Seema Hakhu Kachru In Houston

Stories by Seema Hakhu Kachru In Houston

Google acquires Slide for $182 mn

Google acquires Slide for $182 mn

Rediff.com   10 Aug 2010

Internet giant Google has acquired Slide, maker of applications for social networking websites that allow users to create and share virtual activities and goods.

Sales gallore! 3 mn Apple iPads sold in 80 days

Sales gallore! 3 mn Apple iPads sold in 80 days

Rediff.com   23 Jun 2010

Apple announced Tuesday that iPad, is a revolutionary and magical device with a colour touchscreen that allows users to connect with their applications, content and the Internet in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way.

BP under pressure to control oil spill

BP under pressure to control oil spill

Rediff.com   2 Jun 2010

Insiders say that BP is planning a containment cap.

Savitri Jindal among world's 5 richest mothers

Savitri Jindal among world's 5 richest mothers

Rediff.com   6 May 2010

Savitri Jindal, Asia's richest woman and the widow of the founder of steel and power conglomerate O P Jindal Group, is the richest billionaire mother with a net worth of $12.2 billion.

Ratan Tata among American Academy Fellows

Ratan Tata among American Academy Fellows

Rediff.com   30 Apr 2010

One of two Indian Americans honorees Dr Deepak Srivastava is the director of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and Wilma and Adeline Pirag Distinguished Professor in Pediatric Developmental Cardiology at the University of California at San Francisco.

US: NRI couple convicted in health care fraud case

US: NRI couple convicted in health care fraud case

Rediff.com   28 Apr 2010

An NRI doctor couple has been convicted of conspiring to commit health care fraud over a 10-year-period in Texas and will give up millions in assets.

Gold prices may zoom to $1300 by next year

Gold prices may zoom to $1300 by next year

Rediff.com   15 Apr 2010

Gold prices may rise above $1,300 per troy ounce by 2011 on record demand from investors worried about inflation, currencies and sovereign debt, a survey by the United Kingdom-based consultancy GFMS has said.

Indian-American to modernise US power grid

Indian-American to modernise US power grid

Rediff.com   11 Apr 2010

An Indian-American scientist is developing a technology with high temperature superconducting wires that would revolutionise the way power is generated, transported and used in the US. Venkat Selvamanickam, director of the Applied Research Hub and the MD Anderson chair professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, said, "The goal of my research is to modernise the power grid with high temperature superconducting wires to improve efficiency."

Now Houston has a Mahatma Gandhi district

Now Houston has a Mahatma Gandhi district

Rediff.com   26 Jan 2010

An ethnic conclave, Hillcroft was renamed this month, fulfilling the seven-year long demand of over 100,000 strong Indian-American population living in the Greater Houston area.

$20-mn embezzlement charge: Indian-American fired

$20-mn embezzlement charge: Indian-American fired

Rediff.com   4 Jan 2010

Sujata Sachdeva, Koss Corporation vice president of finance, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for embezzling $4.5 million from Koss in just a few months ago. Sachdeva, who worked at Koss since 1992, claims she is a 'shopaholic' or compulsive shopper, a clinical condition known as oniomania.

Shell transferring thousands of jobs to India

Shell transferring thousands of jobs to India

Rediff.com   16 Dec 2009

Royal Dutch Shell has also announced that it would slash 5,000 jobs by year end, including 'hundreds' in Houston as part of a sweeping reorganisation new CEO Peter Voser said is needed to make the company more competitive.

'Fort Hood shooter may have wired money to Pak'

'Fort Hood shooter may have wired money to Pak'

Rediff.com   14 Nov 2009

US Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan, paralysed from waist down due to bullet wounds received during his shooting spree that killed 13 fellow soldiers, may have wired money to Pakistan which could lead to his possible links to militant groups there, according to two Congressmen

US army base gunman wakes up from coma

US army base gunman wakes up from coma

Rediff.com   10 Nov 2009

United States army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan, who is accused of killing 13 people at a military base near Houston, has regained consciousness and is able to talk after days in coma. Hasan, 39, who slipped into a coma after being shot by a woman police officer following his shooting spree at the Fort Hood military base on Thursday, is conscious now, hospital sources said. However, it is not clear yet if officials have started interrogating him.

US army base gunman was 'nicest guy you'd meet'

US army base gunman was 'nicest guy you'd meet'

Rediff.com   7 Nov 2009

An United States military psychiatrist, accused of killing 13 people in a shooting rampage at a key defence base, has been moved to the trauma centre of a San Antonio medical facility. The tragedy unfolded when Major Hasan walked into a soldier readiness centre at the base and opened fire, in the worst attack against the military by one of its own men, killing 12 soldiers and one defence department civilian.A neighbour said he was the 'nicest guy'.

Restructuring: Shell to cut 5,000 jobs

Restructuring: Shell to cut 5,000 jobs

Rediff.com   2 Nov 2009

The 5,000 jobs would be cut from the Anglo-Dutch oil and gas group as part of a restructuring that began earlier this year.

Indian-American couple charged for $8.7 mn fraud

Indian-American couple charged for $8.7 mn fraud

Rediff.com   8 Jul 2009

An Indian-American doctor couple faces a five-year prison term after being charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for adopting unprofessional medical practises, like distributing controlled substances in their clinic described as 'pill mill', and billing the government for a whopping $8.7 million.The doctor couple, Dr Arun Sharma and his wife, Dr Kiran Sharma, MD, practised in Baytown and Texas.

Houston explores bilateral ties with India

Houston explores bilateral ties with India

Rediff.com   28 May 2009

Despite the global economic downturn, the Greater Houston Partnership is teaming up with the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston to actively cross promote opportunities between the region and India. The programme will help grow jobs by 600,000, increase capital investment by $60 billion and expand foreign trade by $120 billion for the greater Houston by the end of 2015.

Beware of another Facebook spam!

Beware of another Facebook spam!

Rediff.com   25 May 2009

Have you been hit like millions of Facebook users by a new phishing scam that can result in crashing your computers or mobile phones and steal your passwords? If not, beware, do not open the files ending with ".at" or ".be".

Infosys to hire 1,000 in US

Infosys to hire 1,000 in US

Rediff.com   21 May 2009

In an interview with the local media, Infosys chief executive Kris Gopalakrishnan, who is currently in Seattle for Microsoft's CEO Summit this week, said that the company plans to add more than 100 new employees as part of a big US expansion in anticipation of growth resuming in 2010. Altogether, Infosys plans to hire about 1,000 people across the US over the next 12 to 18 months, he said. Already, 14,000 of the company's 1,04,000 employees are based in the US.

Microsoft, HCL tie up to see jobs coming to India

Microsoft, HCL tie up to see jobs coming to India

Rediff.com   10 Apr 2009

Computer giant Microsoft has signed a $170-million, five-year contract with India's HCL for outsourcing work for its online business productivity suite.