BALTIMORE (TIP): Freddie Gray’s death in Baltimore is the latest in a rash of high-profile deaths of black men at the hands of police. [quote_box_right] Case Points Gray was arrested April 12 on a weapons […]
Baltimore mom Toya Graham has been hailed as mother of the year after she was caught on video smacking her 16-year-old son when she found him participating in rioting that gripped the city. Toya Graham […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian American scientist Sangeeta Bhatia at Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed artificial human microlivers for drug testing and has won a prestigious 250,000 dollars Heinz award for her work in tissue engineering […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Kalki Koechlin-starrer disability drama “Margarita, with a Straw” has bagged the best feature film honor at the recently concluded Washington, D.C. International Film Festival. Kalki Koechlin, 31, plays a cerebral palsy patient in […]
LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): Farrukh Baig was sentenced Monday, April 27, 2015, to more than 7 years in prison for exploiting undocumented immigrant workers at 7-Eleven stores he ran on Long Island and in Virginia. […]
House leaders have reached a bipartisan compromise on a bill that would end the National Security Agency’s controversial collection of American phone records, but the measure faces an uncertain future in the Senate. The House […]
The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits tumbled to a 15-year low last week and consumer spending rose in March, signs the economy was regaining momentum after stumbling badly in the first […]
Indian American philanthropist Sarva Rajendra has been named in Loudoun Business Journal’s ‘20 Women to Watch in 2015’ list, and was chosen as one of four women on the cover of their 100 Women issue. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian Americans from across the country are mobilizing support for the victims of the devastating earthquake in Nepal, with a large number of organizations raising funds for the people of the quake-ravaged country. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Morehead-Cain Foundation is home of the first merit scholarship program in the United States recently announced the names of the 59 new Morehead-Cain scholars who will attend the University of North […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The median income of Indian-Americans, which is the richest ethnic community in the US, in the year 2013 was $100,547 (about Rs. 60 lakhs), Census Bureau said in its latest report. In its latest report, the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Satnam Singh Bhamra might become the first India born and only second Indian origin basketball player after Sim Bhullar to feature in the NBA following his inclusion in the NBA Draft for […]
BOSTON (TIP): An Indian-American Harvard Professor has been named as one of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare in the US by Modern Healthcare magazine. Tejal K Gandhi, president and chief executive officer of the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Ahead of the first International Day of Yoga on June 21, Indian Consulates and Embassy in Washington in the United States started a series of curtain-raiser events to raise awareness about the […]
INDIANAPOLIS (TIP): Dr. Hardarshan Singh Valia, has the distinction to be the only Coal Scientist in the world to be honored with all three prestigious awards bestowed upon him by the American Steel Industry. He […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): In a country where the term socialism is almost taboo, a Senator who comfortably describes himself as a ”Democratic Socialist” has thrown his hat in the 2016 Presidential election ring, much to the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has dismissed as conspiracy theory claims made by a new book that cash donations from India swayed her stance as a senator on the landmark India-US nuclear deal. “Clinton […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): This year’s Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is being awarded to two scientists who have worked for conservation on the land and in the ocean. Madhav Gadgil of India and Jane Lubchenco […]
Overseas Volunteers for Better India (OVBI) is spearheading a Yoga movement in USA. The movement, named OVBI Yogathon, is part of the first historic International Day of Yoga celebrations. 177 nations recently came together to […]
(April, 2015—New York, NY): Bollywood star Ali Zafar, model and actress Lauren Gottlieb and actor Jackky Bhagnani showed up as celebrity guests at North America Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs finale. The episode was shot […]
Economic and civil rights experts say increased immigration spurred by President Obama’s executive orders poses a bigger threat to the black community than police brutality or racial profiling, which have sparked protests in black communities […]
President Barack Obama boasts comic timing commensurate with his position, and in his jokey routine at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, he gleefully skewered news channels from CNN to Fox News, Vice Presidents current […]
New York (TIP): Dr. Hardarshan Singh Valia, has the distinction to be the only Coal Scientist in the world who is honored with all three prestigious awards bestowed upon him by the American Steel Industry. […]
WASHINGTON: An Indian-American scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who has developed artificial human microlivers for drug testing, has won a prestigious 250,000 dollars Heinz award for her work in tissue engineering and disease detection. Sangeeta […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Barack Obama inherited two ugly, intractable wars in Iraq and Afghanistan when he became president and set to work to end them. But a third, more covert war he made his own, escalating […]
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