For the last three years, a previously obscure emergency public health order allowed politicians to temporarily sidestep one of the most complicated issues in American politics — migration at the United States' southern border. Former President Donald Trump invoked Title 42 in the spring of 2020 as COVID cases were spreading. And that meant that...
Atlanta, GA: Through efforts initiated by the Asian/Pacific American Council of Georgia (APAC), Governor Brian Kemp issued a Proclamation declaring May 2023 as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in Georgia. The presentation of the proclamation was held at North stairs of Georgia Capitol on March 15, 2023. “It is a matter of great pleasure for the Asian...
May 11 marked the end of the federal public health emergency declaration for COVID-19, which reflects a milestone in the city’s historic pandemic response. While there will be changes to how New Yorkers access some services, the New York City’s Health Department and NYC Health + Hospitals will continue to ensure New Yorkers have access...
The Indian American Women Entrepreneurs Association (IAWEA) hosted their annual "Spring Swing" event on May 3, 2023, at the Moghul Ballroom in Edison, NJ. The event was a huge success, with over 200 attendees, including the First Lady of New Jersey, Tammy Snyder Murphy. Mrs. Murphy was welcomed with open arms by the IAWEA community...
NYC Health + Hospitals’ Arts in Medicine program and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute on May 12, 2023 announced a new video featuring a family and musicians who wrote a lullaby together as part of the Lullaby Project. The video features new parents Bignesh and Deepanjali Shrestha, recent immigrants from Nepal whose daughter Ariana was born at...
The Consulate General of India in New York, in collaboration with Federation of Indian Associations (NY-NJ-CT-NE) and other community organizations, hosted the broadcast of the 100th episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ for members of the Indian American community in New Jersey during a special event on April 29-30, 2023. ‘Mann Ki Baat’ has served as a...
Dipen Parekh, M.D., founding director of the Desai Sethi Urology Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has been awarded the Sushruta Award by the Indian American Urological Association (IAUA) for his contributions to the field of urology. The IAUA Sushruta Award is given to Indians who have supported and advanced not only the field...
The family members of a 33 year-old Indian-American woman, who was allegedly shot at and killed by her husband last month, are raising money to help prevent gun violence. Nabaruna Karmakar, an engineer by profession, was found with two gunshot wounds after officers arrived at her home in Morrisville, North Carolina, responding to a 911...
An Indian-American mother was left heartbroken after she found the body of her missing 16-year-old daughter at the bottom of a cliff in Texas after using a cell phone tracking app, media reports said. When Siri Reddy did not show up at the pickup time, her mother headed to the Keystone School in San Antonio...
