The MoonBattle Conference 2024, recently hosted by ed-tech startup Moonpreneur, an ed-tech startup, brought in parents, students, and young entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists to highlight key aspects of STEM, eLearning, robotics, and the role of entrepreneurial and problem-solving skills. The startup is dedicated to imparting tech entrepreneurship to children between the ages of 7 and 16.

India on Tuesday said a report published by Washington Post made unwarranted and unsubstantiated imputations on a serious matter involving an alleged plot to kill Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

A new study discovered a strong link between low to moderate-intensity exercise and lower risks of depression. Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, United Kingdom conducted an umbrella review of studies conducted around the world to investigate the potential of physical activity as a mental health intervention.

Some members of the Indian American community conducted Havans across the US on Sunday, praying for the success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Volunteers of Overseas Friends of BJP-USA, led by their President, Adapa Prasad, and Vasudev Patel, General Secretary organised Havan/Homam ceremonies nationwide.

Amid the controversy over the obscene video case linked to Janata Dal (Secular) sitting MP and candidate from Hassan parliamentary constituency in Karnataka, Prajwal Revanna, his uncle and party leader, HD Kumaraswamy, said on Monday that the party has already decided to suspend Revanna, and a final decision regarding the same will be taken after a core committee meeting on Tuesday. Revanna is the grandson of former Indian Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda.

For a short while, a 285-acre uninhabited island in the Palk Straits, located close to the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) between Sri Lanka and India, became a political tool for Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

Friends, neighbors, colleagues, students, teachers, the school principal and almost the entire community gathered by the dozens at Val Vista Community Park, Pleasanton, California to remember the Indian American family that was killed in a horrific car crash on April 24. Flowers, candles, balloons and photos of victims were laid for all to pay their respects.

At the Khalsa Day Celebrations that took place in Toronto, loud chants of pro-Khalistan slogans were seen being raised in the presence of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as well as opposition leader Pierre Poilievre. This comes amid a sharp rise in anti-India sentiment in Canada in recent times.

A stable and visionary political leadership, young talented population, vast AI and startup community and innovations across businesses will help India reach its $30 trillion GDP growth goal by 2047, Paul Marriott, President for Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) of cloud software major SAP said in Mumbai on Monday.

Cases against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi government and the AAP-led Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) are scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court, making Monday the most eventful day for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Tech winter: Amid the muted revenue growth in the Indian IT services sector due to global macroeconomic headwinds, leading IT companies saw a drop of nearly 70,000 employees in the last fiscal year (FY24), according to CRISIL. Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Wipro and Tech Mahindra, among others, lost maximum employees in FY24. While Infosys saw its employee headcount drop by 25,994, the headcount at TCS went down by 13,249, in FY24.

Justice Markandey Katju writes: For several years, Medanta Hospital in Gurugram (formerly Gurgaon), Haryana has been ranked as the best private hospital in India. It has a host of specialties, and branches in other cities like Patna, Lucknow, Indore, Ranchi, etc. Patients often come there even from foreign countries.

Surjit Bhalla, renowned economist and political analyst spoke exclusively to IANS and said that the Congress party was itself to blame for its 'pitiable' state and said that the party's repeated attempts at appeasing a certain section did not do any good to it.

The Washington University in St. Louis and India's Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment have finalized a partnership for academic research, student exchange and generating global leaders in different fields of social justice, according to top officials.

A horrific car crash killed an Indian American family of four on April 24 in Pleasanton, California. The City of Pleasanton Police Department investigating the case called it a single-vehicle accident that occurred around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24 on Foothill Road near Stoneridge Drive that resulted in the loss of a family of four. A full investigation of the accident is ongoing, however, they suspect speed may have been a factor. The vehicle appears to have lost control and collided with a

After being delayed for about four years, Boeing's Starliner is now on track for its first manned mission on May 6, officials said. The Crew Flight Test (CFT) aims to send NASA astronauts and test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on a roughly 10-day mission that will demonstrate the end-to-end capabilities of the Starliner system.

Most predictions in India are that after the results of the 2024 parliamentary elections are declared on 4th June the number of BJP seats in the Lok Sabha will be drastically reduced. Some believe they will be reduced from 303 seats at present to about 200-210 seats. Some even speculate it may be less than 200.

