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Ruchira Kamboj, India’s permanent representative to the UN, questioned the Security Council’s fundamental structure

By Malavika SubramanyanMay 8, 2023

Addressing the UN Security Council during the open discussion on the subject of “future-proofing trust for sustaining peace,” Kamboj said…

Economy

By 2025, 900 million Indians will have access to the internet, up from 759 million currently.

By Malavika SubramanyanMay 7, 2023

759 million Indians, or 52% of the population, are “active” internet users, visiting the web at least once each month.…

A project of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust, the Schmidt Science Fellows program seeks to build a community of scientists and advocates for multidisciplinary science. Out of 32 applicants, five early-career scientists of Indian descent were selected. For up to two years of postdoctoral research, the fellows—Sahil Loomba of Imperial College London, Shilpa Pothapragada of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Krishnakant Saboo of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Susmita Sarkar of Purdue University, and Sridevi Venkatesan of the University of Toronto—will receive a stipend of US$100,000. The Schmidt Science Fellows are assigned to world-class researchers and famous laboratories to work on a field that is different from their Ph.D. topic in an effort to promote interdisciplinary study. An engineer from IIT-Delhi will change his focus from statistical network modeling to causal inference as part of the Loomba initiative, measuring the effects of massive public health campaigns on independently observable outcomes like vaccination uptake. Pothapragada, a doctoral student at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Hyderabad, majored in biochemistry during her undergraduate and graduate studies before switching to bioengineering and concentrating on women's health. Saboo, an IIT-Bombay electrical engineering graduate with a focus on communications and signal processing, will switch her attention from computer engineering to neuroscience in order to create customized models of abnormal brain activity that support epilepsy diagnosis and brain stimulation-based treatment. To pursue her master's degree at Missouri University of Science and Technology, Sarkar relocated from northeast India to the United States. Her focus will shift from mechanical engineering to chemical engineering as she develops wearable technology for healthcare purposes. Venkatesan, a University of Toronto doctorate candidate, will go from neuroscience to genetics and genomics to create a precision medicine platform for uncommon hereditary brain illnesses, enhancing accessibility to diagnoses and therapies worldwide. Her study centered on understanding how neurotransmitter pathway abnormalities result in cognitive deficiencies and developing therapies to reestablish regular neuron activity.

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Indian-descent researchers chosen as Schmidt Science Fellows

By Bhakti NarayananMay 5, 2023

A project of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust, the Schmidt Science Fellows program seeks to build a community of…

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JSW Steel Announces Investment Plan in Ohio

By Bhakti SharmaMay 5, 2023

JSW Steel USA (JSW), an Indian multinational, announced its plans to invest US$145 million in new projects to modernize its…

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UK-India set to transition to Net Zero transport systems

By Staff ReporterMay 5, 2023

With the launch of the “Innovating for Transport and Energy Systems” (ITES) initiative, created by the Indian Institute of Science…

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Several Indian Americans Among the City & State’s Power of Diversity: Asian 100 List

By Akancha MishraMay 5, 2023

A number of Indian Americans from the New York State Assembly, governmental organizations, commercial ventures, and advocacy groups have been…

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Indian American Representatives Celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month

By Bhakti SharmaMay 5, 2023

In their speeches, Indian American Representatives appraised the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community’s contributions to the…

Business

Indian companies account for $15 Billion in investments and 91,000 Jobs in the U.S.

By Nupur RohilaMay 5, 2023

According to a new report from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Grant Thornton (GT), India-based businesses have…

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Indian businesses invest most in Texas according to report

By Malavika SubramanyanMay 5, 2023

On May 3, 2023, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) launched the seventh edition of its renowned study, “Indian Roots,…