Month: March 2016

OTTAWA: The first ever Holi celebrations at the parliament complex here took place on Thursday with a number of parliamentarians joining members of the Indo-Canadian community to play the festival…

VANCOUVER: Long before Justin Trudeau became Canada’s Prime Minister and sprang to limelight as the world’s latest political heartthrob, a video circulated on the “Youbiqutous” YouTube of him dancing the…

SINGAPORE: A nine-year-old Indian-origin girl in Singapore has won the first prize for writing a story in Hindi in a literary competition at the inaugural “Hindi Prerna Awards”. Saamiya Khan,…

Indian-origin entrepreneur Sachin Dev Duggal, based in San Francisco, on Friday globally launched a new photo sharing app “Shoto” here. “A trillion pictures were taken on a smartphone in the…

Six Indian-American students have grabbed top positions, including two winning spots in two separate categories, in a $1 million Intel Talent Search contest, a prestigious U.S. competition for young innovators.…

WASHINGTON: An Indian-American software executive, investor and philanthropist has been felicitated in the US with the inaugural Asians in America Award in recognition of his efforts to strengthen Indo-US ties.…

WASHINGTON: Indian-American Raja Krishnamoorthi, who was an adviser in President Barack Obama’s 2008 poll campaign, has registered a big win in the Democratic Congressional primary in the US state of…

NEW YORK: Breaking a three-year dry spell for Indian-Americans, two 17-year-old high school students have won the top prize of $150,000 with their medical-related projects in the prestigious Intel Science…

TORONTO: An Indian-origin wrestler, who won in Canadian wrestling team trials, was among six wrestlers nominated to represent Canada through the qualification process for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.…

DUBAI: An Indian-origin entrepreneur in the UAE today launched a new $200,000 fund to support education projects around the world by providing good teachers and quality education to every child…