By Mayank Chhaya Some 200 million Indians have voted in the first two phases of the countrys mammoth general election. The first two phases of the election on April 19 and 26 accounted for 325 million voters represented by 191 Members of Parliament or MPs. The voter turnout this time between the first two rounds []

Sparking a debate in India, Meta-owned popular messaging platform WhatsApp has said it will exit the domestic market if asked to break message encryption.

Using home remedies such as turmeric root or cloves to fight cough is a common practice, but a doctor on Friday warned against using these, after removing turmeric pieces that formed layers in an 85-year-old farmers lungs.

Addressing the issues of visa backlogs, and recalling President Joe Biden's order to reduce the visa time for Indians, the Ambassador of the United States to India, Eric Garcetti said that the challenge is heard loud and clear and added that he is proud of the work done in just one year to reduce the visa wait time by three quarters.

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China's President Xi Jinping on Friday, a development which the New York Times said hopes to shore up the fractious relationship between the two countries despite disputes over the economy, national security, and geopolitical frictions. The meeting followed Blinken's over five-hour-long meeting with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing. The top US diplomat also met with China's Minister of Security Wang Xiaohong, who serves as the c

California-based Indian American radiologist Dharmesh Patel, in custody on no-bail status for allegedly trying to kill his family in January 2023 by driving his Tesla off a California highway, will face a second psychiatric evaluation by the prosecution after one set of doctors termed him psychotic and said he suffered from major depressive disorder.

A 72-year-old American man, weighing 193 kg, has successfully undergone a Total Knee Replacement (TKR) procedure, Indian doctors said on Thursday. This is the heaviest-weighed patient for the surgery of total knee replacement in the world, claimed the surgeons from the Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre in Mumbai.

Satya Nadella-led Microsoft has posted a revenue of $61.9 billion in its third quarter (Q3) up 17 per cent with $21.9 billion in net income which increased 20 per cent. According to Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, Copilot and Copilot stack are orchestrating a new era of AI transformation, driving better business outcomes across every role and industry.

Polling commenced Friday morning (Thursday night, ET) in 88 constituencies spread across 13 states and Union Territories in the second phase of the 18th Lok Sabha elections Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called on people to participate in voting in large numbers and emphasised that every vote counts. The PM encouraged young and female voters to participate in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections.

Amid polling for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that these elections are going to decide the fate of the country adding that each vote will decide whether the next government will be of a few billionaires or of 1.4 billion Indians.

As protests against Israel mount in US universities, 93 people have been arrested on suspicion of trespassing during Wednesday's demonstrations at the University of Southern California, reported CNN. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) informed that 93 people were arrested at the University of Southern California.

Sandeep Vangala (Sandeep Vangala is the General Secretary of the Indian Overseas Congress. The views expressed are his own) Indias 2024 general elections are unfolding in an atmosphere charged with economic challenges and political renewal. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, finds itself at a critical juncture, grappling with severe []

iNDICA NEWS BUREAU Hyundai Motor Group chief came to India recently and with a vision to bolster its operations and utilise the country as a key export hub, the group said on Thursday. Over the past year, the South Korean automaker has announced new investment plans in India totalling approximately 5 trillion won ($3.75 billion), []

The IndUS Entrepreneurs Conference (TiEcon) 2024 will be a deep dive into Artificial Intelligence (AI), organizers said. The conference theme is 'AI Ubiquity: Envision the Future' and it will feature some of the most prominent names in AI and associated technologies, including Nvidia Founder and CEO Jensen Huang.The much-awaited annual conference since 1992 will be held at Santa Clara Convention center in Milpitas, California from May 1 to May 3.

Donald Lu, US State Department Assistant Secretary ofState for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs on Wednesday visited a Jain Temple in California and stressed that the Indian Americans are the backbone of strong relationship between the two countries. Following his visit, community leader Ajay Bhutoria welcomed State Department Assistant Secretary Donald Lu along with Senior Advisor for Domestic Outreach Jennifer Miller and Marissa Morales, Administrative Support Specialist to the As

A Secret Service agent responsible for protecting Vice President Kamala Harris got involved in a physical altercation with several other agents on Monday morning, as confirmed by the agency, The New York Post reported. The agent was subsequently removed from Harris' detail, according to Fox News Digital.

