SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal and senior leader Bikram Singh Majithia had raised the issue of a recent statement by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who had said in London recently that Congress, as a party, was never involved in the carnage.
At its 45th annual award gala, Indians for Collective Action, one of the oldest community nonprofits in the Bay Area, honored Indian rural activist Neelima Mishra with the ICA's Social Innovator Award in Santa Clara, California, November 17.
Jyoti 'Jay' Chaudhuri, general counsel and senior adviser to the state treasurer of the US state of North Carolina, was elected chairman of the board of the Council of Institutional Investors, last month.
With fresh enrollments crossing 100,000 mark, the total number of Indian students studying in the US reported a sharp increase this year.
Up to 90 per cent of the decrease in potential food production is linked to smog, made up of black carbon and other pollutants.
Lloyd and Sussane Rudolph -- two University of Chicago professors who started studying Indian politics in the 1950s, have been named the winners of the Padma Bhushan Award.
About 200 students mainly from Stanford University attended the 'Meet Anna Hazare' event hosted by Stanford India Association, at the Stanford Graduate Community Center on Saturday.
Alex Morgan reminisces about how she dribbled her way to global stardom - and talks about what will come after the final whistle.
'This has been an ongoing process,' says Ambassador B S Prakash, India's former consul general in San Francisco, 'but I believe a Modi visit to the West Coast can be a force-multiplier.'
The findings have potential for many diverse applications.
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NASA has completed its MESSENGER mission with expected impact on Mercury's surface.
Here's a collection of some of the best photos, taken last week, from around the globe.
At least 50 people have been killed after a gunman opened fire at the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas - the deadliest mass shooting in the history of United States. Here's a look at other such incidents that have struck the country in recent times.
The OrcaPod is a prototype of what comes after boats, cars, trains and planes. It's India's foray into what Tesla founder Elon Musk calls the 'fifth form of transportation' and India's only entry at the ongoing Hyperloop competition by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Zverev defeated Anderson 6-4, 6-4 and captured his fourth title of the year in the finals played on Sunday.
'Whether or not Chandrashekhar Azad succeeds or fails electorally, he has already made democratic politics more accountable to Dalits.'
The Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said the money was worth it.
As the gunfire stopped at a parking garage in downtown Dallas, where five police officers were killed and seven others injured in "ambush style" firing during a protest against the fatal police shootings of black men this week, a new trend in crime-fighting crawled into spotlight.
Pavan K Varma, diplomat, writer and politician, embarks on a quest about Hinduism's great thinker's stay in Varanasi.
Jury finds that Samsung had infringed two Apple patents
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Obama is likely to choose either "trailblazer" Srinivasan or Merrick Garland as his pick for the Supreme Court nominee and could announce his decision early Thursday morning (IST).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a high-level summit on sustainable development hosted by the United Nations on September 25 and will also travel to San Francisco during his United States visit, becoming the fourth Indian premier to visit America's West Coast.
'We are calling for democratic accountability even as we talk about Digital India.' 'We are not against Digital India and it is important for India, but the government should not see what is applicable just to entrepreneurs but also to the vast majority of Indians who do not have the kind of advantages that many Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have.'
the connection between the sunflower mystery and the 'rotatable solar trees' India plans to develop.
'Some of the longer-term implications of COVID-19 are not related to the virus itself.' 'They are actually related to immune responses from the virus.'
'Everybody says 5G and communication is important.' 'Everybody says automation, robotics, human computing interfaces -- people and machines working together -- is the future.' 'Everybody agrees that cybersecurity is something that is here to stay.' 'Everybody agrees that synthetic biology is important.' 'Instead of outlining thinking about industries for tomorrow and the future, let the evolutionary pathway be built in a way that it promotes robust, creative, thinking.'
Few angels have seen exits; till that happens, they won't be rushing to invest again.
Her appointment as World Health Organisation's deputy director offers an opportunity to push for improving the medical research environment in India.
One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968. At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.
They needed a person who could build and execute their vision: A frontiersman; a problem solver and an institution builder. It was their and India's good fortune that Faqir Chand Kohli more than measured up to their requirements and indeed laid the foundation to take TCS to unimaginable heights and to the giant success that it is today. Shivanand Kanavi salutes the incomparable F C Kohli, who passed into the ages last week.
Thenmozhi Soundararajan works to break the shackles of caste for Dalits.
Industry experts said the scandal could hit VW hard, just as it was emerging from a damaging leadership battle.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra has answers to all your queries related to pursuing an education abroad.
Scientists have developed a new tool that can precisely pinpoint where petroleum and gas reserves have accumulated.
Physicist Kanwal Singh appointed dean of Sarah lawrence College, the first Indian American to head a leading liberal arts college in the US.
'If done well, the containment measures can help minimise the impact of the epidemic.'
'Rolling out the vaccine is not a major challenge in India.'
Three Sikh soldiers on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the DoD seeking to serve in the US armed forces without being forced to compromise with their articles of faith.
