Ritu Jha- It is time to use technology to fight poverty, according to Dr Muhammad Musa, an activist and expert on poverty, who spoke at an event hosted by the Stanford Graduate School of Business March 22. Musa, executive director at BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) one of the world’s most effective anti-poverty organizations, was […]
indica News Bureau- California based Indian American couple has pleaded guilty to human trafficking charges and forced labor of foreign nationals. On March 14, after an 11-day trial, the federal jury found Satish Kartan, 45, and his wife, Sharmistha Barai, 40, guilty of conspiracy to obtain forced labor and two counts of obtaining forced […]
Ritu Jha – The fact that current recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals can still renew applications as long they have not yet expired was greeted with approval by Lakshmi Sridaran, director of national policy and advocacy for South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT). The 700,000 DACA recipients got this break as a […]
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 […]
The Trump administration considers a plan to end their Temporary Protected Status Ritu Jha It was an earthquake that drove them out. But the Trump administration could drive them back. Thousands of Nepali immigrants in the US who came over after the devastating earthquake of April 25, 2015, may have to return […]
