Hicksville, NY: Running on the “Community First” Party Line in the February Special Election, Dr. Jain hopes to be First South Asian leader elected to the City Council from Queens, N.Y. A Democrat Party leader, Dr. Neeta Jain has received the endorsement of The South Asian Times as she runs for the 24th Council District. The...
RCHS – the Rotary Club of Hicksville South hosted an important Zoom Meeting/Call on December 17, 2020, at 8 PM EST, inviting community leaders to join a round table discussion. The goal for the call was for creating awareness about the COVID-19 vaccination and prioritizing its distribution to the needy in the South Asian...
New York: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan USA, Sneh Arts, Kolkata Sitar School & Viewcy in association with the Consulate General of India & Dhwani Academy of Percussion Music presented the 2nd Annual Chaar Prahar Indian Classical Music Festival on Nov 29 and Dec 5. Given the pandemic, the festival was held online on the digital platform Viewcy, which enabled reach to...
New York lawmakers are moving ahead with a minimum wage hike in the state despite the economic effects caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The hike is set to take effect on December 31 and will boost wages in different parts of the state between 70 cents and $1 an hour, according to reports. The State Department...
New York: Using machine learning (ML), a team of US researchers led by Indian-American computer scientist Anshumali Shrivastava at Rice University has discovered an efficient way for social media companies to keep misinformation from spreading online. Their method applies machine learning in a smarter way to improve the performance of Bloom filters, a widely used technique...
Washington, DC: Kash Patel, the chief of staff to Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, has filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against CNN and several of its top reporters, claiming the liberal network published false statements and promoted “unfounded left-wing political narratives” by painting Patel as a pro-Trump conspiracy theorist seeking to smear President-elect...
New York: Ernst & Young recently announced its 2020 EY US Entrepreneur of The Year winner, with the executive team of Toast Inc., led by president and co-founder Aman Narang, winning the top prize. Narang, an Indian American entrepreneur, was among four individuals at Boston, Massachusetts-based Toast – president and co-founder Steve Fredette; chief technology officer...
Divine has become the first rapper from India to be featured on a Times Square billboard. Divine unveiled his album “Punya Paap” on December 4, and it has claimed the top spot on Apple Music India (all genres) since its release. The 11-track album features collaborations with artistes such as hip-hop veteran Nas, Grammy winning Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Cocoa Sarai,...
Town officials, members of the Town of Huntington Small Business Economic Recovery Task Force, and members of the Huntington Business Improvement District, the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce & Looks Great Services welcomed New York State officials and community leaders for Huntington Holiday Spectacular kick-off events, including a huge “Tree of Hope” lighting on...
