Indian-American Dr. Jack Brar elected president of Illinois veterinary board
Dr. Jack (Jagjit) Brar, a veterinarian of 50-years standing, at Palos Pet Clinic, one of two he runs in the Chicago area, taking care of a patient. (Facebook profile photo) Dr. Jack (Jagjit) Brar, a...
View ArticleTampa Man pleads guilty to hate crime against Muslim family
A resident of Tampa, Florida, pleaded guilty Feb. 27, to threatening to burn down the home that was being purchased by a Muslim family. David H. Howard, 59, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court...
View ArticleIndian American helps develop wake-up receiver for smart devices
Amin Arbabian, assistant professor of electrical engineering, right, and graduate student Angad Rekhi demonstrate their ultrasonic wake-up receiver and the circuit boards used to test its performance....
View ArticleThis Mushroom Risotto Is Feeling Its Oats
Mushroom Oat Risotto With Gruyere. CREDIT: Photo by Deb Lindsey For The Washington Post. This recipe applies the technique of making risotto to steel-cut oats, yielding a creamy, al dente dish that...
View ArticleYou Don’t Need To Chop Like A TV Chef To Get The Job Done
This is “the claw.” CREDIT: Photo by Stacy Zarin Goldberg for The Washington Post. Standing in line at the emergency room, makeshift bandage around my finger, I got to thinking: What could I have done...
View ArticleSouth Asian-Canadian attorney appointed to provincial court bench
Hafeez Shahbudin Amarshi, president and director of the South Asian Bar Association of Toronto, was appointed to Ontario Court of Justice Feb. 24. (Photo: SABA Toronto website) Toronto, Ontario – The...
View ArticleCricFest by Hotstar enlivens Brooklyn
Gaurav Kapur, Ipsita Dasgupta, Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh share a light moment during the Hotstar press conference, in Brooklyn, New York, on February 24, 2018. Photos: Peter Ferreira. BROOKLYN,...
View ArticleState honours for Sridevi’s funeral as lakhs gather to bid farewell
Mumbai: Producer Boney Kapoor and actors Anil Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor and Mohit Marwah accompany the body of late actress Sridevi to the Vile Parle Seva Samaj Crematorium and Hindu Cemetery...
View ArticleIndian-American physician wins Arizona Democratic primary for Congress
Dr. Hiral Tipirneni, who won the Democratic primary Feb. 27, to run for the U.S. Congress from Arizona’s District 8, seen here with her husband Kishore and their three children. (Photo: Facebook) An...
View ArticleRecognition For Hurricane Fundraising
Event planner Nitin Vyas, Padma Shri Dr. Sudhir Parikh, founder and chairman, Parikh Worldwide Media; Dr. Kishor Ratkalkar; AAPI President Dr. Gautam Samadder, Dr. Amit Chakrabarty, Dr. Binod Sinha. A...
View ArticleM.S. Chadha Center for Global India established at Princeton University
Sumir Chadha (Photo courtesy of Sumir Chadha, Princeton University) Indian American Sumir Chadha who graduated from Princeton University in 1993, has established the M.S. Chadha Center for Global India...
View ArticleVinod Khosla takes Martin’s Beach case to U.S. Supreme Court
Vinod Khosla (CREDIT: The Washington Post) Indian American billionaire Vinod Khosla was ordered to restore public access to Martin’s Beach by California courts and is now seeking to take his case to...
View ArticleVeena Sud is thankful to be working with Netflix again
The Netflix logo is shown in this illustration photograph in Encinitas, California October 14, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake/Files Indian American Veena Sud is hoping to get a less critical reaction for...
View ArticleIndian student enrollment in U.S. universities down due to Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump talks about banning devices that can be attached to semiautomatic guns to make them automatic, during a Public Safety Medal of Valor Awards Ceremony at the White House in...
View ArticleChildren’s Museum of Manhattan receives $10,000 check from Sandeep Chakravorty
Children’s Museum of Manhattan staff and advisors join the Consul General of India in celebrating the Conulate General support of the Museum’s future exhibit, “The Namaste Express.” From left to...
View ArticleIndia-born Carlos Cordeiro is new president of the United States Soccer...
Carlos Cordeiro (Courtesy: carlos4soccer.com) India-born American Carlos Cordeiro has been elected as the president of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), according to The New York Times....
View ArticleHAB BANK hosts customer appreciation gala dinner in New Jersey
HAB BANK CEO Saleem Iqbal speaking at the event. ISELIN, NEW JERSEY HAB BANK, nation’s oldest and largest South Asian American bank, hosted a dinner on Friday, February 16, for its Iselin Branch...
View ArticleTycoon’s dream of India riches turns into a $7 billion nightmare
A banner for Aircel Ltd. is displayed outside a mobile phone store in Mumbai on Oct. 24, 2016. (Bloomberg photo by Dhiraj Singh) It was supposed to be the crowning achievement of Malaysian tycoon T....
View ArticleInternational Yoga Festival: yogis from 92 nations converge at Rishikesh
RISHIKESH: The 29th annual, world-famous International Yoga Festival (IYF) at Parmarth Niketan, on the banks of River Ganga, which began on March 2, saw more than 1,500 participants from 92 nations....
View ArticleZee TV’s new family quiz show attracts top brands
Bolstering it’s debut this past Saturday, Zee TV’s new family quiz show Americas Smartest Family (ASF) has seem to have attracted some of the top advertisers and brand names servicing the South Asian...
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