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Covid curbs: Ro Khanna challenger, businesses sue California

October 22, 2020 indica

RITU JHA- A congressional candidate and some business owners have sued the state of California against the various restrictions on businesses imposed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit, by Ritesh Tandon, the Republican challenger to Congressman Ro Khanna from District 17, and others against California Public health and Santa Clara County, […]

US and India…

iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- Although the trade deals between India and the US have been stalling in many levels, the two nations are getting along well…

11 Indian students…

iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- Fifteen international students were arrested for fraudulently using the Optional Practical Training (OPT) given to students on an F-1 international visa. Among…

Hip-hop loving Indian…

Nikhila Natarajan- Hip-hop loving Indian American US district judge Amit P. Mehta has been picked to preside over the Justice Department’s landmark lawsuit against Google,…

Biden-Harris chant in…

Democratic supporters, led by Ajay & Vinita Bhutoria, organized a 'get out the vote' rally on Sunday, October 18, in [WHERE] to push for Joe…

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Indian-American founded startup raise $4.2 million

October 22, 2020 indica

iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- Slintel, a marketing startup based in Mountain View, California, and Bengaluru, India has raised $4.2 million in a funding round led by Accel, with participation from Sequoia Capital India and existing investors Stellaris Venture Partners. The announcement came on Tuesday. According to the startup, the funds will be used to capture market […]

Qualcomm, Reliance Jio…

Inching closer to its 5G rollout, India's Reliance Jio achieved a 1000 Mbps throughput milestone for its first round of 5G trials in partnership with…

US sues monopolist…

IANS- In the biggest antitrust case against a tech company in two decades, the US Department of Justice and 11 state Attorneys General on Tuesday…

Jeff Bezos vs…

Analysts see the Amazon vs Future vs Reliance matter as a war between world's richest man Jeff Bezos and India's richest man Mukesh Ambani for…

TiE Silicon Valley…

Some of America's largest healthcare systems participated in the CIO Forum hosted by TiE Silicon Valley on October 8. The forum discussed tech needs of…

The Glorious Past and Pitiable Present of BIHAR

October 20, 2020 indica

Justice Markandey Katju- Elections for the Bihar State Assembly will be held shortly, from 28th October to 7th November, with results to be announced on 10th November. Many years back I had said as a joke that Bihar should be given to Pakistan. Biharis were very upset over this statement, which I had made in […]

How we lived…

Partha Chakraborty- One joke is doing rounds in social media these days – whoever wished us Happy New Year 2020 on New Year’s Eve…

O what a…

Justice Markandey Katju- Durga Puja, the great Bengali festival, is commencing from 22nd October, and this has motivated writing of this article. The title…

J&K Delimitation Based…

Sanjay Sapru- Jammu and Kashmir, for long, have been the site of contestation for all-federalists, the ruling party, opposition, and voices from civil society,…

Indian American Attitudes…

Ritu Jha- Milan Vaishnav, Director, and Senior Fellow, South Asia Program, at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace says, he was surprised how little…

Indian-origin women to head Google Cloud’s process manufacturing vertical for Americas

October 20, 2020 indica

iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- Google has been on a stretch to strengthen its Cloud business by hiring critical minds who can expand its vertical beyond. On this hiring spree, the internet giant has appointed an Indian-origin executive, a former Accenture managing director for its newly created director of process manufacturing role for the Americas. Suchitra Bose, […]

When I met,…

George Jacob- The Metropolitan of the Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church left for his heavenly abode in Thiruvalla, Kerala, early this morning. He was 89.…

Harvard appoints Indian-origin…

iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- Srikant Datar, the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration and the senior associate dean for University Affairs at Harvard Business School…

Ritesh Tandon: Why…

Ritesh Tandon, Republican US Congressional Candidate, CA 17, on why he is venturing into public service.

Indian-American professor receives…

iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- The Indian-American professor was recently honored with the Outstanding Research Faculty award by a university in Ohio. On Sept. 3, Shawnee State…

14-year old Indian American finds a possible cure for COVID-19

October 20, 2020 indica

iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- It’s been more than 8 months after the world plunged into the global pandemic and yet the solution for it is still a far cry. However, there are new promising developments every day that gives us hope of an early cure. Now, a 14-year-old Indian-American scientist may have started the path for […]

How marijuana compound…

After reporting earlier this summer that marijuana ingredient cannabidiol, or CBD, may help reduce cytokine storm and excessive lung inflammation linked to Covid-19 deaths, researchers…

Soumya Swaminathan, Chief…

iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- Soumya Swaminathan, the Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization, asks the world to be better prepared and get used to living…

Indian American founded…

iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- The University of Houston has entered into an exclusive license agreement with an Indian American co-founded company for developing novel vaccines for…

Indian American researcher…

iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- A team of Indian American scientists is working to develop a unique COVID-19 vaccine to protect all segments of the population, especially…

Is India missing the wood for the trees on China?

October 22, 2020 indica

Vishnu Makhijani- A homily uttered over a century ago – “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” by American philosopher George Santayana seems to ring true even today in the face of a prolonged stand-off with China on the northern borders. Or rather, is India missing the wood for the […]