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Indian Origin Tech Executive Charged with COVID-Relief Fraud and Money Laundering
SEATTLE (TIP): A Washington tech executive of Indian origin was taken into custody July 23 and charged with fraudulently seeking over $5.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and laundering the proceeds. Mukund Mohan, […]
Indian American
Indian-American Political Group Announces New Executive Director, commits $10M to Support Community Candidates
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (TIP): Indian-American political organization IMPACT announced July 28 that public interest lawyer Neil Makhija will be its new Executive Director. The group also announced a $10 million commitment to support Indian American candidates nationwide, […]
Indian American
Indian-origin author Avni Doshi on 2020 Booker Prize longlist
The Dubai-based Indian-origin author is among the 13 authors longlisted for her debut novel ‘Burnt Sugar’ LONDON (TIP): Dubai-based Indian-origin author Avni Doshi is among the 13 authors longlisted for the prestigious 2020 Booker Prize […]
Indian American
Indian American Anil Cheriyan Named Cognizant’s Strategy, Technology EVP
TEANECK, NJ (TIP): Anil Cheriyan, former director of the General Services Administration’s Technology Transformation Services, will join Cognizant on Aug. 3 to serve as executive vice president of strategy and technology. Cheriyan will oversee the company’s […]
Indian American
Indian Origin former Long Island doctor pleads guilty to conspiring to illegally distribute Oxycodone
NEW YORK (TIP): On July 27, in federal court in Central Islip, Tameshwar Ammar, a former medical doctor in Roslyn, New York, pleaded guilty via teleconference to conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone. Ammar was indicted […]
Indian American
Indian arrested for stabbing wife to death in Miami
MIAMI, FL (TIP): Philip Mathew (Nevin), 34, of Wixom, Michigan has been arrested and charged in the murder of his Malayalee wife Merin Joy, 26. She was a nurse at Broad Health Coral Springs Hospital. Merin […]
Indian American
Indian American John Cyrus Joins HighPoint as IT Strategy, Business Solutions Director
WASHINGTON (TIP): HighPoint, a provider of IT and digital services for government agencies, announced the addition of John Cyrus as Director of IT Strategy and Business Solutions. Cyrus brings more than 24 years of management and technology experience within […]
Coronavirus
Indian Owned Dallas Textiles Company Creates PPE Division During Pandemic
DALLAS (TIP): More than 35 million (and counting) pieces of personal protection equipment (PPE) have been shipped to hospitals, school districts and government agencies around the country through Nextt Shield, a new division of Dallas-based textiles company Nextt Affiliated, […]
Business & Economics
Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu talks trade and investment with Wisconsin Governor
WASHINGTON (TIP): Ambassador of India to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on July 29 held a virtual meeting and discussed trade and investment as well as people-to-people relations between […]
Education
Gandhi-King Exchange Act Passed in House Foreign Affairs Committee
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian American Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) hailed the passage of the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The bill, written by the late Congressman John Lewis […]
Frontpage News
Indian American Congressman Introduces Lifesaving Legislation to Curb COVID-19 Surge
WASHINGTON (TIP): As COVID-19 infections continue to surge across America and nearly 30 states impose public mask-wearing requirements, Indian American Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and over three dozen of their Democratic colleagues in […]
Frontpage News
Should Muslims sacrifice cattle on Eid-al-Adha?
On Friday, July 31, 2020, over a billion and a half Muslims around the world, will be slaughtering millions of goats, camels, and cattle to carry out Abraham’s tradition of sacrificing the symbolic lamb. Is […]
Perspective
The ‘Right to return’ and violations of a sacred principle
“Are the NRIs at the mercy of the authorities for a ‘right to return?’ Don’t they deserve a better reception when they arrive home during a crisis such as this? At the minimum, don’t the […]
Perspective
Breaking News
US coronavirus death toll passes 150,000: Johns Hopkins
The country recorded more than 4.38 million total cases. WASHINGTON (TIP): More than 150,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the United States, according to a tally maintained by Johns Hopkins University. The world’s worst-hit […]
Breaking News
Oxford vaccine shows protection against COVID-19 in monkeys: Study
Preliminary results from this research were used to facilitate the start of clinical trials of the vaccine in humans, the researchers noted LONDON (TIP): A COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by the University of Oxford in […]
Breaking News
Breaking News
Trump raises possibility of delaying the election—but that power rests in Congress
Trump also said he would not trust results of an election that included widespread mail voting WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Donald Trump on Thursday, July 30, raised the possibility of delaying the nation’s November 3 […]
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Community Stalwart Peter Bheddah Passes Away – TRIBUTE
HICKSVILLE, NY (TIP): Mr. Peter Bheddah, a community stalwart in the Tri-State area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, passed away on July 21. He was 80. A man of charitable disposition and generous […]
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US maintains ‘tremendous cooperation’ with India on Chinese border aggression: Amb Juster
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Trump administration has maintained close contact and “tremendous cooperation” with India on the latest Chinese border aggression, America’s top envoy in New Delhi has said, asserting that the last six months have […]