Indian boy wins young scientist award
2015-05-16
Karan Jerath of Friendswood, Texas, claimed US$50,000 top prizeContinue Reading
4 Indians among 14 dead as gunmen storm Kabul guest house
2015-05-14
Kabul — Four Indians and an American were among 14 killed when gunmen stormed a guest in Kabul, trapping several foreigners in a seven-hour overnight siege, Afghan officials said on Thursday. A few of the attackers were also killed by Afghan security forces. The gunmen attacked the Park Palace guestContinue Reading
Fueled by immigration, Hinduism becomes fourth-largest faith in US
2015-05-13
New York — Fueled by immigration, America’s Hindu population has reached 2.23 million, an increase of about one million or 85.8 percent since 2007, making Hinduism the fourth-largest faith, according to estimates based on wide-ranging study of religions in the nation. The proportion of Hindus in the US population roseContinue Reading
Indian Jesuit to address Caritas summit on inequalities
2015-05-09
Fr Prakash will talk on how to reduce inequalities and achieve a really sustainable developmentContinue Reading
No role for religion-based organizations in UN security matters: India
2015-05-06
Gupta was speaking at a high-level General Assembly debate on UN’s cooperation with regional organizationsContinue Reading
Indian woman wounded in attempted robbery in US
2015-05-03
Patel worked in a gas stationContinue Reading
Indian Salesian appointed dean in Rome university
2015-04-28
Fr Jesu Pudumai Doss from India has been appointed dean of the Faculty of Canon Law at the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS), Rome, by Salesian Rector Major Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, who is also the university chancellor. Fr Doss has been teaching in the same university since 2002. Beginning May, he wasContinue Reading
New York’s first Indian-American woman judge appointed
2015-04-28
Chennai-born Raja Rajeswari has been sworn-in as a criminal court judge in New York by Mayor Bill de Blasio, becoming the first India-born woman to be appointed a judge in New York City. Rajeswari, 43, who had migrated to the U.S. from Chennai as a teenager, previously worked with theContinue Reading
Indian among 19 ordained by Pope Francis
2015-04-27
Fr Sony George Kappalumackal said he experienced the inexplicable mercy of GodContinue Reading
Indian-American takes over as U.S. surgeon-general
2015-04-24
Murthy took the oath on the GitaContinue Reading