The Center for Bariatric Surgery and Weight Management at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue marked its 15th anniversary in November with a patient runway show to celebrate their dramatic weight losses and new, healthy lifestyles following the life-changing operation. More than 200 people attended the 12th Annual Bariatric Celebration and Red Carpet Runway Show, the first held since...
NYC Health + Hospitals on November 30 announced that its nationally recognized Lifestyle Medicine Program has expanded to NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County in Brooklyn. This is the third of six new sites to make the program available citywide, following the recent launch of the program at NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi in the Bronx and NYC Health +...
The Missouri Police in the United States arrested three men on charges of keeping a 20-year-old Indian student captive and assaulting him. The rescued student, who had come to the US from India last year to study at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, is being treated at a hospital for multiple...
A woman has filed a lawsuit against a township in the US state of New Jersey and its Indian-American mayor for a 2022 car crash that left her with “severe, serious and permanent injuries”. Edison Mayor Sam Joshi, who was traveling eastbound in a township vehicle, struck Sobia Qaiser as she was moving south on Talmadge Road...
Indian-American Nikki Haley received a big boost towards her presidential ambition as she landed an endorsement from powerful conservative money bags Koch brother-backed American for Prosperity network. The influential Americans for Prosperity super-PAC on Tuesday said it is endorsing Haley, 51, for president and she is best positioned to beat former president Donald Trump in the...
The National Indo-American for Senior Citizens (NIAASC) held its 34th conference in Tavares, Florida on November 18, 2023. This event which was attended by over 100 participants was held in collaboration with Shantiniketan-3, Tavares, Florida. Being that it was the signature annual event of NIAASC, a plethora of renowned professionals were in attendance and talked...
New York: Vice President Kamala Harris joined the U.S. delegation in Dubai for the annual United Nations conference on climate change, the White House said. The White House said Biden spoke Wednesday with President Mohamed bin Zayed of the United Arab Emirates, which is hosting COP28. According to an official summary of the call, Biden...
The Association of Indians in America (AIA NY) and several community and professional organizations came together for an event hosted by community leaders Harish Thakkar and Ajay Patel in honor of outgoing Consul General Randhir Jaiswal. India’s Ambassador to US Taranjit Singh Sandhu also joined the farewell event. AIA NY Past President Harish Thakkar voiced appreciation for the...
New York: India has set up a high-level inquiry after U.S. authorities raised concerns with New Delhi that its government may have had knowledge of a plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader on American soil, an Indian official said on Wednesday. The U.S. side shared some information and India "takes such inputs seriously since they impinge...
