by Amrita Priya | Mar 2, 2024
(March 2, 2024) A few years ago, prominent Indian American investor Frank Islam, donated $2 million to his alma mater, Aligarh Muslim University. An ace philanthropist, Islam and his wife Debbie established the Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman Charitable Foundation in...
by Amrita Priya | Jan 22, 2024
(January 22, 2024) Come March 2024, and the 96th edition of the Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are scheduled to air. Los Angeles-based live television event producer Raj Kapoor has been selected as the executive producer and showrunner of the...
by Amrita Priya | Jan 16, 2024
(January 16, 2024) Renowned for securing the best actress award at the 1965 Berlin Film Festival for her portrayal of a pompous Bollywood star in Merchant Ivory’s film ‘Shakespeare Wallah’, Madhur Jaffrey is a trailblazer in the culinary world. She...
by Amrita Priya | Dec 9, 2023
(December 9, 2023) A tiny satellite called ASTERIA, no bigger than a briefcase, did something once only big telescopes could do. It detected 55 Cancri e, a planet twice the size of Earth and possibly made of diamond inside, 41 light years away from earth. ASTERIA was...
by Amrita Priya | Nov 22, 2023
(November 22, 2023) “A 100 million people in India suffer from Type 2 diabetes, while 136 million are pre diabetic,” remarks Dr Nalini Saligram while talking about the diabetes menace. The former corporate executive based in Atlanta and Bengaluru, is committed to...