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Meet Avani Ahuja: Indian-origin MIT student wins prestigious Henry Ford II Scholar Award for engineering excellence and leadership |

Avani Ahuja (right) receives the Henry Ford II Scholar Award. Indian-origin MIT graduate Avani Ahuja has received the prestigious Henry Ford II Scholar Award. The honour is among the institute’s top recognitions for undergraduate engineering students and celebrates academic excellence, leadership and future promise. During her time at MIT Ahuja conducted research in power electronics, […]

‘Countless Sikh soldiers died for Britain’: Indian-origin Labour MP hits back at Rupert Lowe over kirpan ban call

Rupert Lowe (left) and Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (right) Indian-origin Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has hit back at Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe after he called for a ban on carrying the Sikh ceremonial kirpan in public spaces following the murder of British-Polish teenager Henry Nowak.Dhesi, the Labour MP for Slough and one of Britain’s […]

Who was Dave Fiji? Indian-origin pilot killed in helicopter crash in Georgia hours after marrying long-time partner

Dave Fiji, an Indian-origin pilot with Delta Air Lines, was killed in a helicopter crash in Georgia, United States, hours after marrying his long-time partner, Jesni.The couple boarded a Robinson R66 helicopter following their wedding ceremony in Dawsonville on Friday night. The aircraft was scheduled to fly to DeKalb-Peachtree Airport as part of a post-wedding […]

Is Melania Trump an ‘alien’? Indian-origin attorney says White House’s immigrant-bashing crosses line

Indian-origin immigration attorney objects to the use of the word ‘alien’ for non-US citizens and asks whether Melania Trump is also an alien. Indian-origin immigration attorney Rahul Reddy opposed the official use of the word ‘alien’ in American parlance to refer to non-US citizens and said that though the word is legal, it is dehumanizing […]

‘Wish me happy birthday’: Indian-origin woman falls from bridge during vacation in Mexico, shares harrowing experience

Indian-origin woman from California met a catastrophic accident during her birthday trip to Mexico earlier this month. Nina Bakhshi, an Indian-origin Californian makeup artist, had the most harrowing birthday trip this year as she chose a guided ATV (all-terrain vehicle) tour of Cenote La Noria in Mexico, where she fell from a bridge and suffered […]

Shrey Parikh: Meet Shrey Parikh: 14-year-old Indian-origin Spelling Bee winner who spelled 32 words in 90 seconds | World News

Indian-origin teenager Shrey Parikh has achieved what millions of young spellers dream of. The 14-year-old from Rancho Cucamonga, California, won the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28 at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. He defeated runner-up Ishaan Gupta in a dramatic spell-off finale. During the tie-breaker, Parikh correctly spelled 32 words in […]

Indian-origin founder in Canada says people talk about H-1B as if Indians randomly woke up one day, booked flights, started taking US jobs

Indian-origin tech leader in Canada says that before blaming H-1Bs, Americans should ask the corporations why they hire H-1Bs. An Indian-origin founder in Canada commented on the rampant targeting of H-1B visa holders in the US and explained that the situation is more complex than how MAGA portrays it. Vijayan Swaminathan, an Indian-origin tech leader […]

Tanveer Singh: Indian-origin driver jailed for 29 years for strangling sex worker to death in UK | World News

An Indian-origin delivery driver has been sentenced to 29 years in prison for the murder of a woman whose body was found dumped on a roadside in England’s West Midlands last year.Tanveer Singh, 32, was convicted of killing 41-year-old Shara Millar after her body was discovered in Smethwick in August 2025.During sentencing at Wolverhampton Crown […]

Indian-origin MMA fighter Hrishikesh Koloth killed in bear attack in Canada: ‘Wanted to fight in UFC’

Hrishikesh Koloth was a MMA figher A 27-year-old Indian-origin mixed martial arts (MMA) trainee who died in a rare bear attack in northern Saskatchewan, Canada has been identified as Hrishikesh Koloth, a fighter who dreamed of competing in the UFC, according to his family.Hrishikesh Koloth was killed on May 8 while working at a uranium […]

Indian-origin woman killed at supermarket in Virginia; shooter had no connection with her, was later found dead

Indian-origin woman was shot dead at a convenience store in Virginia, US. A 45-year-old Indian woman was shot and killed at the supermarket in Virginia where she had been working for years. The killing of Meghnaben Patel in the morning of May 23, who was originally from India’s Gujarat, was caught on CCTV inside the […]