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Brampton gets first Sikh Canadian Deputy Mayor


Ontario: Harkirat Singh has become the first turbaned Sikh to be appointed as Deputy Mayor of Canada's Brampton city for a four-year term period from 2022-2026. He has served as Brampton's City Councilor for Wards 9 and 10 from 2018-2022. As a Deputy Mayor, Singh will preside at Council and other Committee meetings and assume...

University of North Carolina allows Sikh students to carry kirpan on campus


New York: One of the most renowned US universities has allowed Sikh students to wear kirpans, on campus. The decision comes after two months, a video went viral where a Sikh student was arrested for wearing a kirpan.  The incident took place at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. The incident drew heavy criticism...

Hindu Heritage Month recognized across US cities in 2022


New York: For the past nine years, the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) has led efforts in California and elsewhere to recognize October as Hindu American Awareness and Appreciation Month, part of the global Hindu Heritage Month campaign. October is significant because it is the birth month of Mahatma Gandhi, as well as when major Hindu holidays such...

5 Indian-Americans students selected for Rhodes Scholarship 2023


New York: Five Indian-American students have been selected from a pool of 840 applicants to join the ranks of Rhodes Scholars Class of 2023.  Shreyas Hallur, Atharv Gupta, Veer Sangha, Amisha Kambath, and Jupneet Singh are among 32 scholars who will begin their graduate studies at Oxford in October next year.  The Rhodes Scholarship is a...

Covid infected diabetics may suffer heart issues: Indian-origin scientist


New York: Covid-19 can alter a person's genetic makeup which can enhance the proliferation of disease and cause further deterioration in diabetes and associated heart disease, an Indian-origin researcher has revealed. Dinender Singla, Chair of Cardiovascular Science at the College of Medicine at the University of Central Florida, believes that the genetic makeup of patients...

New measures for size, as world surpasses 8 billion mark


Paris: What is bigger: A ronna or a quetta? Scientists meeting outside of Paris last Friday — who have expanded the world’s measuring unit systems for the first time this century as the global population surges past 8 billion — have the answer. Rapid scientific advances and vast worldwide data storage on the web, in smartphones,...

US home births rise in pandemic, highest level in decades


New York: U.S. home births increased slightly in the pandemic’s second year, rising to the highest level in decades, according to a government report published Thursday. Among almost 4 million births in 2021, nearly 52,000 occurred at home, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report showed. That’s up about 12 percent from 2020, following...

‘Viral jambalaya’: Early flu adding to woes for US hospitals


New York: As Americans head into the holiday season, a rapidly intensifying flu season is straining hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections. More than half the states have high or very high levels of flu, unusually high for this early in the season, the government reported Friday. Those 27 states are...

2 Indian-origin entrepreneurs in Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list


New York: Two Indian-American entrepreneurs have featured in Fortune's annual '40 Under 40' list consisting of founders, executives, investors, and activists who are shaping business in 2022. The two Indian origins - Kanav Kariya, president of Jump Crypto and Ankit Gupta, founder and CEO of Bicycle Health - made it to the list of...