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Rik Mehta, the first Indian-American to win GOP primary for Senate from New Jersey Rik Mehta, an ex-US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official, beaten his closest rival Hirsh Singh, also an Indian-American, in the Republican, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), primaries …

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A community advocate and businessperson Salma Lakhani made history on Wednesday upon her selection as the Lieutenant Governor of the province of Alberta, the first-ever Muslim with ancestry in the Indian subcontinent to take up the post in Canada. “Ms. Lakhani is devoted to supporting …

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Rajinder Singh was awarded to recognize his outstanding individual volunteers which make a change in the community. He used the isolation imposed by Coronavirus lockdown to make exercise videos that are watched across the globe. His videos drew thousands of viewers which helped him to …

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Both Apoorva Kulkarni and Divya Choudhary will undergo doctoral study (DPhil) in zoology and biochemistry respectively while being based at the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD)  Kulkarni will learn the addition of traditional ecological knowledge besides scientific ecological knowledge for conserving endemic and …

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Dr. Sudhakar Jonnalagadda has taken over as the 37th President of the American Association of Physicians of Indian origin (AAPI) during a virtual “change of guard” ceremony in Chicago Saturday. AAPI is the largest ethnic medical organization of physicians that represents the interests of over …

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Dr. Parag Chitnis was named Associate Director for Programs in advance this year and leads the execution of NIFA’s approximately $1.7 billion research projects. National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) drives all federally funded agricultural research in the United States of America. “Dr. Chitnis …

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Rik Mehta, an ex-US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official, beaten his closest rival Hirsh Singh, also an Indian-American, in the Republican, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), primaries held on July 7th, 2020 by a margin of just about 13,743 votes, according …

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The corps of Knight-Hennessy Scholarship as introduced by Stanford University this year includes quite a few Indian American or South Asian American students.  The 2020 cohort is a group of 76 students comprise of Indian Americans, Indo-Canadian as well as a Pakistan native.  The first …

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Self-made millionaire scientist, Chanda Zaveri announced from her Palos Verdes home that she has a drug that can forestall the Covid-19 infection. She said it is a “simple product” that can go a long way in helping her slogan, “Don’t lock down people, lock down …

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The President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA), which appreciates outstanding environmental local level projects, was granted to an Indian American team of students from New Jersey and one from Arizona, as announced on April 22. The award is accorded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in …

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Indian American senior year student of Stanford University Riya Verma is all set to move to Paris, France for a two-year graduate study at the renowned Sciences Po, having won the distinguished Michel David-Weill Scholarship. Verma is the first student at Stanford to have won …

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The 2020 John Brock Community Service Award will be given to Dr. Ravi Patel; an Indian American founder of the Comprehensive Blood and Cancer Centre. For the last 33 years, the John Brock Community Service Award has been Kern Country’s best honor. This award is …

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An alumni of Princeton University and an Indian American; Preeti Iyer was recognized for her exceptional services for the Class of 2020 and to the Princeton University and was awarded the prestigious Walter E Hope Class of 1901 Medal. The medal recognizes senior students who …

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Announcement about Members to freshly elected Sector Advisory Councils was recently made by Mayor Bill de Blasio. A list of members for the different sectors of the Council like Small Business, Large Business, Labor and Workforce, Arts, Culture & Entertainment was declared. Robust efforts to …

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Senator Bernie Sanders endorsed Joe Biden, presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee’s campaign and the multi-purposed Unity Task Force is one of the outcomes. It is a matter of pride that six well known Indian Americans from different areas of expertise have been chosen by the …

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Devesh Ranjan and his wife, Kumuda Ranjan combined their skills to develop an emergency ventilator for Covid-19 patients in the space of just three weeks. Devesh Ranjan is a professor and associate chair at the Georgia Tech’s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. His …

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IIT Mumbai is a fertile ground for geniuses to blossom and one such genius is Dr Rajiv Joshi who currently works at the IBM Thomson Watson Research Center in New York. From IIT he went on to refine his education with an MS from the …

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USA president Donald Trump recently acknowledged and paid tribute to Sravya Annappareddy, an Indian American girl aged 10. This brave young girl had been sensing boxes full of cookies to nurses and writing warm messages to healthcare workers who were fighting the COVID 19 pandemic …

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