Bollywood Stars Came Crashing Down To Earth In 2017
Bollywood ends another lacklustre year with fewer box office hits and no solution in sight to address falling theatre footfalls. The industry’s woes were compounded by falling data costs in a booming...
View ArticleH-1B visa extensions may come to an end
Photograph of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security logo. NEW YORK – As a part of President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign promise of the “Buy American, Hire American” initiative, the Department of...
View ArticleNaidu gives keynote speech at AAPI’s Global Healthcare Summit
AAPI President Dr. Gautam Samadder greeting Venkiah Naidu, Vice President of India, at the valedictory address of the Global Health Summit 2017 in Kolkata, India, on December 30, 2017. KOLKATA – The...
View ArticleIndian American charged for transferring more than $1M from business to...
NEW YORK – Indian American Ranjeet Reddy Paladugu, the vice president of finance for Urban Decay, was charged for grand theft and money laundering for transferring more than $1 million from the...
View ArticleDalit workers disrupt life in Mumbai for second day after clash
Members of the Dalit community shout slogans as they participate in a protest rally in Mumbai, January 3, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui MUMBAI – Protests disrupted business in India’s financial hub of...
View ArticleU.S. warns North Korea against new missile test, plays down talks
UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL – The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, warned North Korea on Tuesday against staging another missile test and said Washington would not take any talks between...
View ArticleU.S. puts Pakistan on notice: Do more to stop terrorism
U.S. President Donald Trump talks with U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley as they attend a session on reforming the United Nations at U.N. Headquarters in New York, U.S., September 18, 2017....
View ArticleModi, Tendulkar most talked about parliamentarians on Facebook
NEW DELHI – While Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the most talked about Lok Sabha member and Sachin Tendulkar was the most popular Rajya Sabha member on Facebook in 2017. The results appeared on...
View ArticleIndian American doctor pleads guilty to sexual misconduct
Indian American Arun Aggarwal, a former doctor at Dayton Children’s Hospital, pleaded guilty to four counts of gross sexual imposition, to which the pediatric gastroenterologist, had previously...
View ArticleIndian-American engineer, activist, running for Michigan State House
Padma Kuppa, candidate for Michigan State House from District 41, second from right, with her husband, left, and children. (Photo: Facebook) An Indian-American woman has declared her run for the...
View ArticleIndian American professor named assistant dean of research and development at...
Dr. Shelby Kutty (Courtesy: unmc.edu) Indian American Dr. Shelby Kutty has been named as the assistant dean of research and development at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of...
View ArticleTrump goes after Clinton’s top aide Huma Abedin now
Hillary Clinton and her aide Huma Abedin walk away after an off-schedule stop at the “I’ll Make Me a World in Iowa Celebration Day” in Des Moines, Iowa. REUTERS/Brian Snyder President Donald Trump...
View ArticleHow alcohol damages stem cell DNA and increases cancer risk
© Axel Bueckert | Dreamstime.com – Alcohol drinking problem LONDON – Drinking alcohol produces a harmful chemical in the body which can lead to permanent genetic damage in the DNA of stem cells,...
View ArticleTelugu singer Ghazal Srinivas arrested over allegations of sexual abuse
Hyderabad: Singer Kesiraju Srinivas aka “Ghazal Srinivas”, who has been arrested on charges of sexual harassment in Hyderabad on Jan 2, 2017. A case against him was registered on December 29 following...
View ArticleIndian American charged with DUI, murder in police officer’s death
Mohammed Ali, 22, an Indian American from Hayward, California was charged with second-degree murder on Tuesday killing a California Highway Patrol officer on Christmas Eve while driving under the...
View ArticleIndian American appointed as chief legal at Sharecare
Ami Patel (Courtesy: LinkedIn) Indian American Ami Patel has been appointed as the chief legal and compliance officer for Sharecare, the digital health company which helps people manage all their...
View ArticleTrump attacks Democrats over voter fraud panel, urges voter ID rules
U.S. President Donald Trump signs the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul plan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., December 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON – U.S. President...
View ArticleAT&T to launch 5G in U.S. by late 2018
An AT&T sign is seen outside a branch in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, U.S., October 24, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young/Files AT&T Inc. will launch a fifth-generation mobile service in a dozen cities in...
View ArticleAhmedabad surgeon uses robots in coronary surgery first time outside US
Logo of Apex Heart Institute (Courtesy: Facebook) AHMEDABAD – Ahmedabad-based, internationally-reputed cardiologist Tejas Patel on Thursday said he has introduced here vascular robotic technology for...
View ArticleInfosys CEO Parekh to get Rs 16.25cr salary, package 45% less than Sikka’s
An employee is seen behind an Infosys logo at the company’s campus in the southern Indian city of Bangalore September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Abhishek Chinnappa BENGALURU – Possibly in a bid to avoid...
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