Ritu Jha- Concerned and surprised over the proposal to establish a three-state capital in Andhra Pradesh, over hundred people with roots in Andhra Pradesh traveled to San Francisco and have submitted a memorandum to the Consul General of India in San Francisco, Sanjay Panda, urging the President of India to intervene and help the […]
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Lok Sabha polls in seven phases April 11-May 19, vote count on May 23
IANS- Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19, the Election Commission announced on Sunday setting a two-and-half month-long process for people to either vote in the Narendra Modi-led dispensation once again or choose an alternative. Counting of votes in 543 constituencies will be taken up on […]
Indian physician from Tennessee among 157 dead in Ethiopia plane crash
indica News Bureau- An Indian doctor from Andhra Pradesh completing her residency in Tennessee, United States was among the 157 killed in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash on Sunday, March 10. Dr. Manisha Nukavarapu, a second-year resident physician at East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, was flying to Kenya to visit relatives […]
To the Indian NRIs in Silicon Valley
Justice Markandey Katju – While in North California I met many Indian NRIs who are working in Silicon Valley, either in an IT company or as an entrepreneur. One of them was a young man from Andhra Pradesh who seemed to me an idealist. He told me he was planning to go back to […]
A dream to have children’s cardiac hospitals across India
Ritu Jha More than 200 people attended the Diwali charity lunch banquet hosted by Silicon Valley based SAI Global Mission (SGM), a non-profit organization that offers free health care, education and nutrition, and also runs free pediatric cardiac hospitals for underprivileged in India. The banquet, attended by several other non-profits and community people […]