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Indian American Syamantak Payra wins $50,000 Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award

Indian American teenager from Texas Syamantak Payra (15) has won the $50,000 Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award. Payra won this prestigious award along with Kathy Lu (17). He...

May 18, 2016

Indian-American Rakesh K Jain to receive US National Medal of Science Award

Indian American professor Dr. Rakesh K. Jain will be presented 2015 National Medal of Science of the United States. He will be presented with this top award by...

May 18, 2016

US President appoints Indian-American Manjit Singh to key administration post

United States (US) President Barack Obama has appointed an Indian-American engineer Manjit Singh as the member of President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (PACFBNF). PACFBNF brings...

May 13, 2016

US President honours Indian-American elementary teacher Revathi Balakrishnan

US President Barack Obama has honoured an Indian-American elementary teacher Revathi Balakrishnan from Texas at the White House. She was honoured for her excellent work in the field...

May 12, 2016

Various Steps in United States President’s Election

The United States has a bicameral legislature consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Direct elections are held to fill the vacancies in these legislatures. In...

May 7, 2016

Music legend Prince passes away

Pop music superstar Prince Rogers Nelson popularly known as Prince passed away in suburban Minneapolis, United States. He was 57. Prince was widely known for his flamboyant stage...

April 22, 2016

2016 Pulitzer Prize Winners

The Sympathizer, a debut novel of Vietnamese American professor Viet Thanh Nguyen has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. While, Associated Press has won two prestigious Pulitzer prize...

April 21, 2016

Indian-American Geeta Pasi nominated as US envoy to Chad

United States (US) President Barack Obama has nominated Indian-American Geeta Pasi as the country’s next envoy to central African nation Chad. Ms. Pasi is a career member of...

April 20, 2016

US court slaps 940 million dollars fine on two Tata group companies

The federal grand jury in the US State of Wisconsin has slapped 940 million US dollars fine against two companies of India’s Tata group – Tata Consultancy Services...

April 18, 2016

MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga appointed as member of US cybersecurity body

US President Barack Obama has nominated MasterCard’s Indian-American CEO Ajay Banga as a member of the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. Mr. Banga is one of the 10...

April 15, 2016

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