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Indian-American teacher honoured by US President
Thursday, 12/05/2016
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Washington: An Indian-American woman elementary teacher from Texas has been honored by US President Barack Obama at the White House for her excellent work in the field of education. Revathi Balakrishnan, a gifted teacher at Patsy Sommer Elementary School, was also named 2016 ‘Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year’.
Indian-American running for Senate seat in Nevada
Thursday, 12/05/2016
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Washington: An Indian-American public accountant is running for a Senate seat in the US state of Nevada by employing a non-conventional anti-corruption campaign which promises to get “dirty money” out of politics. Bobby Mahindra is pinning his hope on the grass-roots campaign he built to replace Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, 76, who has held the position uninterrupted since 1987. Mahindra, 42, claimed he had “achieved the real front runner status” by building a grass-roots campaign on the Facebook and, unlike other candidates, has not taken a single penny from corrupt sources.
‘Sikh Capt America’ takes on hate, intolerance
Tuesday, 10/05/2016
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Washington: Donald Trump wants to make America great again but ‘Sikh Captain America’ feels the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is making America hate again. “Donald Trump has certainly been a candidate whose words have been alarming for someone like me, who happens to be at the front lines of bigotry in post-9/11 America,” said Vishavjit Singh, a Washington-born Sikh artist, who occasionally transforms into ‘Sikh Capt America’.
British Sadiq Khan elected London’s mayor
Sunday, 08/05/2016
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London: Sadiq Khan has been elected the new Mayor of London boosting Labour after it slumped in Scotland’s elections. Khan was the city’s first Muslim mayor, after beating Tory Zac Goldsmith by 1, 310,143 votes to 994, 614. The result bolsters leader Jeremy Corbyn after Labour were beaten into third in Scotland by the Tories and lost some English councillors.
Indian- origin man sentenced for assaulting women
Sunday, 08/05/2016
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JMelbourne: An Indian-origin taxi driver in NewZealand has been sentenced to three months home detention for ‘indecent assault’ on two women in separate incidents, a media report said on Saturday.
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