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Physician Addresses Challenges Of Meeting India’s Growing Healthcare Needs
Non-resident Indian physicians form a large pool of talent and innovation that can help India meet its healthcare challenges, according to an Indian-American physician. Speaking on a panel addressing...
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New Jersey Tops Nation With Most Foreign-trained Doctors
On the roads and lanes of New Jersey signs of Dr. Patel, M.D., Dr. Chang, M.D., Dr. Singh, M.D., or Dr. Shah M.D., all medical doctors practicing internal medicine, or specialists in some areas of...
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Pakistani In $200 Million Credit Card Scam Sentenced To 80 Months In Prison
A New York man of Pakistani origin was sentenced Jan. 7 to 80 months for leading one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice, New Jersey U.S....
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Narendra Shah, Veteran Gujarati Journalist, Dies In New York
Narendra Shah, who brought a revolution in terms of honest presentation of people and events in the Gujarati Media in India, and rose to fame with his maiden publication ‘Nikhalas’, died in New York...
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Controversy Over Dharma Foundation’s $1.5 million Donation To UCI
A controversy over $1.5 million donation by the Dharma Civilization Foundation to University of California at Irvine’s School of Humanities started last week with more than 350, including varsity...
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70 Students Of Indian Origin Among 2016 Intel Science Semifinalists
Over 70 students of Indian origin, most of them from within the United States, were among 300 U.S. high school seniors who were named 2016 semifinalists in the Intel Science Talent Search Jan. 6. The...
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Netflix Set To Tap Bollywood-mad India In Pursuit Of Global Viewers
Netflix Inc’s global expansion is set to reach movie-mad India, industry executives said, where high-speed Internet connectivity is rapidly spreading among a vast population used to paying pennies for...
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Whatever We Shot For ‘Mastizaade’ Is Not Wrong: Sunny Leone
Indo-Canadian adult film star Sunny Leone, who will soon be seen in sex comedy film “Mastizaade”, says the film director made her feel so comfortable that she never felt “wrong” shooting for the...
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Gov. Christie To Nominate Attorney To Top Legal Post
At a time when Sikhs are facing the brunt of the backlash against Muslims in this country, New Jersey can boast of having appointed the first Indian-American of Sikh faith as the chief law enforcement...
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U.P. Rolls Out Red Carpet For Global Indians
The Uttar Pradesh government rolled out a red carpet welcome to some 250 members of the Indian diaspora Jan. 4, in Agra at the first “UP Pravasi Diwas.” Addressing the gathering Chief Minister...
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Congresswoman Invites Muslim NYPD Officer To The State Of The Union Address
Congresswoman Grace Meng, D-N.Y., has invited a Muslim NYPD officer to President Obama’s State of the Union address on Capitol Hill Jan. 12. Her invitation takes added significance in light of growing...
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Ekal Vidyalaya Raised Record-Setting Funds In 2015
With a single donation of $500,000 from Prabha Jhunjhunwala, daughter of Madanlal Agarwala who started the Ekal Movement in late 1988 in India, the non-profit raised record-setting funds in 2015,...
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Veteran Indian-American Journalist Arthur Pais Passes Away
Veteran New York-based editor Arthur J. Pais, for whom journalism was more of a passion than a profession, passed away in New Jersey Jan. 8 after a brief illness. Pais was 66, and is survived by his...
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Chicago Indian Consulate Unveils It’s 2016 Agenda
The Consulate General of India in Chicago talked about its programs in 2016 as it organized “Pravasi Divas: Meet the Media” event Jan. 8 at the consulate to meet with a cross section of journalists,...
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Asian-American Community Holds ‘Dialogue For Democracy’ Breakfast
???????????????????????????????????? A “Dialogue for Democracy” breakfast took place at the home of a Naperville-based community leader last week, primarily to engage Asian-American community leaders...
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Sabarimala temple defends ban on woman under court scrutiny
Government authorities and temple officials in Kerala state are standing firmly by a decades-old tradition of banning women from one of the holiest Hindu temples after the nation’s top court...
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Swamy for daily hearing of Ram Janmabhoomi case in Supreme Court
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday said he has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for moving the Supreme Court to seek day-to-day hearing of civil appeals in the Ram Janmabhoomi case. “I...
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Delhi’s car restrictions may not reduce pollution: Indian-American expert
The odd-even restrictions for cars being experimented with in New Delhi will not work to improve the national capital’s air quality due to its geographical location and the long-range airmass floating...
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Ghulam Ali’s ‘Chupke Chupke’ casts spell on Kolkata
Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali, who has over the years enthralled millions across the globe with his baritone voice, on Tuesday expressed gratitude and elation as he performed to a packed...
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Om Puri excited about his first Pakistani film
Indian veteran actor Om Puri says he “really enjoyed working” on his first Pakistani film “Actor In Law”, which has an unusual script. “It’s an unusual script. I loved the script so, I decided to do...
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