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The Indian-American Aruna Miller after her victory: I will never stop fighting
New York, Nov 9 After becoming the first immigrant to hold the office of Lieutenant Governor in Maryland, Indian-American Democrat Aruna Miller said that ever since she came to the US in 1972, she has "never stopped being excited for the promise of America". The 58-year-old, who is said to ...The UN General Assembly designates World Day against Child Sexual Abuse
United Nations, Nov 8 The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution to designate November 18 every year as the World Day for the prevention of and healing from child sexual exploitation, abuse and violence. The resolution invites all member states, relevant organisations of the UN system and other international ...At Dubai Ride 2022, a man pays tribute to India’s first rocket launch
Dubai, Nov 7 A Kerala-native residing here caught the attention of many during the 'Dubai Ride 2022' for his attempt to recreate an iconic historical moment related to India's first rocket launch. Ajmal Poyakkara Mahamood, who hails from Kasargod in Kerala, on Sunday wore clothes similar to the scientist in ...Vote for Republicans in US midterms, Musk tells Twitter followers
San Francisco, Nov 7 Elon Musk on Monday showed his true political colour despite vouching for Twitter to be "politically neutral", saying that Americans should vote for Republicans in the midterm elections on November 8. Triggering a political debate, Musk told independent-minded voters that shared power curbs the worst excesses ...Two of the world’s most powerful men find themselves star-crossed
San Francisco, Nov 7 It is ironic that two of the most powerful men in the world are besieged and beleaguered as they dominate the headlines here - one an elected official, US President Joe Biden and the other an out-and-out capitalist - the world's richest man with a blue ...In Egypt, the United Nations climate conference begins
Cairo, Nov 7 The 27th session of the Conference of Parties (COP27) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change has kicked off in Egypt's coastal city of Sharm El-Sheikh, introducing for the first time the loss and damage funding into the agenda. Sameh Shoukry, the Egyptian Foreign Minister and ...26 passengers rescued after plane crashes into Tanzania’s Lake Victoria
Dar Es Salaam, Nov 6 Twenty-six passengers have been rescued from a plane that crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania's northwestern Kagera region on Sunday morning. The Kagera regional commissioner, Albert Chalamila, said the plane flying from the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam to Bukoba Airport in ...Of 8 Indian-Americans running in midterms, 5 seem headed for the House
New York, Nov 6 There are eight Indian-Americans running for the House of Representatives in the midterm elections -- four of them sitting Democratic Party members, and three Republicans and a Democrat aspiring to join them in the "Samosa Caucus". All the four Representatives who gave themselves the nickname "Samosa ...Ahead of crucial US midterm polls, rumour mills working overtime
San Francisco, Nov 5 Conspiracy theories abound here on the final weekend before Big Tuesday's midterms. With Donald Trump hinting that he will announce a run for President again on November 14 against the backdrop of a pending Department of Justice investigation and whether his seeking elected office will give ...In a first, Indian-American teen sequences angelfish DNA
New York, Nov 5 Indian-American student Indeveer Madireddy has become the first person to successfully sequence the genome of a freshwater angelfish after his pet fish Calvin died earlier in March this year. Madireddy, a 17-year-old student of BASIS Independent Silicon Valley, did the sequencing at BioCurious -- a community ...










