A grand celebration – Ganesh Utsav – for the 5th year was organized in Queens, NY attended by more than 3000 people over five days. Nonstop entertainment, morning and evening aarti for all five days, Gujarati movie and drama, garba and shopping bazaar marked the festivities.
New York: On September 15, Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), along with US Representatives Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Danny Davis (D-Ill.) introduced the Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Centers Act, legislation to improve access to care for Americans living with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). The lawmakers unveiled the measure to mark...
Washington, DC: Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has said that Pakistan's spy agency ISI considers him an "enemy" because of his stand against the radicals in the South Asian country. The Democratic Party lawmaker from Illinois said this while addressing community members during a fundraiser hosted by him in Boston at the residence of eminent Indian...
New York: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Professor of Health Policy at Stanford University and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research has been conferred Doshi Family Bridgebuilder Award. Dr. Bhattacharya was honored for his consequential research focusing on the economics of health care around the world with a particular emphasis on the health...
Providence, RI: With a $10 million gift from Parag Saxena and Usha Saxena Brown University will elevate its groundbreaking teaching and research on South Asia and extend its global reach. During its winter meeting in February, the Corporation of Brown University approved the naming of the Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia in recognition of...
Washington, DC: Indian American economist Aaron “Ronnie” Chatterji has been named White House Coordinator for the implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act’s historic $50 billion investment in the semiconductor industry at the National Economic Council (NEC). In his new role he will manage the work of the CHIPS Implementation Steering Council, as laid out...
Washington, DC: In a first, Google CEO Sunder Pichai visited the Indian Embassy in Washington and held discussions with India's Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, on various aspects of the tech company's activities in the country, particularly its aggressive push towards digitization. “Thank you” Ambassador Sandhu for the great conversation, Mr Pichai said...
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will be in New Delhi in February or March next year for the next round of dialogue with their counterparts External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. The decision to have the meeting early next year was taken at the "intersessional"...
By Sarah Wood More than 1,800 four-year colleges have announced plans to go test-optional or test-blind for fall 2023, according to the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, a nonprofit advocacy group. But even as many schools move away from requiring standardized test scores, experts say a strong score can still help you stand out...
