Indian-origin philanthropist who donated $5.5 million to Texas hospital says she’s uncomfortable with publicity: ‘We don’t advertise’

Sunita Agarwal said she and her husband, Brij Agarwal, prefer to keep their philanthropic work out of the spotlight. Sunita Agarwal and her husband Brij Agarwal do not like to advertise their philanthropic works. After the Indian- American couple’s $5.5 million donation to the St Luke’s Foundation in Texas launched them into the limelight, Sunita…

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Who is Mahender Makhijani? Indian-origin businessman accused of hosting sex parties and blackmailing attendees in $100 million fraud case

An Indian-origin financier is accused of running a $100 million bank fraud scheme in California. He lived a double life of luxury, intimidation and blackmail, including hosting parties with sex workers and later using those events to pressure attendees, reports the New York Post.44-year-old Mahender Makhijani was arrested on Wednesday after armed federal agents raided…

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Vibhav Altekar: Who is Vibhav Altekar? Indian-American behind drone boat used in landmark US military rescue in Hormuz

An Indian-American technology executive has come into the spotlight after a drone boat developed by his company was used in what the US military described as its first rescue operation involving an autonomous surface vessel.Two crew members of a US Army Apache helicopter that went down near the Strait of Hormuz were rescued by the…

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Indian-origin police officer Tarun Bali killed on duty in Canada’s Ontario by mental hospital escapee

Photo credit: @OPPCommissioner/X An Indian-origin police officer, Tarun Bali, was killed in the line of duty during an investigation near Hearst in northern Ontario on Tuesday, authorities said. An 18-year-old has been taken into custody as investigators probe the circumstances surrounding his death.Constable Tarun Bali, a member of the Ontario Provincial Police’s (OPP) Dufferin Detachment…

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People were celebrating as my business burned down: Indian entrepreneur in Belfast says he didn’t expect this much hatred

An Indian-origin entrepreneur was targeted in Belfast as his soon-to-open supermarket was set on fire in a deliberate act of arson. (Photo: Irish News) An Indian businessman who dreamed of opening his grocery store in an abandoned building in Belfast that he purchased has been left with nothing after some people intentionally set the building…

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