WASHINGTON: US Lawmaker Honours Indian-American Engineer Who Helped Create USB Specifications
May 25, 2021
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WASHINGTON: US Lawmaker Honours Indian-American Engineer Who Helped Create USB Specifications

WASHINGTON: A US lawmaker has honoured Indian-American electrical engineer Ravinder Singh Shergill who held several patents related to disk storage and helped create the USB specifications. Shergill died on April 22 aged 64. Madam Speaker,…

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MINSK: Shri Alok Ranjan Jha appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Belarus
May 23, 2021
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Diplomatic News

MINSK: Shri Alok Ranjan Jha appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Belarus

MINSK: Shri Alok Ranjan Jha (IFS:2002), presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Belarus. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.

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MEXICO CITY: Shri Mridul Kumar has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Mexico
May 20, 2021
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MEXICO CITY: Shri Mridul Kumar has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Mexico

MEXICO CITY: Shri Mridul Kumar (IFS:1992), presently High Commissioner of India to Malaysia, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Mexico. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.

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LONDON: Indian-Origin Chemist Among Tech ‘Nobel’ Prize Winners For Revolutionary DNA Technique
May 19, 2021
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Science

LONDON: Indian-Origin Chemist Among Tech ‘Nobel’ Prize Winners For Revolutionary DNA Technique

LONDON: Cambridge University chemists Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman were on Tuesday declared the winners of the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize, a prestigious global science and technology prize awarded for their development of revolutionary sequencing…

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PARAMARIBO: Shri S. Balachandran appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Suriname
May 17, 2021
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PARAMARIBO: Shri S. Balachandran appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Suriname

PARAMARIBO: Shri S. Balachandran (YOA: 2005), presently Consul General of India in Jaffna, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Suriname. He is expected to take up the assignment…

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SCOTLAND: Indian-Origin MP In Scottish Parliament Recites Sikh Prayer Before Oath
May 14, 2021
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Politcs

SCOTLAND: Indian-Origin MP In Scottish Parliament Recites Sikh Prayer Before Oath

SCOTLAND: Pam Gosal, Scotland’s first woman MP of Indian-origin, recited a Sikh prayer before taking oath in Parliament on Thursday. Ms Gosal, 49, is also one of the first two women of colour in Scottish…

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THIMPHU: Telephone Conversation between Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and H.E. Dr. Lotay Tshering, Prime Minister of Bhutan
May 12, 2021
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THIMPHU: Telephone Conversation between Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and H.E. Dr. Lotay Tshering, Prime Minister of Bhutan

THIMPHU: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation yesterday with the Prime Minister of Bhutan, Lyonchhen Dr. Lotay Tshering. The Bhutan Prime Minister expressed solidarity with the Government and the people of India…

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LISBON: India-EU Leader’s Meeting
May 10, 2021
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LISBON: India-EU Leader’s Meeting

LISBON: At the invitation of the President of the European Council Mr. Charles Michel, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi participated in the India-EU Leaders’ Meeting today. The meeting was held in a hybrid format with…

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BOGOTA: 9th India-Colombia Foreign Office Consultations
May 7, 2021
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BOGOTA: 9th India-Colombia Foreign Office Consultations

BOGOTA: The Ninth Foreign Office Consultations between India and Colombia was held through video conference on 07 May 2021. The Indian side was led by Ms. Riva Ganguly Das, Secretary (East). The Colombian side was…

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WASHINGTON: Sunder Pichai, 2 Other Indian-Americans On Covid Global Taskforce Panel
May 7, 2021
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Business

WASHINGTON: Sunder Pichai, 2 Other Indian-Americans On Covid Global Taskforce Panel

WASHINGTON: Three Indian-American CEOs Sunder Pichai from Google, Punit Renjen from Deloitte, and Shantanu Narayen from Adobe have joined the steering committee of the Global Task Force on Pandemic Response, which is overseeing an unprecedented…

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