Some CoronaVirus FACTS first: COVID-19 stands for Corona Virus Disease 2019. Its a particular strain of Coronavirus family which as of 06-Mar has infected more than 100000 people across the world. Mortality rate so far is 38/1000 people and its spread rate is 3+ which means every infected person will infect atleast 3 more people….
Uber bans right wing US journalist for bias against Muslim drivers, will it do same in India? Uber has banned a US journalist with right wing leanings after she tweeted that she doesn’t take the cabs driven by Muslim drivers. Laura Loomer, who calls herself an investigative journalist and has a verified Twitter account, was…
NEW YORK – A man driving a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cyclists on a bike path alongside the Hudson River in New York City on Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring about a dozen in what authorities said was an act of terrorism. The 29-year-old suspect was shot in the abdomen by…
Pharma Billionaire Arrested On Charges of Bribing Doctors to Prescribe Opioid Painkillers The same day President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency, the federal government said it arrested a wealthy pharmaceutical company executive on charges of bribing doctors to needlessly prescribe his firm’s opioid painkiller. The Department of Justice arrested…
Jahnavi Parikh was two when her father Piyush Parikh, an IT professional, moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1999. Jahnavi began school in the US and, later when her father moved back to India between 2004 and 2007, he enrolled her in a Mumbai school. Post 2007, she was once again studying in the US. Two…
Central defender Namit Deshpande, from Maryland, USA, on Monday created history of sorts by becoming the first Non Resident Indian (NRI) to represent India across any age group. Central defender Namit Deshpande, from Maryland, USA, on Monday created history of sorts by becoming the first Non Resident Indian (NRI) to represent India across any age…
New York: A handful of quick-thinking Las Vegas police officers may have prevented a thousand deaths after they stormed a hotel and killed the lone shooter, the Sheriff of America’s gambling hub, who had visited Mumbai to study the 2008 terror attack, has said. Stephen Paddock, 64-year-old wealthy former accountant and high-stakes gambler has been identified…
WASHINGTON: An Indian-American entrepreneur has pitched for fast track mini nuclear reactors, saying they are economical and could be constructed within two years. Negotiations on mega nuclear power plants with US companies Westinghouse and General Electric are either in doldrums or moving at snail’s pace. “The new generation Small Nuclear Reactor uses light water technology…
Buying US crude has become attractive for Indian refiners after the differential between Brent (the benchmark crude or marker crude that serves as a reference price for buyers in the western world) and Dubai (which serves as a benchmark for countries in the east) has narrowed. Export of American crude oil to India will create…
The capture of the Canadian citizen came after an investigation using an undercover FBI agent posing as an Islamic extremist that also led to the arrests last year of US citizen Talha Haroon in Pakistan and Russell Salic in the Philippines, where he’s a citizen. Three Islamic State group sympathizers plotted to cause bloodshed at…
