PM Modi at Facebook: ‘Like’ all the way
SAN JOSE: It was “Like” all the way. Facebook headquarters in Silicon Valley provided India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi the perfect platform to showcase his social media skills and vision for Digital India at a townhall meeting where he and his host Mark Zuckerberg began by sharing intimate stories. In a seldom-told episode that will become […]
Vijay Amritraj hails Sania Mirza for putting tennis on front page
MUMBAI: Heartily praising India’s tennis queen Sania Mirza, former Davis Cup captain Vijay Amritraj on Wednesday said that the Hyderabadi has been instrumental in taking the game of tennis to the front page of newspapers with her grand exploits on the women’s circuit. “For me what is so wonderful is when our sports gets on […]
Stampede at haj kills 717 pilgrims in Saudi Arabia
MINA (Saudi Arabia): A horrific stampede killed at least 717 pilgrims and injured hundreds more on Thursday on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the deadliest tragedy to strike the annual haj pilgrimage in more than two decades. At least 863 pilgrims were injured in the crush, said the Saudi civil defence […]
PM Modi dines with Fortune 500 CEOs, invites them to ‘Make in India’
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met top CEOs in the US, listing the various sectors that India has opened up for investments and inviting the US business leaders to ‘Make in India’. “Reform in governance is my number 1 priority. We are for simplified procedures, speedy decision making, transparency and accountability,” Modi told the top […]
Harish Jajoo’s Sugar Land Mayoral Campaign Kicks Off with a Bang
By Sanchali Basu SUGAR LAND: Harish Jajoo kicked off his much anticipated mayoral campaign on Thursday, September 17th, at the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce. The general election for the mayoral seat will be held on Saturday May 7, 2016. The current mayor, James Thompson, has reached his term limit and cannot seek re-election. The […]
Andy Murray Reveals he Defied Pain to Take Great Britain Into Davis Cup Final
Glasgow: Andy Murray revealed he played through the pain barrier to help seal Great Britain’s first appearance in a Davis Cup final since 1978. (Roger Federer Casts Doubt Over Davis Cup’s Future) The world number three handed his side an unassailable 3-1 lead in their World Group semi-final clash against Australia following his 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 […]
Indian-American leading trials to repair dead heart muscle
WASHINGTON: An Indian-American researcher is leading clinical trials on an experimental technology that might be able to repair dead heart muscle, or even reverse heart failure, a media report said. “The doctors say: ‘We’ll give you the beta-blocker, aspirin and the Lipitor and we can just hope to maintain you’ … but short of them […]
Top FIFA Executive Jérôme Valcke Placed on Leave Amid Corruption Investigation
Jérôme Valcke, the second-ranking official atFIFA, was placed on immediate leave and will be investigated for allegations of corruption involving the black-market sale of World Cup tickets, the association announced Thursday. FIFA, global soccer’s governing body, announced Mr. Valcke’s departure in a brief statement posted on its website. It said that Mr. Valcke had been relieved […]
Indian American Researcher Controls Brain Cells Using Sound Waves
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a first, an Indian American researcher from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California has developed a new way to selectively activate brain, heart, muscle and other cells using ultrasonic sound waves. Dubbed as sonogenetics, the new technique has some similarities to the burgeoning use of light to activate cells in […]
Bobby Jindal declines to back ‘egomaniacal madman’ Donald Trump
WASHINGTON: Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal has declined to back Donald Trump if he wins the party nomination, calling him an “egomaniacal madman,” only to be snubbed by the party frontrunner. A “non-serious carnival act”, “entertaining narcissist,” “full of foolishness and nonsense,” a “power-hungry shark” who “eats whatever is in front of him” were […]
Ten things to know about US Open 2015 doubles champion Sania Mirza
NEW DELHI: Ace tennis player Sania Mirza scripted history on Sunday by clinching the second Grand Slam of the year after she won the women’s doubles US Open title with Swiss partner Martina Hingis at Flushing Meadows in New York. Here are the ten things to know about Sania’s illustrious career: 1. Sania Mirza has […]
We train more than British boxers but still don’t win gold: Vikas Krishan
NEW DELHI: Ace Indian boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav, who returned to the country late Sunday night after winning a silver medal (75kg) in the recently-concluded Asian Boxing Championship in Bangkok, has set his eyes on a 2016 Rio Olympics berth through next month’s World Championships. Vikas lost to 19-year-old reining Youth Olympic champion Bektemir Melikuziev […]
Patels’ charity trust in US to raise funds for sickle cell research
WASHINGTON: A charity organisation run by an Indian-origin couple will start a fundraising campaign on Saturday to benefit sickle cell disease research in the US, a media report said on Thursday. “There are 250 million people in the world that carry the sickle cell gene,” the Bakersfield Californian quoted Sanjay Patel as saying on the […]
Leander Paes, Fernando Verdasco Crash Out of US Open
Indian ace Leander Paes and his Spanish partner Fernansdo Verdasco crashed out in the second round of the men’s doubles at the US Open in New York on Friday. Paes and Verdasco lost 5-7, 6-4, 3-6 to unseeded American pair Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey. The American giant-killers Johnson and Querrey had also knocked out […]
Indian American honoured with top scholar award
NEW YORK: An Indian American professor from Duke University is set to be presented with the “2015 SMS Emerging Scholar Award” from Illinois-based Strategic Management Society (SMS). Aaron Chatterji will be honoured at the 2016 SMS annual international conference and will receive $5,000 as prize money. He will also present his research at the conference, […]
Houston Teen Wins 2015 MetLife South Asian Spelling Bee
Shourav Dasari correctly spelled the word “Psocoptera” (an order of insects including booklice) during the 2015 MetLife South Asian Spelling Bee finals in New Brunswick, N.J., to clinch the title of national champion, taking home a cash prize of $10,000 from MetLife, a Touchdown Media press release reported. During the MetLife event Aug.14, which was taped live for broadcast […]
US Open 2015 Day 1 Preview: Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic All Set for Action
New York: Three-time defending champion Serena Williams begins her quest to complete a calendar-year Grand Slam while past winners Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal launch their campaigns Monday at the US Open. World number one Williams has already captured the Australian and French Open and Wimbledon crowns this season and could be the first person since […]
Oil prices fall on profit-taking, rate hike uncertainty
Oil fell below $49 a barrel on Monday after its biggest two-day rally in six years last week, pressured by a supply glut and renewed concern about a hard landing for China’s economy. International benchmark Brent crude climbed 10 percent last week but was still heading for its fourth straight monthly decline and has risen […]
