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Two Indian-American Scientists Honoured With US' Highest Scientific Award
Two Indian American scientists were awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by US President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday.
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Indian-American Economist Raj Chetty Gets Top Harvard University Prize
Prominent Indian-American economist Raj Chetty has been awarded the coveted George Ledlie Prize for wielding big data to break myths about who achieves the American Dream and the obstacles faced by others.
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Miley Cyrus Chose Indian Food To Celebrate Her MTV Music Awards Win; But Wait, Where Did That Pizza Go?
Miley Cyrus posted a picture of herself posing with a pizza on Instagram, suggesting she dug into the Italian delicacy, but wait, she did not. Instead, she ate Indian food.
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Upset Over Bail For Delhi Rapist, US Survivor Films Video At Consulate
The Delhi High Court has granted bail and suspended the seven years' sentence awarded to a man for digitally raping an American woman who recently shot a video outside the Indian Consulate in San Francisco, alleging that she was denied assistance there.
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Sand Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik Wins People's Choice Award In US
Renowned Indian sand artist and Padma Awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the People's Choice Award at a prestigious sand sculpting festival in the US, wowing the American public with his sculpture that highlighted the message of combating plastic pollution in oceans.
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4 Indian-American Teens Awarded $25,000 Each For Environment Inventions
Four Indian American teenagers have been awarded $25,000 each for developing innovative approaches to address environmental issues.
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Top Indian Defence Scientist Gets American Missile Award
State-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman G Satheesh Reddy is the joint winner of the 2019 Missile Systems Award given by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in the US, said the Virginia-based aerospace technical society on Sunday.
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DRDO Chief Receives American Award For Missile Technology Development
DRDO Chief G Satheesh Reddy received Missile Systems Award 2019 for his leadership role in the Indian missile programmes.
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YouTube Acquires Documentary On Work Of Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi
American video-sharing website YouTube has acquired the award-winning documentary on the work of Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi and will bring the Indian activist's sustained efforts to end child labour to a global audience
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NRI Man Gets $1.2 Million In Compensation For Fake News Article In Canada
An Indo-Canadian businessman, who is originally from Bhuj, Gujarat, has been awarded $1.2 million in damages after he was defamed in a series of fake news articles instigated by a prominent American blockchain investor.
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Indian-American Woman Academic Awarded In US
Renu Khator, a top Indian-American woman academic, has been awarded by American Council in Education for her role in mentoring professionals.
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Kalpana Chawla Death Anniversary: 10 Interesting Facts About First Woman Astronaut Of Indian Origin
Kalpana Chawla, an American astronaut and the first woman of Indian origin in space, was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere on February 1, 2003. Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian-born woman and the second Indian person to fly in...
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Google Doodle Honours Har Gobind Khorana On His 96th Birth Anniversary
Har Gobind Khorana was an Indian American biochemist who shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley for research that showed how the order of nucleotides in nucleic acids, which carry the genetic code of the cell, control the cell's synthesis of proteins. Dr Khorana and Dr Nirenberg were ...
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Indian-American Attorney Ajay Raju Recognised With Philanthropy Award
Noted Indian-American attorney Ajay Raju has been honoured with the third American Bazaar Philanthropy award in recognition of his philanthropic activities in the US.
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US Bill Seeks H-1B Exemptions That Will Benefit Mostly Indian Students
A bill has been re-introduced in the House of Representatives that seeks exemption for foreign- born persons with an American Ph.D. in science, technology, engineering or mathematics from the limits on the number of employment-based green cards and H-1B visas awarded annually.
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Two Indian-American Scientists Honoured With US' Highest Scientific Award
Two Indian American scientists were awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by US President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday.
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Indian-American Economist Raj Chetty Gets Top Harvard University Prize
Prominent Indian-American economist Raj Chetty has been awarded the coveted George Ledlie Prize for wielding big data to break myths about who achieves the American Dream and the obstacles faced by others.
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Miley Cyrus Chose Indian Food To Celebrate Her MTV Music Awards Win; But Wait, Where Did That Pizza Go?
Miley Cyrus posted a picture of herself posing with a pizza on Instagram, suggesting she dug into the Italian delicacy, but wait, she did not. Instead, she ate Indian food.
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Upset Over Bail For Delhi Rapist, US Survivor Films Video At Consulate
The Delhi High Court has granted bail and suspended the seven years' sentence awarded to a man for digitally raping an American woman who recently shot a video outside the Indian Consulate in San Francisco, alleging that she was denied assistance there.
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Sand Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik Wins People's Choice Award In US
Renowned Indian sand artist and Padma Awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the People's Choice Award at a prestigious sand sculpting festival in the US, wowing the American public with his sculpture that highlighted the message of combating plastic pollution in oceans.
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4 Indian-American Teens Awarded $25,000 Each For Environment Inventions
Four Indian American teenagers have been awarded $25,000 each for developing innovative approaches to address environmental issues.
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Top Indian Defence Scientist Gets American Missile Award
State-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman G Satheesh Reddy is the joint winner of the 2019 Missile Systems Award given by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in the US, said the Virginia-based aerospace technical society on Sunday.
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DRDO Chief Receives American Award For Missile Technology Development
DRDO Chief G Satheesh Reddy received Missile Systems Award 2019 for his leadership role in the Indian missile programmes.
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YouTube Acquires Documentary On Work Of Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi
American video-sharing website YouTube has acquired the award-winning documentary on the work of Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi and will bring the Indian activist's sustained efforts to end child labour to a global audience
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NRI Man Gets $1.2 Million In Compensation For Fake News Article In Canada
An Indo-Canadian businessman, who is originally from Bhuj, Gujarat, has been awarded $1.2 million in damages after he was defamed in a series of fake news articles instigated by a prominent American blockchain investor.
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Indian-American Woman Academic Awarded In US
Renu Khator, a top Indian-American woman academic, has been awarded by American Council in Education for her role in mentoring professionals.
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Kalpana Chawla Death Anniversary: 10 Interesting Facts About First Woman Astronaut Of Indian Origin
Kalpana Chawla, an American astronaut and the first woman of Indian origin in space, was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere on February 1, 2003. Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian-born woman and the second Indian person to fly in...
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Google Doodle Honours Har Gobind Khorana On His 96th Birth Anniversary
Har Gobind Khorana was an Indian American biochemist who shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley for research that showed how the order of nucleotides in nucleic acids, which carry the genetic code of the cell, control the cell's synthesis of proteins. Dr Khorana and Dr Nirenberg were ...
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Indian-American Attorney Ajay Raju Recognised With Philanthropy Award
Noted Indian-American attorney Ajay Raju has been honoured with the third American Bazaar Philanthropy award in recognition of his philanthropic activities in the US.
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US Bill Seeks H-1B Exemptions That Will Benefit Mostly Indian Students
A bill has been re-introduced in the House of Representatives that seeks exemption for foreign- born persons with an American Ph.D. in science, technology, engineering or mathematics from the limits on the number of employment-based green cards and H-1B visas awarded annually.
