A 21 year-old Indian-origin student was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Philadelphia. Jude Chacko, whose family hails from Kerala’s Kollam district, was gunned down while he was returning from work on Sunday. His parents migrated to the US more than 30 years ago.
A new state-of-the-art multi-facility US Consulate General in Hyderabad was inaugurated by the US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, on May 26, 2023. Built at a cost of $340 million the new facility is equipped to facilitate multiple operations ranging from consular to visa services.
India will send its first second-generation navigation satellite on May 29 morning (IST), using its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) rocket, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Monday.
Justice Markandey Katju says, “India claims to be a welfare state. A welfare state must act fairly towards its citizens, following the philosophy of Raj Dharma. But the truth is that, the government usually ignores this, and treats citizens shabbily.”
By Justice Markandey Katju- (Justice Markandey Katju is a former Judge, Supreme Court of India, and former Chairman, Press Council of India. The views expressed are his own) A bench of the Pakistan Supreme Court today declared Imran Khan’s arrest by the Pakistan Rangers, on a warrant of the NAB relating to a corruption charge […]
A student from the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh was shot dead by an unknown person in a suspected case of robbery in Ohio. Veera Saiesh (25), hailing from Eluru in Andhra Pradesh, was killed at a fuel station on West Broad Street, Franklinton in Columbus on Thursday morning.
A 39-year-old man of Indian origin died after he was struck by an inter-city train in New Jersey, leading to the suspension of rail services between New York and Philadelphia briefly.
The World Bank has sanctioned $ 1 billion to support India’s health sector. The government of India and the World Bank signed two complementary loans of $500 million each to support and enhance India’s health sector development.
In what could prove to be a big boost to India’s Electronic Vehicle and net-zero carbon emission dreams, the geological survey of India found 5.9 million tonnes of lithium reserves in Jammu and Kashmir.
Following constant complaints against Chinese loan and betting apps, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) of India has started the process of banning 138 betting apps and 94 lending apps that had Chinese links, on the instructions of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
Women achievers were in the spotlight at the recently-concluded Global Healthcare Summit organized by the American Association of Physicians of Indian origin (AAPI) in Visakhapatnam, India from January 6 to 8, 2023.
The 16th annual Global Healthcare Summit (GHS) organized by the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) concluded with a call and commitment to give back to India, making healthcare accessible, efficient, and equitable for all, at Hotel Novotel on Varun Beach in Vishakhapatnam on January 8.
Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, former World Health Organization (WHO) chief scientist was conferred with the prestigious Prof P. Brahmayya Sastry Oration and Dr. T. Ravi Raju Excellence Award during the 16th Annual Global Healthcare Summit organized by the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) in Visakhapatnam on Friday, January 6, 2023.
The two minor daughters of an Indian American couple from Andhra Pradesh, who drowned in the state of Arizona, are currently staying with a family friend, and will soon fly to India, according to reports.
Ritu Jha- Uttar Pradesh has made deals involving more than $9 million in investment after a delegation visited Silicon Valley, according to Suresh Khanna, the finance minister of the Indian state. The UP Global Investment Summit (UPGIS) was part of the upcoming Global Investors Summit to be held on January 11 and 12, 2023 in Indore, […]
India’s rocket startup Skyroot Aerospace on Friday successfully began its space journey with its rocket Vikram-S and wrote a new chapter in the country’s space history pages. Weighing 545 kg, the six-metre-long rocket on a sub-orbital mission carried three payloads from Space Kidz India, Bazoomq Armenia, and N-Space Tech India.
Diwali festivities were extra special this year for residents of North Carolina as a new 87-foot tower was inaugurated by Governor Roy Cooper in the presence of hundreds of devotees at the Sri Venkateswara Temple in Cary.
Three students from the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh were killed in a road accident near New Haven, Connecticut on Tuesday.
An Indian American, Dr. Uma Devi Gavini, donated her life savings of $ 2426646 9Rs. 20 crore) to her alma mater – the government medical college in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. The immunologist and allergy specialist had done MBBS in 1965 from the Guntur Medical College before moving to the US.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
