INDIA'S PALPREET SINGH MAKES INROADS INTO NBA'S D- LEAGUE, BECOMES FIRST INDIAN
Palpreet Singh Brar, 22, winner of the National Finals of ACG-NBA Jump, India’s first national basketball talent search programme, was selected 12th in the fourth Round of the NBA-D-League Draft held in New York, the US. With his selection, he became the first Indian in the NBA D-league to be trained in India The towering […]
Barack Obama celebrates the Festival of Light, lights first-ever DIYA in Oval Office
This year, Diwali fever reached the US in a big way, where a burgeoning community of over three million Indians lives. The US President Barack Obama celebrated the festival of light – ‘Diwali ‘by lighting the first-ever DIYA in his Oval office at the White House. Thus, he became the first US president to personally […]
ESPIONAGE CASE: FOUR PAKISTAN HIGH COMMISSION OFFICIALS SET TO LEAVE INDIA
Four Pakistan High Commission officials have reportedly left India. The names of the officers are commercial counselor Syed Furrukh Habib and first secretaries Khadim Hussain, Mudassir Cheema and Shahid Iqbal. Their names were made public after a recorded statement of the Pakistan High Commission staffer Mehmood Akhtar was released to the media. Top intelligence officers […]
UNITED NATIONS LIGHTS-UP WITH ‘HAPPY DIWALI’ FOR THE FIRST TIME!
The United Nations (UN) commemorated Diwali for the first time and lit up its imposing headquarters on the Indian festival of lights. The UN Secretariat building was lit up for Diwali from October 29-31. The UN headquarters porticos were lit up in bright colours, reading ‘Happy Diwali’, along with the image of a traditional ‘Diya’, […]
INDIAN-ORIGIN RESEARCHER CREATES SMART TEXTILES TO MONITOR PATIENTS
A groundbreaking research by an Indian-origin scientist at the University of Rhode Island (URI) has revealed that clothes and other wearable items could possibly sense illness and transmit data to a doctor in a distant clinic for monitoring health and prescribing drugs. The Indian-origin scientist is researching on smart textiles — wearable items embedded with […]
KNOW THE LATEST INDIAN-ORIGIN PLAYER IN THE ENGLAND SQUAD
Over the years, England had players of Indian-origin in the cricket squad, like Nasser Hussain, one of England’s finest batsmen, who went on to become the Test captain. He was followed by Samit Patel, Ravi Bopara, Mark Ramprakash and Monty Panesar. The latest in that list is Haseeb Hameed, the 19-year-old batting sensation who has […]
RATAN TATA VALUE FAMILY TRADITIONS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE – YOU CANT’ COMROMISE ‘CHARITY’ MR. CYRUS MISTRY
The news of a major shake-up at the top of the country’s most respected corporate giant, the House of Tatas, took the corporate world, and indeed the entire country, by surprise. The Board of Directors of Tata Sons had removed Cyrus Mistry from the post of Chairman and appointed Ratan Tata as the Interim Chairman. […]
INDIAN-ORIGIN US RESEARCHER INVENTS ‘REAL' 3D HANDS
An Indian-origin US researcher and his team have recently created life-size 3D hand models, complete with fingerprints, deploying a high-resolution 3D printer, which is capable of producing the same ridges and valleys as a real finger. Like any optical device, fingerprint and hand scanners are required to be calibrated, but currently there is no standard […]
NRI SOLO CAR FEMALE DRIVER IS ALL SET TO CREATE RECORDS, ALSO PROMOTING A NOBLE CAUSE!
A UK based NRI woman Bharulata Kamble, has covered approximately 32,000 km in 75 Days, travelling across 32 countries transcontinental from UK to India, to spread the message of ‘BetiBachao, BetiPadhao’ an initiative run by Indian Government for the betterment of girl child. She also wants to support the cause of ‘saving the girl child’, […]
INDIAN-ORIGIN MAN IN WORLD’S LONGEST MARRIAGE DIES IN LONDON AT 110
An Indian-origin man in the UK, believed to hold the record for the world’s longest marriage, has perished. A UK-based Indian-origin man, Karam Chand believed to be holding the record for world’s longest marriage, has died at an incredible age of 110 years from natural causes. He was just six weeks short of celebrating his […]
INDIAN-ORIGIN TEEN WINS $50,000 SCHOLARSHIP AT GOOGLE SCIENCE FAIR
A 16-year-old Indian-origin South African student, Kiara Nirghin has won a $50,000 scholarship at the annual Google Science Fair in the US for using the discarded food material such as orange peel and avocado fruits to develop a cheaper “super-absorbent material” that aids soil to retain water. The Grade 11 student of a South African […]
INDIAN-ORIGIN MIT RESEARCHER, DINESH BHARADIA WINS THE PRESTIGIOUS YOUNG SCHOLAR AWARD
Indian-born researcher Dinesh Bharadia, 28, has won the prestigious 2016 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award for his contribution to radio waves. The young Indian-origin researcher hails from Ichalkarnji in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra. Presently, he is a researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A doctorate from Stanford University and is an alumnus […]
MODI PRESSES THE ‘B’ BUTTON! EXPOSES THE ‘BARBARISM’ OF PAKISTAN IN BALOCHISTAN
It was during August 2016, in his Independence Day speech, when the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has performed an unprecedented feat which Pakistan could never have imagined. He pronounced the ‘B’ word, which Pakistan always detests to talk about as Balochistan remains a touchy or an issue which Pakistan always want to hide from […]
INDIAN-ORIGIN ENGINEER TRAVELS IN A SOLAR 'TUK-TUK' FROM INDIA TO UK
Naveen Rabelli, a 35-year Indian-origin engineer, has travelled 10,000 km using a solar-powered auto-rickshaw from India to London. The move was directed at creating awareness about alternative mobility solutions by employing renewable energy for passenger vehicles in Asian and European countries. Naveen started his journey on the auto, known as ‘tuk-tuk’, from Bengaluru in February, […]
NRI PARTICIPATED IN BERLIN MARATHON TO RAISE FUNDS FOR DISTRESSED PUNJAB FARMERS
Ms. Tarandeep Kaur, a young financial analyst, has participated in the 42-km Berlin marathon to raise funds for the distressed farmers in Punjab. She completed the marathon in 3 hours 45 minutes and 59 seconds. The Berlin marathon is one of the largest, fastest and most popular marathons in the world, which features top runners […]
GREATEST SIKH ICON OF OLYMPIC HOCKEY
One of the greatest Sikh hockey players ever, Avtar Singh Sohal ‘Tari’ has not even once played for India. But he was at Rio with Sachin Tendulkar at his side, lustily cheering the Indian Hockey team at the games when they got on to the field to play their first match against Ireland. Who is […]
ARATHI KRISHNA – WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE
A well read scholar and accomplished diplomat, an artiste and a good singer, a dedicated social worker and a philanthropist, Arathi Krishna is a multifaceted personality who came into this world in interesting times – born at the right time in the right place to the right family, which incidentally has a strong political background. […]
CANCER VICTIMS & SURVIVORS HONOURED AT GALA
From our North America Bureau: Victims and survivors of cancer were honoured at a grand annual gala organised by the SKN Foundation, a sold-out event with more than 400 guests that took place on September 17, 2016 at the Marigold in Somerset, New Jersey. The nite included powerful messages and poems from the founder, Dr […]