Indian-American

Indian-American hoteliers offer free accommodation to stranded Indian students

7:06 pm March 26, 2020

Washington: Indian-American hoteliers have come forward to rescue the stranded Indian students in the US following implementation of lockdown measures in the country in response to the rapidly-spreading coronavirus pandemic, offering them free accommodation and free meals. With the students scrambling for a roof over their heads after being asked to vacate their hostels and […]

Indian-American among NASA’s new astronauts; all set to conquer Moon, Mars

3:42 pm January 11, 2020

Houston: Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari, an Indian-American US Air Force colonel, is among 11 new NASA graduates who have successfully completed their over two years’ of basic astronaut training and are all set to be a part of the space agency’s ambitious future missions to the International Space Station, Moon and Mars. The successful astronauts […]

Trump picks Indian-American computer scientist to lead National Science Foundation

1:23 pm December 20, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump has picked Indian-American computer scientist Sethuraman Panchanathan to lead the prestigious National Science Foundation. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a US government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “Dr […]

Annet Mahendru to star in new ‘Walking Dead’ series

10:26 pm July 20, 2019

Los Angeles: Indian-American actor Annet Mahendru is set to play the lead role in a new “Walking Dead” series. The series is said to focus on two female protagonists (Huck and Iris) and the first generation to come-of-age in the zombie apocalypse. Mahendru (Huck) will star alongside Aliyah Royale (Iris). According to Variety, the third […]

Indian-American adoptive father of Sherin Mathews begins life sentence

Sherin’s murder case: Indian-American adoptive father pleads guilty to lesser charge

8:59 pm June 25, 2019

Houston: In an unexpected turn, the Indian-American father, accused of killing his 3-year-old adopted daughter Sherin Mathews and hiding her body in a culvert in suburban Dallas, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, according to media reports. Wesley Mathews, 39, pleaded guilty to injury to a child by omission even before his capital murder […]