NEW YORK: A 21-year-old Indian-American driver has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a female juvenile during a food delivery in California. Identifying Sandeep, a resident of Sunnyvale, California, as the "primary suspect," the San Jose Police Department (SJPD) in a statement on Wednesday said, "The investigation revealed that while working as a food delivery driver, the suspect forced...
WASHINGTON: US president Joe Biden has honoured two Indian-American scientists - Ashok Gadgil and Subra Suresh - with the country's highest scientific awards for their contribution to the field of science and technology. Biden presented the prestigious White House national medal for technology and innovation to Gadgil, a distinguished professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering at UC...
WASHINGTON: An Indian-American couple from Houston has donated USD 1.75 million to start the construction of the first Hindu campsite in Texas, which will hold heritage youth camps every summer. Similar to schools and colleges providing academic education, the Hindu Heritage Youth camps provide a life-moulding education, a media release said Friday. Subhash Gupta and Sarojini Gupta, who made the mega...
Atul Rao, an Indian-American student currently studying in London, has made the life-changing decision to pursue a career in medicine, inspired by the dedicated healthcare professionals of the UK's National Health Service (NHS) who saved his life after his heart stopped six times in a few hours.Rao, who is originally from Seattle and a student at Baylor University in Texas, faced a critical health...
WASHINGTON: Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, a prominent Indian-American mathematician and statistician, will receive the 2023 International Prize in Statistics, the equivalent to the Nobel Prize in the field, for his monumental work 75 years ago that revolutionised statistical thinking.Rao's work, more than 75 years ago, continues to exert a profound influence on science, the International Prize in...
WASHINGTON: United States Senate on Thursday confirmed Indian American Richard Verma as Deputy Secretary of State, Management and Resources, a position which is normally seen as the CEO of the powerful State Department in the US Government.Verma, 54, was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 67-26.He served as the US' Ambassador to India from January 16, 2015, to January 20, 2017, and is currently the...
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