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Discovery Education and 3M announce young scientist title winner

VeenaOctober 15, 2015

by VeenaOctober 15, 201501493

Washington, Oct 15 (IANS) Five Indian-Americans made it to the final ten in the 2015 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, a competition to develop scientific plans

Bollywood

Documentary on A. R. Rahman to premiere on Discovery Channel

VeenaOctober 14, 2015

by VeenaOctober 14, 201501906

Mumbai, Oct 14 (IANS) “Jai Ho”, a 90-minute documentary tracing the journey of music maestro A. R. Rahman, is all set to premiere on October

NRI News

Princeton professor wins Nobel measuring poverty in India

VeenaOctober 13, 2015

by VeenaOctober 13, 201501175

Washington, Oct 13 (IANS) Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton’s current research focuses on the determinants of health in rich and poor countries as well as

Bollywood

'The Martian' flayed for downplaying Indian-American character

VeenaOctober 11, 2015

by VeenaOctober 11, 201501827

New York, Oct 10 (IANS) An Asian-American advocacy group has criticised Hollywood blockbuster “The Martian” for changing the race of Indian and Korean characters. British

Movie Review

Jazbaa – Stylishly thrilling

VeenaOctober 10, 2015

by VeenaOctober 10, 201501376

By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Jazbaa”; Cast: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Irrfan Khan, Shabana Azmi, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Atul Kulkarni, Jackie Shroff and Sara Arjun; Director: Sanjay

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Substitute teacher arrested for paid sex with male student

VeenaOctober 10, 2015

by VeenaOctober 10, 201501434

Washington, Oct 10 (IANS) An Indian-American former substitute teacher in Indiana state’s Franklin township has been arrested on charges of patronizing a prostitute after he

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Bhagwati Agrawal listed among CNN's top ten heroes

VeenaOctober 9, 2015

by VeenaOctober 9, 201501383

Washington, Oct 8 (IANS) Indian-American Bhagwati Agrawal is listed among CNN’s Top 10 Heroes of 2015, for bringing safe drinking water to more than 10,000

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Indian-origin person suspected of IRS-type fraud

VeenaOctober 8, 2015

by VeenaOctober 8, 201501301

New York, Oct 8 (IANS) The police in East Hartford town, of Connecticut state, suspect a person of Indian-origin to be behind a variation of

Business

India home to 14 top Asian business dynasties: Forbes

VeenaOctober 8, 2015

by VeenaOctober 8, 201501386

Washington, Oct 8 (IANS) Families from India hold 14 spots in Forbes Asia’s inaugural ranking of the top 50 Asian business dynasties with the Ambani

Indian-American groups to campaign on immigration issues

VeenaOctober 8, 2015

by VeenaOctober 8, 201501270

New York, Oct 8 (IANS) Indian-American groups have called for a campaign on immigration issues affecting the Indian diaspora including use of H-1B visa by