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26-year-old Indian student Mohammad Kumel Shaik died of heart attack in the US. A 26-year-old Indian student, Mohammed Kumel Shaik, died of cardiac arrest, a day after celebrating his graduation walk from Golden Gate University in California. His friends started a fundraiser to help send his body back to India for his last rites.“Our dear…
Saikat Chakrabarti, the former chief of staff to US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), is stepping into the political arena with a congressional run in California, launching a high-profile contest in San Francisco.The Indian-origin organiser and former Silicon Valley engineer is running as a Democrat in California’s 11th Congressional District, which covers San Francisco. The seat…
From IIT to global success and back: How alumni are transforming campuses with crores in donations For decades, the IITs watched some of their brightest graduates leave campus to build technology companies, global businesses and careers around the world. Now, a reverse flow is becoming increasingly visible: successful alumni are returning with donations large enough…
Hello and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Vine. The Vine was on leave last week because it’s important to unplug from the Matrix from time to time and perceive the real nature of the physical universe as opposed to the metaphysical nature of the cyber universe we dwell in. Of course, the real…
IMD has warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall in southern and coastal Odisha, with isolated extremely heavy rain in some areas. (Representative image) BHUBANESWAR: Could the next cyclone over the North Indian Ocean be called Arnab? The name is next on the regional cyclone-naming roster, but the weather system currently over the Bay of…
Fossils 7, the ninth studio album by Bengali rock band Fossils, has been unveiled through what the band describes as the first Bangla listening party – an intimate, fan-first experience that marks a clear departure from the spectacle-heavy launches Fossils has historically been associated with. Conceived as a conscious artistic statement, the album has been…
Iran has launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Gulf states in retaliation for US and Israeli strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday. The strikes continued into Tuesday, marking a sharp escalation in the regional conflict.Energy installations in Qatar and Saudi Arabia both key US allies in the Gulf State…
Kota: A man was arrested Thursday in Rajasthan’s Kota for allegedly threatening to shoot leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi and 25 other Congress MPs in a video he posted online, citing their alleged verbal abuse of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla during the budget session. Raja Singh Amera claims to be a spokesperson of Karni…
Pakistan: Two minor Hindu sisters allegedly abducted, converted and forced into marriage The alleged abduction and forced conversion of two minor Hindu sisters in Pakistan’s Sindh province has triggered fresh concern among minority rights group, with one organisation calling for an independent probe and safeguards for the girls.According to Voice of Pakistan Minority, Roopi, 13…
Texas GOP senator John Cornyn was trolled after he shared an NYT podcast in which Indian-origin scholar Amitav Acharya said the superpower in waiting is India, not the US or China. Cornyn posted the NYT opinion piece by the headline that said ‘Welcome to the Indian Century’ but he was called a traitor for the…
