The good news is our team of scientists and biomedical engineers at Columbia University has developed a stent, The Stentinel, that can continuously scan the bloodstream to find cancer’s first cells and the earliest biomarkers. And, the stent can be programmed to electrocute The First Cell. This approach will democratize medicine worldwide, shifting the healthcare paradigm from one of treating illness to one of maintaining wellness
Activists are asking who creates wealth in the U.S. and does the most difficult jobs? It is immigrant workers who form the backbone of the economy, as participants of a well-attended seminar agreed. The event, titled Union and Community Activists Unite for Immigrant Rights organised by the activist group Boston South Asian Coalition
Featuring the works of 26 young artists from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, the multidisciplinary exhibition takes South Asia's stories to a global stage. A special half-day event in London last Tuesday, 10 June, titled ' South Asia: people, promise and potential - art, film and discussion' at the Bloomsbury Institute London that brought together the South Asian artists exhibit with a documentary I made in Sri Lanka last year
“As much as this is an Indian American community, we are also an American Chamber of Commerce,” added Dr. Rachakonda, who is also CEO for Radiant Digital, a D.C. metro-based provider of digital transformation delivery services. “We have very strong relationships, for example, with the Black Chamber of Commerce, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and a lot of others. Because you know, at the end of the day, it’s about helping businesses.”
US President-elect Joe Biden has named Uzra Zeya, an Indian-American diplomat who quit her State Department job in protest against the outgoing administration's alleged racial and sexist bias, as his Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights
In the four years of the Donald Trump administration in the United States, there have been over 400 anti-immigration executive actions
The Sri Lankan Embassy in Oman, in collaboration with the President Secretariat and the Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka, made special arrangements for the repatriation of 568 stranded workers from Muscat to Colombo
US President-elect Joe Biden has inducted a second Pakistani American, Salman Ahmed, into his foreign policy team, said a statement issued on Friday
Even as authorities at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) are investigating reports from the Indian team that pace bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj were subjected to racist comments, they have received another complaint from an Indian fan who alleged that a security officer on duty at the SCG told him to "go back to where you belong"
Expatriate workers, including Bangladeshis, in Malaysia are facing concerns over their jobs and income after the country declared a nationwide state of emergency until August 1 to combat the rising COVID-19 cases with the daily case number recently crossing the 3,000-mark
Sameera Fazili, who traces her family's roots to Kashmir, is among the latest wave of Indian American nominees to be named to US president Joe Biden's A-team. Fazili has been appointed as Deputy Director, National Economic Council
A 15-year-old Indian girl based in Dubai has launched a campaign via which she has helped collect more than 25 tonnes of e-waste for recycling in more than four years, a media report said on Friday
An expert on energy and climate change, Sonia Aggarwal was named on Thursday by President-elect Joe Biden as the senior advisor for climate policy and innovation, the latest of several key Indian-American nominees for his administration
The National Movement for a Just Society (NMJS) called on the government to provide humanitarian assistance to Sri Lankans who are stranded and suffering hardships in many foreign countries across the world, as soon as possible
US President-elect Joe Biden has named Zayn Siddique, a Bangladeshi-American, senior aide to the incoming White House deputy chief of staff
A majority of British Indians are in favour of the UK entering into a trade deal with India which supports and ensures a fair deal for Indian farmers, according to new research
Navdeep Bains, Canada's Industry Minister and senior-most among the four ministers of Indian origin in the cabinet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, suddenly resigned on Tuesday, citing family grounds for his decision
Two Indian expats won 250g of gold each at the ongoing Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), according to a media report
Indian Americans - individuals and community groups - continue to strongly condemn the events of January 6 when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed and breached the iconic US Capitol and indulged in violence, leaving five people dead and say this was not "true America"
