New Facebook Feature Shows Actual Respect for Your Privacy
FACEBOOK JUST TOOK another surprising step towards securing your communications online. The social network is rolling out enable users to use the encryption standard OpenPGP to protect e-mail notifications sent by the company, and to share their public encryption keys with their friends or with the public. The feature is being rolled out to users starting today, […]
American desis story of success & sensibility
WASHINGTON: Even accounting for their outsized accomplishments in the US, the current academic year has been an outstanding one for Indian-American kids. From a 17-year old high-schooler who was accepted at all eight Ivy League schools (she finally chose Harvard) to an 16-year old who graduated with eight degrees, with the usual clutch of awards […]
French Open: Maria Sharapova starts title defence with win
Maria Sharapova made a successful start to the defence of her French Open title with a 6-2 6-4 win over Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi. The second-seeded Russian, 28, will now play compatriot Vitalia Diatchenko. Former world number two and 2012 Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, seeded 14th, lost 6-2 3-6 6-1 to Germany’s Annika Beck. […]
Remembering the meaning of Memorial Day
It is Memorial Day 2015. In cemeteries across the country flags flutter, flowers grace the graves of the departed, and bugles sound the mournful notes of Taps. The crowds paying tribute, however, have grown sparse. Begun as a way to honor Civil War dead, the commemoration was long called Decoration Day from the practice of […]
Texas, Oklahoma Floods: 12 People Missing as More Rain Forecast
Tornadoes and dangerous thunderstorms menaced Texas and Oklahoma on Monday while rescuers searched for 12 people, including at least three young children, still missing from historic flooding over the weekend. At least four people were confirmed dead in Sunday’s storms and flooding, including a 14-year-old boy in Texas who was found inside a storm drain […]
Suicide bomber kills 20 at Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia
DUBAI: A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shia mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia during Friday prayers, residents said, killing around 20 people and wounding more than 50, local residents and a hospital officials said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, the first to target Shia Muslims in Saudi Arabia since November […]
IPL 2015: Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore to set up summit clash with Mumbai Indians
NEW DELHI: Riding on a match-winning 46-ball 56 by Michael Hussey, Chennai Super Kings registered a 3-wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the second qualifier of the Indian Premier League in Ranchi on Friday. Super Kings will now face Mumbai Indians in the summit clash on Sunday at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Veteran batsman […]
Indian among 3 charged with fraud in US
NEW YORK: An Indian is among three men arrested here and charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud for tricking distressed homeowners to sell their homes and reaping millions of dollars through the scheme. Rajesh Maddiwar, Mario Alvarenga and Amir Meiri were presented in Manhattan federal court before US magistrate judge Kevin Fox on Thursday. […]
If Sourav Ganguly has time, he should be roped in by BCCI: Sunil Gavaskar
NEW DELHI: Sunil Gavaskar feels that a man of former captain Sourav Ganguly’s “capability” should be used by the BCCI in the running of Indian cricket team provided the ‘Prince of Calcutta’ can find time from his busy schedule. Asked if Ganguly is the right candidate to replace Ravi Shastri as the overall head of […]
Biker gang shootout kills 9 outside Waco, Texas, restaurant
Waco, Texas (CNN)Police knew there could be trouble and had officers on the scene even before five rival bike gangs began shooting and stabbing each other, in a brawl that spilled into the adjacent parking lot of several family-friendly businesses, police said. By the time the melee at the Waco, Texas, Twin Peaks restaurant was […]
Indian-Americans adopt over 2400 villages in Andhra Pradesh
WASHINGTON: Several Indian-Americans have decided to adopt more than 2400 villages in Andhra Pradesh as part of ‘Smart Village-Smart Ward’ programme which aims at comprehensive development of the areas. Nara Lokesh, Telugu Desam Party leader and son of Andhra Pradesh (AP) Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, met several Indian-Americans in Los Angeles, San Jose, Chicago, […]
Yuvraj Singh’s auction price was market determined: Delhi Daredevils CEO
NEW DELHI: Delhi Daredevils CEO Hemant Dua on Monday said that it was IPL market that decided Yuvraj Singh’s price of Rs 16 crore and the franchise is firmly backing the ageing star despite his failure to turn the team’s fortunes in the ongoing eighth edition of the league. Yuvraj has managed only 205 runs […]
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi Keynotes Chetna Gala
More than 400 attendees helped raise over $200,000 for victims of domestic violence at Chetna’s 10th annual fundraising gala, “The Power of 10: Celebrating a Decade of Community Service,” at the InterContinental Hotel in Addison, Texas April 25. PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi was the guest of honor and keynote speaker at the event, while tennis player […]
Rulers of most Gulf nations to miss Camp David summit hosted by Obama
The White House was scrambling Monday to put a positive face on an upcoming summit of Persian Gulf states after learning leaders from four of the six invited nations are expected to skip. While those nations are still sending representatives to the summit being hosted by President Obama later this week at Camp David, the […]
Radhika Kannan to Receive UC Berkeley’s University Medal
BERKELEY, Calif. — Radhika Kannan, who was recently named UC Berkeley’s top graduating senior and recipient of its University Medal, is determined to carry out a career plan she made with her mother, Geetanjali, who died suddenly and inexplicably at age 45 during Kannan’s junior year. How the 21-year-old Kannan, an Indian American student, coped with the […]
IPL 2015: Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets
NEW DELHI: Ambati Rayudu continued his good form with the bat leading Mumbai Indians to an emphatic six-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings in their Indian Premier League match at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday. Mumbai got to the 159-run target in 19.2 overs thanks to the unbeaten 34-run knock by Rayudu, who […]
UK election shock: David Cameron defies polls with clear victory
London (CNN)Pundits had predicted the UK election would be a close one and suggested there would be days of post-vote, backroom talk to thrash out a power-sharing deal. Instead, it’s turned into a thumpin’. With all the results in, British Prime Minister David Cameron and his Conservative Party have claimed an outright majority in Parliament, […]
LeBron James got rid of his headband to look more like his teammates
LeBron James wore a headband for over a decade in the NBA. The fashion accessory and tossing chalk became his two defining characteristics (outside of being one of the best dang players in the association). This season he lost the headband and suffered the endless jokes about his hairline, but it was all in service […]
Nepalese slam Indian media, #GoHomeIndianMedia trends
The Indian media is facing flak for its coverage of the earthquake disaster in Nepal with complaints in the social media that it was treating the tragedy as a “public relations exercise” on behalf of the Indian government. As Nepal picks up pieces in the aftermath of last month’s devastating earthquake that killed over 7,000 […]
Indian gets prestigious research grant under Obama initiative
NEW YORK: An Indian neuroscientist in the US has been awarded a prestigious grant under President Barack Obama’s initiative to map the human brain. The grant will help him to develop a “virtual neuroanatomist”, an artificial-intelligence system that can identify cell types and neural structures in microscopic images of brain slices. The two researchers at […]
