US warplanes have struck Islamic State’s oil infrastructure in Syria in a stepped-up campaign of economic warfare that the United States estimates has cut the group’s black-market earnings from oil […]
President Barack Obama on Sunday, December 6 issued his most passionate denunciation yet of ISIS, vowing to “destroy” the group in a relentless, strong and smart campaign that is consistent with the nation’s values. Obama, speaking in the […]
ALBANY, NY (TIP): The Directors of New York’s twenty-three public library systems, on behalf of all seven hundred fifty-six local public libraries, have released a letter calling on Governor Cuomo to increase funding for the […]
SACRAMENTO (TIP): An Indian-American couple has donated USD 4.6 million for Hindu Studies program in Berkeley, California. The Center for Dharma Studies -will be established in the Graduate Theological Union University in the UC Berkeley […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Four Indian teachers have been shortlisted for a USD 1 million annual prize, dubbed the ‘Nobel Prize for teaching’, for their outstanding contribution to the profession. Kerala-born entrepreneur Sunny Varkey, founder of the […]
COLORADO SPRINGS (TIP): The man accused, Robert Lewis Dear, of killing three at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado has said in court that he is guilty and a “warrior for the babies”. “I am […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Minister of Defense of India Manohar Parrikar made an official visit to the United States at the invitation of US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter from December 7-10, 2015 that included visits to […]
NEW JERSEY (TIP): Democratic Committee chairman Vin Gopal, an Indian American entrepreneur, has been named one of 100 politically influential people in the “Power List” for 2015 in Politicker NJ. The list ranks the strongest people […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian American sitarist Anoushka Shankar and Indo-British director Asif Kapadia are among the Indian-origin nominees for the 58th Grammy Awards, which will be held in February 2016. Shankar, 34, has been nominated […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Researchers, including those of Indian-origin, are developing a portable sensor that can quickly and inexpensively determine whether an eye injury is mild or severe. The device called OcuCheck measures levels of vitamin C […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): An Indian-American doctor and professor of dental sciences has been elected vice-president of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR). Rena N D’Souza, an internationally regarded researcher and highly honored dental educator is an alumni […]
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton took aim at fellow White House hopeful Donald Trump over his call to ban Muslims from entering the United States, saying: “I no longer think he is funny.” Appearing on NBC’s “Late […]
LAS VEGAS (TIP): Hindus term The Church of England’s condemning United Kingdom (UK) cinemas for showing a Hindu-themed short animation film as “out-of-line”. The Animated Superhero Movie is on Hindu Deities undirected by Indian American Director Sanjay Patel. […]
ELMONT, NY (TIP): Legislator Carrie Solages is upset over the delay in announcement of the location of the Casino. “For months we have all heard the rumors of a Casino being built somewhere in Nassau […]
CHICAGO (TIP): Farha Sayeed of Chicago has been bringing laurels through her love for an array of arts and crafts and her contributions to welfare of downtrodden, thereby emerging as a role model for women […]
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