Dame Parveen Kumar, a renowned gastroenterologist, medical educator and advocate for women in healthcare, has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE), one of the United Kingdom’s highest royal honours, in King Charles III’s 2026 Birthday Honours list.The GBE is the highest rank within the Most Excellent Order of … Read more
Sunita Agarwal said she and her husband, Brij Agarwal, prefer to keep their philanthropic work out of the spotlight. Sunita Agarwal and her husband Brij Agarwal do not like to advertise their philanthropic works. After the Indian- American couple’s $5.5 million donation to the St Luke’s Foundation in Texas launched them into the limelight, Sunita … Read more
Two friends Harshita Nair and Mahial Sran died after being swept into the waves in California. Two friends, Harshita Nair, 21 and Mahial Sran, 20, were killed when they were napping near a keyhole on the Bonny Doon Beach, known for its treacherous waves. The incident took place last Wednesday and now the sheriff’s office … Read more
Sukhada Fadnavis with her parents and then Caltech President Jean-Lou Chameau at graduation in 2007. Sukhada Fadnavis, an Indian-origin mathematician, has decided to start a fellowship at her alma mater Caltech (California Institute of Technology), in the name of her parents — Shubhangi and Sharad Fadnavis Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. The fellowship will support undergraduate … Read more
22-year-old Dhir Patel was caught stealing designer clothes from a high-end Miami store over months. Dhir Patel, a 22-year-old man, was caught stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of designer clothes in a calculated manner from a Wynwood neighborhood in Miami, Florida. He did not flee after stealing the clothes but came back again … Read more
19-year-old Gaurav Chopra kills father, mother, grandmother in a shooting rage in Texas. An Indian-origin businessman, Sweeta Ram, was killed along with his wife and his wife’s mother in an unexplained shooting rage by their 19-year-old son, Gaurav Chopra, in Alton, Texas. As Gaurav faces justice, the community in Alton and Palmview is grieving over … Read more
In the world of theoretical physics, some ideas solve a problem. Others reshape an entire field. Jainendra K. Jain’s theory of composite fermions belongs firmly in the second category.Born in rural Rajasthan and now the Erwin W. Müller Professor of Physics at Pennsylvania State University, Jain has spent much of his career tackling questions that … Read more
Dr Rakesh Gupta and Dr Vinita Gupta made a generous donation to the medical school of Methodist University, North Carolina. Dr Rakesh Gupra and Dr Vinita Gupta, an Indian-origin doctor couple and philanthropists, donated $500,000 to the Methodist University Cape Fear Valley Health School of Medicine. The university said that $100,000 out of the entire … Read more
Calgary police released photos of 15 men charged in extortion-related incidents in the city. Sixteen men, including individuals of Indian origin, have been charged in a Canadian investigation into an extortion racket targeting the South Asian community in Calgary, but only one of the accused remains behind bars while the rest have been granted bail.The … Read more
(L-R) Bikramjit Brar, Harry Singh, and Purshotam Dhillon (ISource: Met Police) A London drugs network led by a convicted dealer operating from prison has been dismantled, with three Indian-origin men, including Bikramjit Brar, Harry Singh and serving magistrate Purshotam Dhillon, jailed for their roles in the operation.The gang supplied cocaine and heroin worth £174,000 through … Read more