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Court permanently shuts down US-India computer scam against elderly

VeenaDecember 30, 2020December 30, 2020

by VeenaDecember 30, 2020December 30, 202002909

New York, Dec 30 (IANS) A federal court has permanently shut down a US-based computer scam that preyed on elderly Americans using call centre operators in

City News

Sankara Nethralaya raises $200K to restore vision to 3000 blind patients in India

VeenaDecember 30, 2020December 30, 2020

by VeenaDecember 30, 2020December 30, 202002911

Atlanta, GA, December 30, 2020: Sankara Nethralaya (SN) is a not-for-profit charity organization providing ophthalmic (eye) care throughout India. For the last 4 decades, SN

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Digital communication expert Aisha Shah named for White House job

VeenaDecember 29, 2020December 29, 2020

by VeenaDecember 29, 2020December 29, 202003038

New York, Dec 29 (IANS) US President-elect Joe Biden has named Aisha Shah, a former staffer in his campaign, as the partnerships manager for his White

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Indian-American chemist finds new clue to how life began on Earth

VeenaDecember 29, 2020December 29, 2020

by VeenaDecember 29, 2020December 29, 202002859

San Francisco, Dec 29 (IANS) Adding a fresh viewpoint to the origin of life on Earth, an Indian-origin researcher Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy from Scripps Research in California

Books

Farzana Doctor’s Seven: Artistically crafted novel propagates against female genital cutting

VeenaDecember 28, 2020December 28, 2020

by VeenaDecember 28, 2020December 28, 202003028

BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE As I turned over the final page of Farzana Doctor’s fourth novel Seven, I was instantly reminded of Kintsugi, the Japanese art

Movie Review

‘Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors’ is relevant but flawed

VeenaDecember 26, 2020December 26, 2020

by VeenaDecember 26, 2020December 26, 202002492

Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors (on Disney+ Hotstar VIP); Cast: Kirti Kulhari, Pankaj Tripathi, Anupriya Goenka, Jisshu Sengupta, Deepti Naval, Mita Vashisht, Shilpa Shukla, Ashish

Movie Review

AK Vs AK: Quirkiest film Bollywood made this year

VeenaDecember 25, 2020December 25, 2020

by VeenaDecember 25, 2020December 25, 202003602

AK Vs AK (on Netflix); Cast: Anil Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap, Sonam Kapoor, Harshvardhan Kapoor; Direction: Vikramaditya Motwane; Rating: * * * and 1/2 (three and

City News

Vibha receives Love Takes Action Award from New York Life Foundation

VeenaDecember 24, 2020December 24, 2020

by VeenaDecember 24, 2020December 24, 202002996

Atlanta, GA, December 24, 2020: Vibha was awarded a $50,000 Love Takes Action Award from the New York Life Foundation. The grant will support their

NRI News

NBA gets its 1st full-time Indian-American referee in Suyash Mehta

VeenaDecember 24, 2020December 24, 2020

by VeenaDecember 24, 2020December 24, 202002272

New York, Dec 24 (IANS) The National Basketball Association (NBA) League of the US has got its first-ever full time Indian-origin referee in Suyash Mehta. In

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Biden names Bharat Ramamurti as deputy director of Economic Council

VeenaDecember 23, 2020December 23, 2020

by VeenaDecember 23, 2020December 23, 202001845

New York, Dec 21 (IANS) US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named Bharat Ramamurti to be a deputy director of the National Economic Council with an