Indian American Sree Sreenivasan named Inaugural Marshall R. Loeb Visiting Professor at SBU J-School
NEW YORK(TIP): Digital journalism expert Sree Sreenivasan has been appointed as the first Marshall R. Loeb Visiting Professor of Digital Innovation and Audience Engagement, Laura Lindenfeld, interim dean of the Stony Brook University School of Journalism, has announced. At the […]
Indian Doctoral Student at Stony Brook wins Chateaubriand Fellowship Award
NEW YORK(TIP): Rajat Kumar, a PhD student in Biomedical Engineeringat Stony Brook University has been recently named a Chateaubriand Fellow. The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a grant offered by the Embassy of France in the United States. It […]
Indian origin Massachusetts Landlord faces Sexual Harassment suit
BOSTON(TIP): The Department of Justice Sept 9 filed a lawsuit in the District of Massachusetts alleging that female tenants of residential rental properties in Worcester were subjected to sexual harassment and retaliation, in violation of […]
Indian American Attorney licensed in New Jersey and New York charged with marijuana offenses
NEW YORK (TIP): Manish Patel, 33, of Granite Bay, appeared last month in federal court on charges of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute marijuana plants and tetrahydrocannabinols contained in hashish oil, U.S. Attorney McGregor […]
Indian American Nominated by Trump as Florida Judge
WASHINGTON(TIP): An Indian American has been nominated as a federal judge in Florida by US President Donald Trump. Anuraag Singhal is among 17 judiciary nominations sent by the White House to the Senate on Sept […]
Indian American Professor Anshul Gandhi Honored with Rising Star Research Award
NEW YORK(TIP): SBU Computer Science Professor Anshul Gandhi has been recently honoured with 2019 Rising Star Research Award by the Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) SIGMETRICS. The award recognizes Gandhi’s fundamental contributions to the analysis, modeling, design, and […]
Indian Origin Houston Man Charged in First Known Case Since Bump Stock Ban
HOUSTON(TIP): A federal grand jury has indicted a 43-year-old Houston man of Indian origin on four counts of firearms violations including possession of a machine gun, specifically, a bump stock, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. […]
Elections Canada 2019
Canada Elections 2019: Record number (50) of candidates of Indian origin in the fray Canada is all set to go for the Federal Elections 2019. On September 11, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will go to […]
Banking on the banks for expansion
“Presently, we are witnessing an interesting strategic interaction. The government accepts that the economy needs more growth but insists that this can only come via private investment and the private sector awaits an improvement in […]
Big bank theory: On Public Sector Bank mergers
For its sheer magnitude, the scale and the ability to disrupt the status quo, the mega bank mergers announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday must go down as the most significant the banking […]
India, Russia begin ‘new era’ of cooperation in Indo-Pacific region: Modi
VLADIVOSTOK(TIP): India and Russia are beginning a new era of cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region to make it “open, free and inclusive”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday ,September 5, amidst China flexing its […]
Pompeo declines to sign risky peace deal with Taliban: Report
WASHINGTON(TIP): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has refused to sign the peace deal that his special representative has inked with the Taliban, mainly because it does not guarantee the continued presence of US forces […]
British Parliament blocks no-deal Brexit prompting PM Johnson to push for new elections
LONDON(TIP): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was on Thursday, September 5, kicking off what is in effect an election campaign, casting an alliance of opposition parties trying to block a ‘no-deal’ Brexit as defeatists surrendering […]
Half-truths, untruths being peddled by US Media on J&K: Ambassador Shringla
Bidisha Roy WASHINGTON(TIP): Half-truths, untruths, factually incorrect information is being disseminated in the US media regarding the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir, said India’s Ambassador to the United States Harsh Vardhan Shringla. Ambassador Shringla […]
400 million Facebook users’ phone numbers exposed in privacy lapse: Reports
WASHINGTON(TIP): Phone numbers linked to more than 400 million Facebook accounts were listed online in the latest privacy lapse for the social media giant, US media reported on Wednesday, September4. An exposed server stored 419 […]
The 9/11 Nightmare
“One of the most widely expected consequences of 9/11 has so far been averted. Though Islamic terrorists have engaged in successful attacks in the West since 9/11, including the 2002 Bali bombings, the 2004 Madrid […]
Make Hay While the Sun Shines
US Offers India an Opportunity to Replace China “Prospects and potentials for India are unlimited. It is up to Prime Minister Modi how he takes advantage of the opportunity”, says the author. The Sino-USA economic […]
Indian American Princeton Student Wins Slavin Fellowship for Work in Entrepreneurship
PRINCETON, NJ(TIP): The Slavin Family Foundation awarded Rohan Shah, a molecular biologymajor in the Class of 2020 at Princeton, with Slavin Fellowships for his work in entrepreneurship on campus and beyond. He is among 26 […]
Indian Origin Realtor from Queens Sentenced up to 6 Years for Duping Home Buyers
NEW YORK (TIP): A Queens resident has been convicted on charges of larceny and scheme to defraud. The 53-year-old has been sentenced up to six years in prison for stealing nearly USD 600,000 in payments from […]
Indian Students Drowned at Turner Falls in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA (TIP): Two Indian students have drowned at a popular tourist destination in Oklahoma, according to a media report. The two students, 23-year-old Ajay Kumar Koyalamudi and 22-year-old Teja Koushik Voleti, who were international students at […]
Indian American Couple believed to have died in California Boat Fire
SAN FRANCISCO(TIP): An Indian American couple is believed to among those who have died in a boat fire that took place off Santa Cruz island in California on Sept 2 morning. According to media report, […]
Indian Americans die after car crash off Sawgrass Expressway in Florida
ORLANDO, FL(TIP): Three Indian origin people were killed after the vehicle they were riding in crashed into a lake and became submerged in Florida’s Deerfield Beach Sept 3, according to media reports. The victims were […]
Indian Scientist Part of UPenn Team that innovates new brain monitoring technology
NEW YORK (TIP): Pennneuroscientist Michael Plattand postdoc Arjun Ramakrishnanhave created a tool to use outside the lab, a wearable technology that monitors brain activity and sends back data without benching a player or asking a […]