Justice Markandey Katju writes: I am convinced that BJP's seats in the Lok Sabha will considerably reduce when the Lok Sabha election results are declared on June 4. At present, BJP has 303 seats, and its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) 353, out of the 543 elected seats in the House. The BJP is likely to go down to 200-210, and the NDA to about 240-250. The opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc should get around the same number of seats as the NDA. It looks as if a coalition government would have to be

Hindu advocacy non-profit organization Coalition of Hindus of North America (CoHNA) CoHNA's Cleveland chapter volunteers protested against the teach-in workshop Holi Against Hindutva event which was planned at Oberlin College in Ohio, and was sponsored by the colleges Muslim Students Association and the Asian American Alliance on April 21. However, the speaker at teach-in event called the claim by CoHNA ridiculous.

India has commissioned four semiconductor manufacturing units, and in the next five years, the country will become one of the biggest hubs in the world, Union Railways and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. In a wide-ranging interview with IANS, the Union Minister said that in the coming years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation for the further growth of the industry that will create thousands of jobs.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken 400 million people out of poverty and is doing an unbelievable job in India, Global banking giant JP Morgan Chase chief executive officer (CEO) Jamie Dimon said. Speaking at an event hosted by the Economic Club of New York on Tuesday, Dimon lauded the economic reforms implemented by the Modi government and said some of them could be introduced in the US as well.

Justice Markandey Katju writes: There is an oft quoted statement of Francis Bacon, former Lord Chancellor of England, A much talking judge is like an ill tuned cymbal. Indian Supreme Court and High Court Judges rarely follow that dictum, and usually talk too much in court.

iNDICA NEWS BUREAU The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop a legally binding international instrument on plastic pollution opened in Canadas capital city, Ottawa. Nations agreed at the UN Environment Assembly inMarch 2022 to work together to reach a legally binding treaty by the end of 2024. Countries are divided, however, []

Arul Louis (IANS)- Pressing the case for Security Council reforms, India has highlighted the consensus arrived at the more representative G20 Summit on issues that could not make it through the UNs highest decision-making body stuck in a cold war mode. We are all aware that issues on which the United Nations Security Council has []

The US-based American Tamil Entrepreneur Association (ATEA), a non-profit focusing tech and trade ties between the US and Tamil Nadu. has signed an MoU with India-based, the Southern India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI). A SICCI team with 17 delegates visited California recently to sign the deal on April 11.

After Singapore and Hong Kong banned sale of MDH and Everest spices in their country, India's food regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has decided to test samples in India. Top government sources told media agencies in India that FSSAI team is inspecting and lifting samples from major manufacturing units today. Our units are also going to some other spice manufacturing units, they added.

Indian American activist Riddhi Patel who was arrested and charged with threatening to kill Bakersfield City Council members and the mayor during a city council meeting, is out on bail. A Superior Court of California, County of Kern public information officer confirmed to indica, Patel is out on bail, and that her bail amount has been reduced.

Significant progress has been made in the construction of various stations for Indias first bullet train and we are geared up to run the first train in one section in 2026, Union Railways and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday. In an interview with IANS, the Union Minister said the work on bullet trains is progressing very well on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai route. More than 290 km of work has already been done. Bridges have been built over eight rivers. Work is going on at 12 stations. The s

With family assets of more than $684 million, Dallas-based medical professional Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar may be the richest candidate in India's Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) elections 2024. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate from Andhra Pradesh's Guntur constituency on Monday declared his family assets in the affidavit submitted to the Election Commission while filing his nomination for the May 13 election.

Justice Markandey Katju writes: Politicians want to attain and retain power. One can therefore understand their political compulsions when they give passionate speeches to attract votes. But then, everything has a limit, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi crossed all limits last weekend when he gave a speech in Banswara, Rajasthan spouting venom against Indian Muslims, bringing the nation's political discourse to a new low.

Mohandas Gandhi may have become a figure of derision and diminishment in a growing politico-cultural constituency in India, but he never fails to astonish even through a cursory scrutiny of his lifelong preoccupations.

I was not sure if I should go back 70 years and borrow from Samuel Beckett or go back 400 years and borrow from William Shakespeare, to title this earth day rant of mine. The phrase 'waiting for Godot' is often used to describe situations where we wait for something to happen, but dont see signs that it ever will. It seems to describe the current situation in global climate finance. The phrase much ado about nothing implies a lot of fuss about something which is not important. This seems to desc

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India's 17-year-old phenom Dommaraju or D Gukesh on Monday created history as he became the champion of the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2024 after an exciting final round in Toronto, Canada. He is only the second Indian player to win the Candidates Tournament, after legendary player Viswanathan Anand. In Round 14, Gukesh used black pieces to hold rival championship contender Hikaru Nakamura to a draw and secure his victory.