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Reminder: Deadline to Nominate for 20 Under 20 Awards is Aug. 15, 2022

By India New England News WALTHAM, MA—INDIA New England News, one of the nation’s largest Indian-American news and video magazines serving the South Asian community, announced that deadline to nominate for its prestigious 20 Under 20 Awards is Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. Nominations may come from anyone: parents, teachers, friends or other students; and self-nominations […]

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Achievements

Prominent Indian American Cancer Scientists Awarded Scientific Excellence Awards

By India New England News BOSTON–The 29th AAISCR annual meeting was held virtually recently. The meeting was attended by many eminent cancer research scientists including young investigators of Indian origin, biotechnology company representatives, and representatives from the prestigious American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Dr. Aniruddha Ganguly, Founder and current President addressed the AAISCR community […]

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Environment

How Hinduism’s relationship with nature can help solve the ecological crisis

By Syama Allard When it comes, in particular, to the issue many consider to be the most pressing — the ongoing ecological crisis threatening us all — it just so happens the practice the British found most egregious, anthropomorphism, or the act of placing human traits on non-human aspects, imbibes the very mood we need more of […]

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Immigration

Hindu Civilization Exhibition was recognized by Pennsylvania State Senate

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania State Senator Devlin Robinson lauded an ongoing traveling exhibition, “Darshana – A Glimpse into Hindu Civilization,” its organizers Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA (HSS), and its partner organizations. Senator Robinson welcomed the exhibition and volunteers of HSS to the State Senate and encouraged all senators to visit the exhibit. He further appreciated […]

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Business

Google CEO Sundar Pichai Faced Intense Pushback From Employees. His Response Is a Masterclass in Leading People

BY JASON ATEN, TECH COLUMNIST Over the past two years, Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, has faced increased pushback from employees, most recently at an employee meeting in March. Employees there complained that the company is falling behind on issues like compensation and how the company reviews performance. Before that, Google eliminated its iconic town-hall meetings in response to a rise […]

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Achievements

Six Indian American Scientists, Writers, Scholars, and Artists Named Guggenheim Fellows

By American Kahani Six Indian Americans are among 180 scientists, writers, scholars, and artists who have been named Guggenheim Fellows. They were chosen from a rigorous application and peer review process out of almost 2500 applicants, “on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise,” the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation said.  Indian American fellows […]

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Opportunities

Swami Vivekananda Scholarship Tournament

SUNDAY, JUNE 26TH, 2022, 2PM-7PM ET A VIRTUAL EVENT. Open to all High School students! Application Deadline: June 3rd, 11:59 PM ET Topic: Does Sanātana Dharma prioritize the individual or the community? The Hindu Students Council (HSC) Swami Vivekananda Scholarship Tournament (SVST) is a virtual debate competition which will occur on June 26th, 2022 from […]

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Religion

How ancient dharma stories encourage a life of compassion

Keerthik Sasidharan is a writer whose work has appeared in The Hindu, The Caravan and other publications. He is the author of The Dharma Forest (2019). He lives in New York. Edited by Sam Haselby As a child, for every summer vacation, my parents took me to Kerala in southern India to spend three months with my aunt in […]

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Sports

Two new Chelsea bidders: Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive ‘is putting the final touches on a bid’, as a Saudi consortium ‘register their interest’ in the battle to buy out Roman Abramovich

Vivek Ranadive, the owner of NBA franchise Sacramento Kings, is readying a bid to buy Chelsea from Roman Abramovich. According to Sportico, Ranadive is putting the finishing touches to the proposal he will submit to Russian Abramovich to try and take over the Stamford Bridge club. Ranadive bought control of the Kings at a $534million (£407m) valuation back in […]

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Achievements

Three Indian Americans among top ten in Regeneron Science Talent Search

By AB Wire Three Indian American students are among the top ten winners in the 2022 Regeneron Science Talent Search, America’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. Neil Chowdhury, 18, of Bellevue, Washington, Pravalika Gayatri Putalapattu, 17, of Centreville, Virginia and Neil Rathi, 17, of Palo Alto, California won the […]

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