Category Archive for: ‘News’
Basanti’s Best Wishes on Veeru’s 87th Birthday
It was the 87th birthday of veteran actor Dharmendra on December 8. He was flooded with best wishes, love, and admiration from his family, friends, fans, and followers. Calling him the “love of her life,” his wife, the beautiful actor Hema Malini, wished him good …
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2 Nominations for SS Rajamouli’s film “RRR” at the Golden Globe Awards
“RRR,” the blockbuster film by SS Rajamouli, has received great international acclaim from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) for the Golden Globe Awards in two categories. The film is nominated for Best Non-English Language Film and Best Original Song, Motion Picture, for the …
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Gala Inaugural of 28th Kolkata International Film Festival by Big B
The 28th Kolkata International Film Festival began with a dashing event featuring megastar Amitabh Bachchan inaugurating the weeklong festival by lighting the traditional lamp. The inaugural function was a glamor show of the who’s who of Bollywood, with stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, …
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Key Points for a Great Immigration Reference Letter
Question: Do you have any suggestions to have a better reference letter for my visa or green card application? I get these questions a lot from my employment-based immigration clients. Many work visas or green card petitions either require or advise you to include letters …
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Indian-American, Shree Nayar of Columbia received the Okawa Prize for his work in digital photography.
Shree K. Nayar, T. C. Chang Professor of Computer Science at Columbia Engineering, won the Okawa Prize from the Okawa Foundation of Japan for his work in computer vision and computational imaging. Nayar is being honored for “developing breakthrough imaging techniques” In March 2023, he’ll …
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24 million students can now learn about Sikh faith in US schools
The greatest way to counteract intolerance and to make any society more inclusive is to teach a holistic awareness of other faith practices and cultures early on, activists, policymakers, and social commentators have always said. The most recent development of Sikhi being included in state social …
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Indian American attorney Vivek Malek named Missouri state treasurer
Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri has appointed Indian American immigration lawyer Vivek Malek to the position of state treasurer, making him the first non-white statewide office in Missouri’s history. Malek, a 45-year-old Republican from the Wildwood neighborhood of St. Louis, will take the position of fellow …
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Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Finance Minister of India among Forbes’ 100 most powerful women
Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Finance Minister of India , and Bela Bajaria, head of Global TV at Netflix, are listed on Forbes’ 19th annual list of the “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” of 2022. On the list of “innovators and instigators who are leading on the …
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First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Sushmita Shukla
First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Sushmita Shukla, an insurance sector veteran of Indian descent, is now the second-ranking official at the prestigious organization. The Federal Reserve System’s Board of Governors gave its blessing to the nomination, …
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Two Indian-Americans in Money magazine’s top 50 changemakers
Two Indian-Americans are among the 50 significant people in business, journalism, entertainment, investment, politics, etc. who are influencing how Americans manage their money, according to Money magazine. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Rohit Chopra and the fintech company Capitalize’s Gaurav Sharma have received recognition for …
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