Arul Louis- Members of the Indian community have held protests outside the Pakistani consulates in New York and Chicago to condemn the February 14 Pulwama attack that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF troopers. In New York on Friday, the police stopped 400 protesters from approaching the consulate building and cordoned them off next […]
Ritu Jha – Specks of calcium in the heart’s artery walls could be an early warning sign of early cardiovascular disease in South Asians, particularly men, according to a new study. Alka Kanaya, a professor at UC San Francisco, told indica that while coronary artery calcium has been shown to be a good marker […]
indica News Bureau – Indian American civil rights lawyer Anurima Bhargava has been named the new Commissioner to the US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The USCIRF is an independent, bipartisan federal government entity established by the US Congress to monitor, analyze and report on threats to religious freedom abroad. Bhargava, who […]
Businessman Yogi Chugh was picked for championing the community, lawyer Garth Pickett for his interfaith work Ritu Jha The Hindu American Foundation’s Silicon Valley chapter honored businessman Yogi Chugh with the 2018 HAF Pride of the Community Award for consistently addressing the concerns of Hindu Americans and other minorities. Garth Pickett, who practices […]
