India-origin researcher part of team which decoded science behind perfect throw
NEW YORK: Scientists, including one of Indian origin, have mathematically calculated the best strategy for the perfect throw – be it a dart, a basket ball or even a crumpled piece of paper. Researchers, who looked at the physics behind releasing a projectile with the human arm in a series of calculations, suggest that a […]
Indian American comic Hasan Minhaj roasts Trump: 9 of his best jabs from White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Comic Hasan Minhaj became the first Indian American on Saturday to headline the entertainment section of the annual White House correspondents dinner. He also became the first in recent memory to roast the leader of “our country”, a tradition, in absentia. Here are his 9 best jabs from the White House Correspondents Dinn: 1. “The […]
How airlines decide to board or not to board passengers
United Airlines is in the news again. Some years ago, a Canadian musician wrote a song, alleging that the airline broke his guitar. Hear the song here: bit.ly/1p6Adjq. This time, a passenger was forcibly de-boarded from a United flight, and nobody is amused. Airlines regularly deny boarding to passengers as they overbook flights during peak […]
Indian national on FBI’s top ten fugitives’ list
WASHINGTON: A 26-year-old Indian national wanted for the 2015 murder of his wife in Maryland is the newest addition to the FBI’s ten most wanted Fugitives’ list, and a reward of up to $100,000 is being offered for information leading to his capture, the Bureau and local police announced on Tuesday. Bhadreshkumar Chetanbhai Patel, a […]
Sikh cabbie assaulted, turban snatched by passengers in US
NEW YORK: A 25-year-old Sikhcab driver in the US was assaulted and his turban knocked-off by drunk passengers, an incident the police was investigating as a possible hate crime. The incident took place here early on Sunday morning and has left Harkirat Singh, an immigrant from Punjab who moved to the US three years ago, […]
Indian-origin thoracic surgeon performs path-breaking surgery, saves a woman’s life
Dr Shafique Keshavjee, a thoracic surgeon of Indian origin who has years of experience at the forefront of innovative research into lung transplantation, saved a young mother’s life with what is believed to be the world’s first radical procedure. Melissa Benoit, 32, was born with cystic fibrosis and had developed a rampaging lung infection that […]
Indian doctor charged with genital mutilation on girls in US
NEW YORK: A 44-year-old Indian-origin woman doctor has been arrested and charged with performing genital mutilation on girls aged six to eight, believed to be the first such in the US. Jumana Nagarwala has been charged with performing FGM on minor girls out of a medical office in Livonia, Michigan. Click here to read more… […]
‘Time for decisive steps to end bigotry, hate crimes in US’
WASHINGTON: Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has asked the US administration to take “decisive steps” to end bigotry and hate crimes towards Indian-Americans and other religious minorities in the country. “There are various reasons (for increase in hate crimes), but one that is for certain is that there has been a rise in divisive rhetoric starting […]
The rise of Lego’s new Indian-origin CEO
Punjab-born Bali Padda has been appointed as the new CEO of the iconic Danish toymaker Lego. Padda has become the first non-Dane boss of Lego which is headquartered in Denmark, from this January. With the low-profile and long-serving COO taking on this top role, he joins a small yet growing list of NRIs, or those […]
Six Indian-Americans among Ellis Island Medal of Honour
HOUSTON: PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, author Fareed Zakaria are amongst six Indian-Americans nominated for the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honour 2017 – the highest civilian award in the US for immigrants. Among 88 named recipients, the four other Indian-Americans are Harman International Industries chairman CEO Dinesh Paliwal, Dr Annapoorna S Kini, Yashvant Patel, Mohan […]
Donald Trump nominates 2 Indian-Americans for key positions
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has nominated two Indian-Americans for key administrative posts to coordinate US law-enforcement strategy around copyright, patents and trademarks and oversee his plan to eliminate 75 per cent of federal regulations. Prominent Indian-Americans Vishal Amin and Neomi Rao will be Trump’s new IP and regulatory czars respectively as he nominated them on […]
‘We are here to stay’, say Indian-Americans amid growing hate crime incidents in the US
WASHINGTON: “We are here to stay”, Indian-Americans have vowed while holding a series of meetings to express their concern over growing hate crime incidents against ethnic and religious minorities in the US. “No matter what gunmen or the President (Donald Trump) say, this is our country, we are here to stay, and we will keep […]
Indian-origin man from Kerala racially abused, assaulted in Australia
An Indian man from Kerala was allegedly assaulted by a group of teenagers who hurled racial abuses at him at a restaurant in Australia’s Hobart. Li Max Joy, who is pursuing a nursing course and working as a part time taxi driver in Australia, alleged that five people including a girl hurled racial abuses like […]
Trump nominates Indian-American Amul Thapar to top judicial post
An Indian-American legal luminary has been nominated by US President Donald Trump to a key judicial position on the powerful US court of appeals. Amul Thapar, 47, who in 2007 became the first South Asian Article III judge when he was appointed as a US District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, is the […]
Radicalised German teens sentenced for attacking Gurudwara
BERLIN: Three radicalised German-born teens were on Tuesday sentenced to up to seven years in juvenile detention for carrying out a “religiously motivated” bomb attack on a Gurdwara that left a Sikh priest badly injured. The judge ruled that the teens should serve sentences of seven years, six years and nine months, and six years […]
One held in Hyderabad for cheating NRI
HYDERABAD: A 30-year-old man was on Thursday arrested for allegedly cheating an NRI of over Rs 9 lakh by fraudulently using his international credit card for buying a car and gold ornaments. Cyber crime wing of Hyderabad Police arrested K Nageswara Rao, a native of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh, who is presently staying here, […]
Preet Bharara was probing Trump cabinet member when fired: Report
Indian-American attorney Preet Bharara, who was recently fired by the Trump administration, was investigating into allegations of trading of health-related stocks of secretary of health and human services Tom Price, an investigative news media outlet has claimed. New York-based independent and non-profit ProPublica, which is known for its investigative reporting mostly on health-related issues, in its […]
Indian-American running for key civil rights post in US: Report
A prominent Sikh-American woman lawyer is in the running for leading the civil rights division of the US Department of Justice, a media report has said, amid a recent spurt in hate crimes against Indians+ in the country. Harmeet Dhillon, 48, a senior Republican leader from California, interviewed with attorney general Jeff Sessions last week, […]
Critics raise questions after Trump fires India-born attorney Preet Bharara
Defiant to the end, Preet Bharara, the high profile Indian-born US attorney often called the Sheriff of Wall Street, refused to hand over his resignation, among the 46 sought by the Trump administration and announced he had been fired. While there were no indications his firing, or the others, had anything to do with any […]
Indian-origin businessman shot dead outside his US home in S Carolina
A 43-year-old Indian-origin store owner in South Carolina, US, was shot dead outside his home, just days after an Indian engineer was killed in Kansas in a hate crime shooting that had sent shock waves across the country. But the county sheriff told the Indian mission that this “may not be a hate crime,” but […]
