By Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharya An avalanche of 40 to 50-year-olds is waking up to the ancient wisdom of their ancestors. Though many are children from around the world, the Bharatiya children - now in their physically middle-aged bodies - are reaching forward into the tools of the past. They are realizing that the school teachings...
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New York: In a bid to accelerate Asia’s transition to net zero greenhouse gas emissions, and harness the opportunities of scaling climate action, the Asia Society Policy Institute convened a High-Level Policy Commission on Getting Asia to Net Zero. Led by the Asia Society’s global president and former Australian prime minister, Kevin Rudd, the Commission...
New York: Bakul Patel, a former Indian American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) leader will join forces with technology behemoth Google as its new senior director of global digital health strategy and regulatory. Having spent more than a decade at the FDA, Patel was most recently the chief digital health officer of global strategy and...
New York: Dr. Kamaljit S. Bawa, a noted, Indian-born, conservation biologist and President of the India-based Ashoka Trust for Research and Ecology and Environment (ATREE) has been elected to the US National Academy of Sciences. Election to the 170-year-old Academy is a recognition of the significant contributions to science by its members, ATREE said...
San Francisco: Opening another front against Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday asked the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to probe whether Twitter’s claim on the number of its user base is true according to news agency IANS report. Replying to a follower who said that if it turns...
On May 16th, “Do Something Good for Your Neighbor Day”, the NYC Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit (PEU), NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS), and NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) hosted an event at Roberto Clemente Plaza in the Bronx from 11AM - 3PM. The event highlighted the role every New Yorker...
In direct response to the white supremacist act of terror at a supermarket on Saturday in Buffalo, Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled a comprehensive package to combat the steady rise in domestic terrorism and violent extremism, strengthen and close loopholes in state gun laws and a crackdown on social media platforms that host and amplify...
The city's Health Department says the chances of catching and spreading Covid-19 are up, but the severity of symptoms is much milder with so many people that have already been vaccinated. City officials are recommending New Yorkers mask up when inside once again if anyone is at crowded events or experiencing symptoms. This is only...
