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Harris supports Congress over Trump’s impeachment

April 23, 2019 I 0

IANS- Harris’ comment at a CNN town hall on Monday in New Hampshire comes amid a growing debate among Democrats over whether the House should move to impeach the President in the wake of Special Counsel Robert Mueller releasing his report on Russian intervention in the 2016 election and Trump’s efforts to obstruct the investigation. […]

Stop US police…

IANS- Facebook should take new steps, including the issuance of alerts to users, to address the proliferation of fake accounts operated by law enforcement agencies…

US ends Iran…

Arul Louis- US President Donald Trump announced on Monday he is ending the waiver given to India to buy Iranian oil and Washington has threatened…

Guterres ‘outraged’ by…

Arul Louis(IANS)- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday expressed outrage over the Easter bombings of churches and hotels in Sri Lanka and called for “swift…

Gabbard outraises Harris…

IANS- Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu US Congresswoman and Democratic 2020 presidential candidate, has vastly outraised Senator Kamala Harris of Indian and Jamaican descent among…

Tech

Digital infra will revive Indian economy, says Nilekani

April 23, 2019 I 0

IANS- Digital infrastructure would play a major role in reviving the Indian economy, Infosys Co-founder and Chairman Nandan Nilekani said on Monday. “India’s digital data architecture will set the tone for business revival. The country has witnessed a dramatic transformation through the Aadhaar-based, e-KYC (know your customer) and online payments,” he said at apex business […]

Tesla slams critic…

IANS- Electric vehicle (EV)-maker Tesla has slammed Randeep Hothi — one of the short-sellers of the company and also its prominent Twitter critic — with…

Giving human touch…

IANS- An Indian American researcher-led team has found that giving a human touch to chatbots like Apple Siri or Amazon Alexa may actually disappoint users.…

“NASA to Launch…

indica News Bureau- A team led by Indian American Yale undergraduate student, Keshav Raghavan, has been chosen for the first time by NASA to launch…

Global IT spending…

IANS- Global IT spending is projected to total $3.79 trillion in 2019, an increase of 1.1 percent from 2018, the latest forecast by Gartner Inc.…

US-based Indian origin Engineer innovates Zero-Emissions Motorcycle

April 24, 2019 I 0

Ritu Jha- Mohanraj Ramasamy, a native of Tamil Nadu, India came to the US looking towards a better life. After working with a few renowned multinational American technology companies, he enrolled in an MBA program, says his dream has always been to be an entrepreneur and to deliver a product which could be used around […]

US warns India,…

IANS- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will announce on Monday that all countries including India will have to completely end their imports of Iranian…

Why I did…

Justice Markandey Katju- When I was Chief Justice of a High Court (I will not mention which) there was a lawyer who deserved to be…

“Facebooks Takes a…

Ritu Jha- Social media giant Facebook seems to have woken up from its slumber and is taking its business seriously after being criticized by both…

The Parliamentary Elections…

Justice Markandey Katju- Many people have asked me to comment on the ongoing Parliamentary elections in India (which are being held in seven phases, from…

Amish: a New Wave, New Generation Fiction Writer

April 24, 2019 I 0

Surekha Vijh – Amish Tripathi, known by his first name Amish, is the fastest selling author in India and thought of as the new sensation among Indian youth. He recently traveled to the US to publicize his latest book Scion of Ikshvaku. An astounding success with his first three books The Immortals of Meluha. The […]