Indian-American siblings get USD 9mn settlement in assault case
New York: An Indian-American brother-sister duo has been awarded record USD 9 million in damages for severe injuries sustained when they were attacked by metal bats during a brawl with two men in a night club here in 2005. Anuj Sapra and Arti Sapra won the judgement in Manhattan Supreme Court for the incident at the city club when the two men misbehaved with them and later beat them up with baseball bats. The siblings' Indian-American attorney
Top Indian scientist shares Tyler Prize for environmental achievement
Washington: Top Indian ecologist Madhav Gadgil will share the prestigious USD 200,000 Tyler Prize for
Environmental Achievement for this year with an American scientist for their pioneering works in the development of conservation and sustainability
Obama praises work of young Indian American teen scientists
Washington: US President Barack Obama today praised the work of budding a Indian American teenage scientist who used machine learning to teach a computer to identify potential drugs for cancer, tuberculosis and Ebola. Anvita Gupta, 17, of Scottsdale,
Indian American Christians seek end of violence on Christians
Washington; Indian-American Christians have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps to end the escalation of violence against Christian institutions and their leaders in India. The Federation of Indian American Christian Organisations of Nor
Indian NYU professor heads programme to educate US prisoners
New York: An Indian-American professor is at the helm of a unique initiative launched by the prestigious New York University (NYU) to bring college education to criminals imprisoned at a correctional facility here. Nikhil Pal Singh is the faculty dir
Indian-American named dean of Penn Engineering College
New York: An Indian-American expert, known for his groundbreaking work on autonomous robots, has been named dean of a prestigious US university in Pennsylvania. An IIT-Kanpur alumnus, Vijay Kumar, who has earlier served in the White House, will take
Nine Indian-Americans awarded US fellowships worth USD 50,000
New York: Nine Indian-Americans are among 126 US and Canadian scholars awarded with a prestigious American fellowship worth USD 50,000 to further their research in eight key scientific and technical fields. "The Alfred P Sloan Foundation is plea
US gave political asylum to 700 Indians in 2014
Washington: The US provided 700 Indians political asylum last year as against 419 in 2013, according to US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). "The USCIS Asylum division granted asylum to 419 individuals with Indian citizenship and/or
Dental student from India shot dead after gurdwara visit in San Francisco
Albany: Investigators say a 37-year-old dental student from India was shot to death at her San Francisco Bay Area apartment hours after attending services at a gurdwara. The body of Randhir Kaur was discovered on March 8 by her cousin after UC San Fr
