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This scientist is using nanotechnology to build a better menstrual pad
The average Western woman will use tens of thousands of pads and tampons during her life. But that number is dramatically different in India, where only around 12 percent of women have access to...
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A beachgoer photographs the waves as a band of Hurricane Matthew arrives in Daytona Beach, Florida, October 6. The post appeared first on News India Times.
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Indian Air Force soldiers toss their rifles as they perform during the full-dress rehearsal for Indian Air Force Day at the Hindon air force station on the outskirts of New Delhi, October 6. The post...
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Hollywood looking at Indian talent with keen eye: Irrfan Khan
Be it Anupam Kher, Ali Fazal, Priyanka Chopra or Deepika Padukone, the common thread tying these Bollywood actors together are their global forays. Irrfan Khan, who has also worked with some of the...
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5 Indian-Americans among America’s richest 400: Forbes
Five Indian-Americans figure among America’s 400 richest people, in a list again headed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, according to the survey by Forbes magazine. Symphony Technology founder...
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Two Mumbaikars play ‘garba-dandiya’ on wheelchairs
At several suburban Navratri venues in Mumbai, revellers suddenly stop in their tracks to view and admire a young man and a woman as they join the ongoing 10-day dance festivities — on wheelchairs....
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Hotelier Vikram Chatwal Being Probed For Alleged Animal Cruelty
Manhattan hotelier Vikram Chatwal, busted a few years ago for drug possession, was being investigated by police last week for alleged animal cruelty attempt to set two pooches on fire in midtown...
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Celebrity Lineup Announced For Oct. 16 Diwali At Time Square
Shabbir Ahluwaliya, better known as “Rockstar Abhi”,and Sriti Jha, famous fore her role as “Pragya” in Kumkum Bhagya, Zee TV’s Saregamapa winner Kushal Paul as well as contestant Jyotica Tangri, Zee...
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Anil Kapur Running For Congress From Michigan’s Dist. 11
An Indian-American physician is making a second attempt at getting elected to the U.S. Congress from Michigan’s 11th District. Dr. Anil Kumar, who was unopposed in the Aug. 2 open primary in Michigan,...
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US Cricket Association Signs $70M Deal For Domestic T20 League
The United States of America Cricket Association has announced a $70 million licensing rights for a Franchised T20 Professional Cricket League to a Pennsylvania-based sports development company,...
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Chicago Tribune Endorses Illinois Candidate Krishnamoorthi For Congress
With less than a month left for the Nov. 8 general elections, Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat running for the U.S. Congress from Illinois’ District 11, may have the highest probability among...
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Was a Gandhi “Sexually-driven, Self-righteous And Overbearing Husband”
Her publishers say author Neelima Dalmia Adhar’s new book, The Secret Diary of Kasturba, lays bare what it was like to be Mahatma Gandhi’s wife, “in a gripping tale of unconditional love, passion,...
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BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir Opens With Grand Ceremony In Long Island
“I am absolutely ecstatic to be here today. This is a great day for Long Island and this mandir is absolutely beautiful, is gorgeous,” said, Steven Bellone, Suffolk County executive at the...
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Modi’s Dussehra arrow: Will decimate terror, its backers
In an obvious reference to Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the time had come to uproot terror and those who patronise terrorists. Addressing a massive Dussehra gathering at the...
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What’s a slum? Dharavi’s thriving informal economy defies the label
Malik Abdullah’s plastic recycling business in Dharavi, the sprawling slum in Mumbai that is among the largest in Asia, has survived fire, building collapses, and the criminal underworld for decades....
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“Mirzya”, a modern-day take on the age-old tale
In the most complex of Punjab’s tragic love stories, Sahiban dooms her lover Mirza to death rather than have him kill her family. Why she did that has remained an unanswered question till now. And by...
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Indian female taxi driver documentary hopes to inspire, embolden women
When Selvi was 14, she was married off to an abusive husband who forced her into prostitution. Over a decade later, her escape and journey to becoming one of India’s first female taxi drivers are the...
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Anil Kumar Running For Congress From Michigan’s Dist. 11
An Indian-American physician is making a second attempt at getting elected to the U.S. Congress from Michigan’s 11th District. Dr. Anil Kumar, who was unopposed in the Aug. 2 open primary in Michigan,...
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Gandhi’s Great Granddaughter Headlines Peace Walk In Dallas
Hundreds of men, women and children wearing white dresses and caps joined the Gandhi Peace Walk that began from the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Plaza in Irving, Dallas, Oct. 2 to mark the 147th birth...
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Umiya Mataji Jyoti Rath Welcome Celebration Raises $3.2 Million
The Umiya Mataji Sanstha of Chicago Midwest honored and celebrated the annual navratri garba festival and rath welcome ceremony Oct. 1, at Odeum Expo center in Villa Park, Ill. which was blessed by...
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