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Indian-origin actress Madhura Naik Recalls Her Family’s Encounter with Hamas Group
NEW DELHI (TIP): Television actor Madhura Naik, on the occasion of Israel marking the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attacks, recalled her family’s harrowing encounter with terrorists last year in Israel and termed it […]
Indian Americans
Vikas Khanna’s Bungalow among America’s top 50
NEW YORK (TIP): The New York Times has rated Indian American chef Vikas Khanna’s New York restaurant, Bungalow, “offering a nostalgic journey into India’s vintage clubhouses,” among America’s 50 best restaurants. The leading US daily […]
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Indian-origin billionaire Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt backs space-based solar startup
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Harvesting solar power from space – that’s what the new startup Aetherflux claims it can achieve. Aetherflux, the space-based solar startup founded by the billionaire co-founder of stock trading juggernaut Robinhood, Baiju […]
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Indian American Maryland Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller talks AI vision for state at UPenn
PHILADELPHIA, PA (TIP): Maryland’s Lieutenant Governor Aruna K. Miller delivered opening remarks at University of Pennsylvania during its sixth PRECISE Industry Day on October 4, 2024. The event hosted leaders in academia, public service, and […]
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Indian American dean Ramayya Krishnan to lead new AI cooperative research center at Carnegie Mellon
PITTSBURG, PA (TIP): Ramayya Krishnan, Indian American dean of the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, will be the lead research coordinator for a new artificial intelligence cooperative research […]
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Indian American enforcement director Gurbir Grewal quits as SEC Enforcement Director
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Indian American enforcement director, Gurbir S. Grewal is leaving the agency after a three-year tenure marked by stepped up enforcement against Wall Street and cryptocurrency firms. […]
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Jasveen Sangha, ‘the Ketamine queen’, trial looms as 1 doctor admits guilt in Matthew Perry death
LOS ANGELES (TIP): Jasveen Sangha has been accused of selling 50 vials of ketamine to Perry over two weeks. One of two California doctors who were among the five people charged in the overdose death […]
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Indian American judge KP George indicted with staging racist attacks on himself to gain voter sympathy
FORT BEND COUNTY, TX (TIP): Fort Bend County Judge KP George has been indicted on a misdemeanor charge of misrepresenting identity as a candidate during his 2022 reelection campaign. The indictment comes amidst allegations that […]
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Indian American Dr. Jay Verma, called ‘Covid Czar’, caught in drugs-fueled sex-party scandal
NEW YORK (TIP): The Indian American doctor, Jay Varma, who received accolades for steering the city through the pandemic as the “Covid Czar” now finds his reputation in tatters after he boasted about hosting a […]
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Two Indian Americans named White House Fellows
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Nalini Tata and Padmini Pillai have been appointed to the 2024-2025 class of White House Fellows on Thursday, October 3. In all, 15 exceptionally-talented individuals from across the United States have been […]
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Indian American professor researching Dalit women gets $800k MacArthur ‘genius’ grant
NEW YORK (TIP): An Indian American professor, Shailaja Paik, conducting research on and writing about Dalit women has received a $800,000 “genius” grant from the MacArthur Foundation which gives out awards every year to people […]
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Indian American commissioner Ajay Bhutoria praises US move to slash visa wait times for Indians
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): An Indian American member of the Presidential Commission for Asian-Americans has welcomed the move to release an additional 250,000 visa appointments by the US Mission in India. The US Mission in India […]
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Indian hospitality major Oyo acquiring Motel 6 & Studio 6 chains for $525 million
NEW YORK (TIP): Boosting its international presence, Indian hospitality major Oyo’s parent company Oravel Stays is acquiring Motel 6 and Studio 6 chain with about 1,500 facilities across the US and Canada from the investment […]
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Indian American professor JD Jayaraman named interim dean of NJCU School of Business
NEW JERSEY CITY (TIP): Indian American professor Jayadhurganandh “JD” Jayaraman, currently the chair of the Department of Finance at the School of Business at New Jersey City University, has been appointed the new interim dean […]
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Indian American executives Mitesh Shah, Shriram Rajagopal in key positions at VitalEdge Technologies
CARY, NC (TIP): VitalEdge Technologies, a leading global provider of dealer management solutions, has appointed two Indian American executives, Mitesh Shah and Shriram Rajagopal as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Chief Product Officer (CPO) respectively. […]
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Indian American Community Rallies for Peace, Unity as another Swaminarayan Temple is Vandalized
The BAPS organization condemned the act, and is cooperating with law enforcement to address this hate crime SACRAMENTO, CA (TIP): Less than 10 days after the desecration of BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Melville, New […]
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British-Indian doc’s film on pharma industry premieres in UK
‘First! Do No Pharm’, which is packed with testimonies from leading medical and sector experts from around the world, seeks to expose the unscrupulous behavior of the pharma industry and medical research fraud perpetuating a […]
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Singapore’s Indian-origin ex transport minister S Iswaran pleads guilty in graft case
SINGAPORE (TIP): Singapore’s former Transport Minister S Iswaran has pleaded guilty to receiving gifts while in office, local media reported, as proceedings began on Tuesday in a rare graft trial involving a state official in […]
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Gurdial Singh Bajwa first Sikh candidate to contest in Austrian parliamentary poll
VIENNA (TIP): Gurdial Singh Bajwa, a 51-year-old Sikh man of Indian origin, is set to contest the Austrian National Council elections. Representing the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), Bajwa will run for the Gaenserndorf […]
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Four Indian-origin men charged for nuisance & abusing Singapore police
SINGAPORE (TIP): Four men of Indian origin were on Wednesday, September 25, charged with causing public nuisance and using abusive language against a police officer in Singapore’s Little Precinct. A nearly two-minute video of the […]
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Indian-origin pitcher Kumar Rocker scripts Major League Baseball history
DALLAS (TIP): To say India and baseball in the same breath is more than a little odd. But on Thursday, September 12, Kumar Rocker became the first player of Indian origin to appear in the […]