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American Heart Association to recognize Dr. Pradeep Natarajan for discovering novel therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease.
Indian American White House spokesperson’s move follows Jay Clayton’s arrival as DNI in place of Tulsi Gabbard.
Former Miss USA Nina Davuluri brings her documentary on colorism and skin-lightening to India amid resistance from distributors.
Indian American Nabeela Syed, who made history at 23, is running for the Illinois State Senate after building a record in the state House.
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The all-in-chief is in a tearing hurry to tear down historic edifices
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Flow Engineering raises $50 million in Series B funding at a $750 million valuation to expand its AI tools for hardware design and engineering
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Musk’s xAI owns the “dot.com” domain and redirects it to Grok, fueling speculation that the move was aimed at OpenAI’s newly launched AI agent
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Indian space tech startup TakeMe2Space is set to launch its AI-powered MOI-1A satellite aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-18 rideshare mission.