IT'S CHAI TIME
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April 2021 -
The coronavirus pandemic didn’t just claim more than half-a-million lives in America, it left many people in financial despair. But some saw their fortunes rise during the pandemic, as demand for their products and services increased. Among them was Dr. Vivek Murthy, President Biden’s nominee for Surgeon General, who has earned at least $2.6 million in consulting fees and speaking engagements since January 2020, according to The Washington Post.
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April 2021 -
DoorDash, the online food ordering and delivery platform, has acquired Chowbatics, a California-based company that sells a salad-making robot named Sally. The robot’s creator, Deepak Sekar, who earned his master’s and PhD degrees from Georgia Tech, is an inventor with 125 patents. He founded Chowbotics in 2014 to make fresh food more accessible through the application of advanced robotics.
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March 2021 -
Sean Desai has a master’s degree in higher and postsecondary education from Columbia University, and a doctorate in educational administration from Temple University. The Chicago Bears recently promoted Desai from safeties coach to defensive coordinator, making him the first Indian-American coordinator in the NFL.
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March 2021 -
Odisha FC, one of the 11 clubs competing in the Indian Super League (ISL), has hired Raj Athwal as club president. The British Indian has more than 25 years’ experience with clubs in the U.K., including Coventry and Watford in England, and the Glasgow Rangers in Scotland.
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March 2021 -
While going for a 5-mile run in Washington, D.C., with his girlfriend, a man named Bobby Tran spotted a familiar figure jogging up and down the stairs of the Lincoln Memorial. It was Vice President Kamala Harris, accompanied by secret service agents.
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March 2021 -
Quotes by Ro Khanna, Congressman of California / Adarsh Gourav, who plays the lead role of Balram Halwai / Neera Tanden, nominated by President Joe Biden to lead the Office of Management and Budget / Nisha Anand, CEO of Dream Corps, a social justice nonprofit organization.
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March 2021 -
How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
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March 2021 -
India has a population of almost 1.4 billion, so it shouldn’t be surprising that some Indians are absolutely amazing. Their athletic prowess makes me shake my head and wonder why Abhinav Bindra is still India’s only individual Olympic gold medalist. The most recent Indian to amaze me is Laithangbam Vidyasagar Singh, a former weightlifter from Manipur. Singh set a Guinness World Record by doing 85 four-finger pushups in one minute.
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March 2021 -
Aditya Singh, a 36-year-old man who came from India to get a master’s degree at Oklahoma State University, was arrested in mid-January at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport for an unusual crime: living in the airport for three months.
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March 2021 -
Scam artists exist in all countries, but when it comes to swindling Americans out of millions of dollars through phone calls, the fraudsters in India have few peers, as writer Yudhijit Bhattacharjee has discovered. Over the years, he has received dozens of calls from scammers trying to dupe him using a range of schemes, some even claiming to be IRS agents and demanding payment of back taxes through iTunes gift cards or Western Union transfers.
