The Extraordinary Life and Times of Mahatma Gandhi – Part 11
The story thus far…For two years Gandhi traveled extensively in India and had talked at different places. His interest first centered on the problem of indentured labor where poor, ignorant laborers were enticed away from India to work in the British colonies. He disapproved of this system in South Africa, fought it there, and he […]
Summer Yoga Camp for Children by VYASA Houston
HOUSTON: VYASA Houston organized a ten-day Summer Yoga Camp for children between the ages 5-14 from July 14th to July 23rd. The camp was held at Keshav Smriti in West Houston area and 11 kids participated. The camp is specially designed for children with intermediate and advanced Asanas. VYASA directors Viswarupa Nanjundappa and Smitha Mallaiah […]
Iyer at UH Biotech Program Gets $2.1M Grant to Expand Nationally
By Jeannie Kever HOUSTON: An innovative approach integrating classroom instruction and research at the University of Houston will be spread to five colleges and universities around the country with a $2.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Rupa Iyer, principal investigator on the grant and founding director of the biotechnology program in the UH College of […]
Mala Sharma: Nominated and Accepted as a 2017 AIOPIA’S 10 Best in Texas for Client Satisfaction
HOUSTON: The American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys has recognized the exceptional performance of Texas’s Personal Injury Attorney Mala Sharma as 2017 10 Best Personal Injury Attorneys for Client Satisfaction. The American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys is a third-party attorney rating organization that publishes an annual list of the Top 10 Personal Injury attorneys […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Milk Cake (Milk Fudge)
Though this dish is called Milk Cake, the label is only half true. It is, of course, made with lots of milk, but it is not made like a cake. That part of the name refers to the way the sweet dish is set for upto 24 hours before being finally presented and sliced. The […]
Virat Kohli And Team’s ‘Pool Splash’ Celebration After India’s Resounding Win Over Sri Lanka
Captain Virat Kohli and his men were seen enjoying some down time after India took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-Test series with Sri Lanka. India rode on a superb bowling performance and finished the second Test with a day to spare, trouncing Sri Lanka by an innings and 53 runs. In a video posted by […]
Ghotak to put Chidiya Ghar family in big trouble!
SAB TV’s Chidiya Ghar (Garima Productions) is set to bring another exciting episode revolving around your favourite characters Gadha Prasad and Ghotak. Gadha (Jitu Shivhare) and Ghotak (Paresh Ganatra) will yet again land the entire Narayan family in a big trouble. According to the plot, Gadha Prasad will wish to eat water melon and […]
‘Jab Harry Met Sejal’ box-office collection Day 3: Shah Rukh Khan-Anushka Sharma starrer inches closer to 50-crore mark
Although there was a mixed bunch of reviews post the release of Imtiaz Ali’s ‘Jab Harry Met Sejal’, the audience still stands king when it comes to ascertaining box-office figures. According to a report on BoxofficeIndia.com, the Shah Rukh Khan-Anushka Sharmastarrer raked in an estimated total of Rs 44 crore in the first three days of its […]
Gurgaon Movie Review
STORY: The kidnapping of a dear one forces a real-estate magnate to relive his dark past and seek out the snake in his own family. REVIEW: Gurgaon begins with a monologue about dropping our civilized appearances and morphing into our true inner beasts. Ironically, the movie doesn’t quite take the leap itself. We enter its universe with […]
This IIM Ahmedabad student is a beauty pageant winner and will represent India internationally soon
Excelling in the career while keeping a firm touch with our talents and hobbies is the dream of every student. We all wish to make it big but few manage to balance out time efficiently. One such inspiring case is that of Akanksha Choudhary, a 20-year-old model and winner of Miss India Elite 2016 who […]
Dilip Kumar’s health improving, could be shifted to normal ward
Legendary actor Dilip Kumar, who is undergoing treatment for kidney-related problems, is constantly showing signs of improvement. The 96-year-old actor was admitted at the Lilavati hospital on Wednesday evening due to dehydration and urinary tract infection. However, now the officials from the hospital say that he is coming back to normal and can soon be shifted […]
ICEX likely to launch diamond futures trading by August-end
MUMBAI: The Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX), anchored by Reliance Capital, is likely to start regular trading by this month-end. The exchange, meanwhile, will launch mock sessions for diamond futures trading on its platform from Monday. In order to help traders and investors gear up for the actual trading, which is likely to start towards the end […]
India’s forex reserves surge to record $392.86 billion
MUMBAI: India’s foreign exchange reserves, or forex reserves, surged by $1.536 billion to touch a new record of $392.867 billion during the week to 28 July, data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed. In the previous week, forex reserves had increased by $2.27 billion to $391.33 billion. Click here to read more… Credit: livemint.com
Trump-backed, skill-linked immigration Bill may favour Indian applicants
President Donald Trump is championing a new piece of legislation that proposes to change America’s immigration system to give preference to skills than family links, but the fractious nature of the debate over the move suggests that it is far from becoming a law. Two Republican senators — Lindsey Graham and Ron Johnson — and […]
Indian-origin doctor helps gene editing of human embryos
NEW DELHI: For the first time, genetically modified human embryos have been developed in the US and Kashmir-born doctor Sanjeev Kaul has played a lead role in this breakthrough. Scientists have now demonstrated an effective way of using a gene-editing tool to correct a disease-causing gene mutation in human embryos and stop it from passing to future generations. Click […]
Harvard biased against Indians, Asians? US to probe complaint
NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to probe a complaint by four Indian-American organisations and other Asian groups that Harvard University discriminates against students from the communities in its admission process. Justice Department Spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said on Wednesday the department wants to investigate the “administrative complaint filed by a coalition of 64 Asian-American associations […]
Trump wants Pakistan’s ‘paradoxical’ policies to change: NSA
WASHINGTON: US National Security Adviser Gen H.R. McMaster said on Saturday that President Donald Trump wants Pakistan to change its ‘paradoxical’ policy of supporting the militants who are causing the country great losses. In an interview to a conservative radio host, Hugh Hewitt, Mr McMaster also defended President Trump’s strategy on winning the war in […]
