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US envoy set to meet Narendra Modi

VeenaFebruary 11, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 11, 201402404

Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) Signalling a major shift in the US stand towards BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell

India-US partnership would keep growing after poll: US

VeenaFebruary 8, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 8, 201402323

Washington, Feb 8 (IANS) A senior Obama administration official has expressed confidence that despite recent setbacks India-US strategic partnership will continue to grow whatever the

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Columbia University scientist claims new path to cancer cure

VeenaFebruary 7, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 7, 201402504

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Arnab De, an Indian scientist working at Columbia University in the US, claims to have found a new biological pathway

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USAID's Rajiv Shah wins lavish praise from Obama

VeenaFebruary 7, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 7, 201402470

Washington, Feb 7 (IANS) Citing immigrants’ absolute faith in the American dream, Rajiv Shah, the Indian-American administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID),

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Most Americans favor pathway to citizenship for illegals

VeenaFebruary 7, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 7, 201402635

Washington, Feb 7 (IANS) Even as a new poll found that Americans overwhelmingly favor a pathway towards citizenship for 11 million undocumented individuals, including 300,000

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Carbide responsible for Bhopal plant, new evidence shows

VeenaFebruary 6, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 6, 201403543

New York, Feb 6 (IANS) Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Union Carbide Corp (UCC) have released new evidence to show its “direct role in designing

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Sanjeev Kulkarni named dean of Princeton Graduate School

VeenaFebruary 5, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 5, 201402540

Washington, Feb 5 (IANS) Yet another Indian-American has been named to a top academic job with the appointment of Sanjeev Kulkarni as the next dean

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Vivek Murthy breezes through hearing for "America's doctor"

VeenaFebruary 5, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 5, 201402426

Washington, Feb 5 (IANS) President Barack Obama’s pick for surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, breezed through his confirmation hearing before a Senate panel even as several

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Indian-American man claims wife didn't murder son

VeenaFebruary 4, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 4, 201402717

Washington, Feb 4 (IANS) The husband of an Indian-American woman charged with the murder of their son in Texas has cited medical records to claim

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Jubilation at Manipal University as Nadella named Microsoft CEO

VeenaFebruary 4, 2014

by VeenaFebruary 4, 201402798

Manipal, Feb 4 (IANS) Professors at Manipal University Tuesday voiced happiness at alumnus Satya Nadella being named the new Microsoft chief and remembered him as