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Two Indian Americans nominated Superior Court judges in California
Parminder Aujla SACRAMENTO (TIP): California Governor Gavin Newsom has nominated two Indian Americans as Superior Court judges. While Sweena Pannu will serve as a Judge in the Stanislaus County Superior Court, Marsha Bipin Amin will […]
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Indian American teen Saathvik Kannan wins $50,000 Young Scientist award
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): A 17-year-old Indian-origin student in Missouri has won the prestigious Regeneron Young Scientist Awards of $50,000 for his research relating to the mpox virus. Saathvik Kannan of David H Hickman High School […]
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Indian American Dev Shah wins 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling ‘psammophile’
OXON HILL, Md. (TIP): Dev Shah, an eighth-grader from Largo, Florida, spelled “psammophile” correctly to win the 95th national Bee and the $50,000 prize on Thursday, June 1. Charlotte Walsh, the hometown kid from just […]
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Indian American multi sports coach Jatin Patel gets Cricket Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award
WASHINGTON D.C. (TIP): Indian American multi sports coach Jatin Patel is set to become the eighth individual since 1981 to receive Cricket Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award, according to a media report. Patel will […]
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Chaman Lal becomes first British-Indian Lord Mayor of Birmingham
LONDON (TIP): Birmingham has got its first British-Indian Lord Mayor in Councilor Chaman Lal after the local councilors of the West Midlands city of England chose him to represent it as its first citizen. Lal, […]
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Indian-origin teen is arrested after he crashes truck into a White House barrier
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): A 19-year-old Indian-origin teen accused of deliberately crashing a rented U-Haul truck into a White House barrier told authorities that he wanted to get inside the mansion to “seize power” and “kill” […]
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Indian-origin NYPD officer receives Medal of Valor
NEW YORK (TIP): A 27-year-old Indian-origin New York Police Department (NYPD) officer and nine others were honored by US President Joe Biden with the Medal of Valor, the country’s highest award for public safety officers. […]
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Indian American high schooler Sirihaasa Nallamothu wins top computer science award
NORMAL, IL (TIP): An Indian American and three others have been selected among a pool of graduating high school seniors as a recipient of the Cutler-Bell Prize in High School Computing that empowers students to […]
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OFBJP gets ready to welcome PM Modi with unity march in 20 cities on June 18
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s state visit to the US in June, OFBJP is planning to welcome him with an ‘India Unity Day’ march in 20 major cities across America on […]
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Indian-origin Singaporean climber missing Search under way around Mount Everest Summit
SINGAPORE (TIP): A search and rescue operation involving several teams is under way around the Mount Everest Summit to trace an Indian-origin Singaporean climber who has been missing since Saturday, May 20. Teams consisting of […]
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First Indian-origin Lord Mayor, Councilor Sameer Pandey elected in Australia’s Parramatta City Council
MELBOURNE (TIP): The City of Parramatta Council in Sydney on Monday, May 22, elected Indian-origin Councilor Sameer Pandey as its new Lord Mayor. Pandey’s election to the post coincided with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s arrival […]
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Indo-Canadian candidates in race for Toronto’s Mayoral elections
TORONTO (TIP): A handful of Indo-Canadians are among 102 candidates in fray for the Toronto mayoral election to be held for the remaining city council term of 2022-2026 following Mayor John Tory’s resignation early this […]
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Indian-origin techie run over by a car in Florida
TAMPA, FL (TIP): Mariappan Subramanian, a 32-year-old Indian employee of HCL Technologies, died on the spot after being hit by a car at a pedestrian crossing in Tampa Florida. Subramanian, who worked as a Test […]
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Indian Americans favor laws to check gun violence- Study shows
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Last month, a young 33-year-old Indian American engineer was shot by her husband in their house in North Carolina. Nabaruna Karmakar was found dead with two gunshot wounds when the officers arrived […]
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Indian American Punjab-born police officer Pratima Bhullar Maldonado becomes highest-ranking South Asian woman in NYPD
NEW YORK (TIP): Captain Pratima Bhullar Maldonado, an Indian-origin police officer has become the highest-ranking South Asian woman in the New York Police Department, a position she was promoted to recently. Maldonado runs the 102nd […]