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Scripps National Spelling Bee contest: Indian-Americans dominate for 6th consecutive year

June 4, 2013

Indian-American Arvind Mahankali (13) won the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest, as children from the community created history by dominating the prestigious contest for the 6th year in a row, holding top three positions this year. This is the sixth consecutive year that an Indian-American ..

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Japan restarts operating Dreamliner flights

May 30, 2013

Japan’s biggest airline- All Nippon Airways (ANA) has resumed Boeings 787 Dreamliner flights. It is for the first time for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner when its flights were resumed after the planes were grounded worldwide after two incidents on Japanese-owned ..

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‘Gershwin Prize’ to Carole King

May 25, 2013

US President Barack Obama honored legendary US singer-songwriter Carole King (71) with Gershwin Prize for a lifetime achievement in popular music. With this achievement King has become the first woman to be awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Who ..

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Srikanth Srinivasan creates history, gets confirmation to become federal judge to US Circuit Court

May 25, 2013

Chandigarh born Indian-American Srikanth Srinivasan (46), created history as he has been confirmed to be a judge to the DC Federal Appeals Court Circuit. He will be the first South Asian as well as first Indian-American judge to America’s second ..

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Another India drug maker 'Wockhardt' banned in U.S.

May 25, 2013

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has imposed an import ban on Indian drug manufacturer Wockhardt Ltd. after one of the company’s plants at Aurangabad in Maharashtra failed an FDA safety inspection. The import ban only applies to drugs manufactured at ..

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India-US to expand Co-Operation in Knowledge Sector

May 22, 2013

HRD Minister Dr. Pallam Raju who was leading Indian delegation for a round table discussion a discussion on Advances in US-India Academic Partnership in Washington announced that India will intensify co-operation in knowledge sector with the US. Both nations have finalized eight more ..

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U.S. grants conditional authorization for shale gas export to India

May 22, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has given conditional authorization to Freeport Terminal in Texas for the export of domestically-produced Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) of US to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with it. Given ..

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Dinesh Thakur to get Rs 244 crore for exposing dubious manufacturing practices of Ranbaxy

May 17, 2013

Dinesh Thakur, a former director of research information at Ranbaxy, who is a whistleblower on the deficient manufacturing practices of Ranbaxy will get Rs 244 crore ($48 million) for his act. What are the charges on Ranbaxy? Ranbaxy, which is Gurgaon (India) based pharmaceutical ..

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Proposed US Immigration bill may impact Indian IT companies

May 12, 2013

The upcoming Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill which is yet to be signed into law by the US President has proposed eight killer provisions which may prove to be detrimental to the interests of major Indian IT companies and professionals. What are main ..

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CISPA bill on cyber security passed by the US House of representatives BUT will certainly be shelved by the Senate

April 27, 2013

As per the the chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, the Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) passed by the US House of Representatives recently will almost certainly be shelved by the Senate.  The White House has also stated that the ..

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