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Gerard K. O’Neill Space Settlement Contest: Brampton high school team with several Indian-origin teens beats 23,000 students worldwide to win prestigious space contest | World News

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A team of Grade 12 students from Central Peel Secondary School in Brampton, Canada, has won the grand prize in the 2026 Gerard K. O’Neill Space Settlement Contest. The team included several students of Indian origin and defeated more than 23,000 students from 31 countries. Their project, titled Saoirse, proposed a self-sustaining space settlement for…

‘I hate to admit it…’: Indian-origin Texas woman Meenu Batra says she is afraid she could be arrested again

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Meenu Batra speaks about her ICE detention after living in the US for 35 years. In her first interview after being released from ICE detention for over six weeks, Indian-origin Texas woman Meenu Batra told CBS News exclusively that she is afraid that she could be arrested again. Batra had been living in the US…

Indian man dies in US, family says he battled a month with Valley fever

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Indian man dies in the US of Valley fever. Chiranjeevi Kolla, a 37-year-old Indian man, died in California after a month-long battle with Valley fever, his family said via a fundraiser. His cousin Rama Koteswara Rao said that in April Chiranjeevi came down with what felt like an ordinary flu but it kept worsening and…

Indian-origin Texas teen brings two grandmothers to prom, says choice to take Ba and Ma was simple

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Indian-origin Texas teen Reeyan Mistry takes his two grandmothers to prom. Two grandmothers attended their first prom ever at a small private school in Addison, Texas as Reeyan Mistry, the high school senior, did not have to think twice over whom he would ask to be his prom date. It was his Ba and Ma,…

Indian-origin woman’s body found in car boot in UK; family to travel to Britain seeking justice | World News

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The family of Harshita Brella, the Indian woman whose body was discovered inside the boot of a car in east London last year, is expected to travel to the UK this week as they continue their fight for justice in the case, according to the BBC.Brella, 24, was found dead inside a Vauxhall Corsa in…

Sandarsh Krishna: Missing Indian man Sandarsh Krishna found dead in Grand Canyon, no cause of death established yet

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Hiker Sandarsh Krishna, who went missing inside Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, was found dead. After a 10-day search, the body of Sandarsh Krishna, a 26-year-old Indian man, who went missing inside Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, was recovered but no cause of death could be established. Park officials announced Tuesday that the body…

US imposes visa ban on Indians linked to alleged fentanyl trafficking network

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The United States has imposed visa restrictions on the owner and several associates of an India-based online pharmacy accused of trafficking illicit fentanyl-laced drugs into the US.US state department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said on Tuesday that visa restrictions were being imposed on 13 individuals associated with KS International Traders and its owner.“The US department of…

Green card, citizenship application processing continues to face delays

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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), under a new vetting protocol rolled out in end April, requires its officials to resubmit fingerprints for pending cases to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI’s) upgraded background check system before applications can be approved.The revised checks, required for better national security, apply to a broad range…

Indian-origin former CEO sentenced to 5 years in prison over $212 million fraud in New Jersey, asked to pay $125 million

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Super-rich NRI Paul Parmar sentenced to five years in prison over fraud in New Jersey. Parmjit Parmar, a 55-year-old Indian-origin man from New Jersey, has been sentenced to five years in jail, followed by three years’ supervised release and a payment of $125 million over his involvement in a large-scale conspiracy to defraud investors, in…