Four Indian-Americans have bagged the National Institute of Health Director’s New Innovator awards, a programme created in 2007 to accelerate the pace of biomedical, behavioral and social science discoveries by supporting exceptionally creative scientists with highly innovative research.
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India-US ties will strive to make citizens lives better, brighter: Sandhu
India’s Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said that India and the United States relationship run deep and strong and will continue to strive to make the lives of their citizens better and brighter.
India is a very important partner to the US, says Kamala Harris on meeting PM Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with United States Vice-President Kamala Harris at the White House during which they decided to further cement the Indo-US strategic partnership and discussed global issues of common interest, including threats to democracy, Afghanistan, and the Indo-Pacific.
Video of falling cat saved in US stadium goes viral
In a bizarre incident caught on video that went viral, a cat dangling from the upper balcony of a Hard Rock Stadium of Miami was saved when two good Samaritans untied their American flag from the hook and held it below the feline for a smooth fall.
20 years after 9/11 attacks, satellite images still show the devastating scenes
With the US observing the 20th anniversary of the deadly 9/11 attacks, new satellite images supplied by space firm Maxar Technologies still show what the devastating scenes looked like from space and what has changed since then.
Taliban celebrate triumph as last US troops exit Afghanistan
The United States completed its military retreat from Afghanistan on Monday, ending its longest war to cries of shame at home and celebratory gunfire in Kabul from the Taliban.
US President warns of another bombing at Kabul airport before rescue ops end
US President Joe Biden has warned of another suicide bomb attack at Kabul airport before the end of American military’s final phase of evacuations.
US Senate gives nod to infra bill after months of negotiations
Following months of negotiations, the US Senate has approved a long-awaited bipartisan infrastructure bill, though analysts feel that the legislation falls short of its promise.
US cumulative Covid cases reach 36mn mark, toll at 6,16,712
The total COVID-19 cases in the United States has crossed the 35.73 million mark as of Saturday, with the death toll reaching 616 712, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
Biden names Indian-American Muslim Rashad Hussain as Ambassador for Religious Freedom
President Joe Biden has nominated Rashad Hussain, an Indian-American lawyer and diplomat, as ambassador-at-large to lead the state department’s international religious freedom office, which, among other things, publishes an annual report on the state of religious freedom around the world.
