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 Indian professor devices method to use cellphone for eye tests  
  Posted by ,Washington, On Monday June 28 2010 10:53:24
Boston: A team led by an Indian-origin professor has devised a method of using mobile phones for conducting eye tests, a technique it hopes will be useful in places lacking hi-tech eye equipment.

The device, called NETRA, which means eye in Hindi, has been designed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.....
 US visas pose 'appallingly pervasive problem'    
  Posted by ,Washington, On Monday June 28 2010 10:41:04
Washington: A day after India raised the issue of visas for Indian professionals and skilled workers, a senior US official acknowledged that visas posed an "appallingly pervasive problem" in science and technology cooperation.

"Visas have been an appallingly pervasive problem in science and technology.....
 Republicans split over backing Nikki Haley    
  Posted by ,Washington, On Saturday June 19 2010 17:04:59
Washington: While national Republicans are busy advancing Indian American lawmaker Nikki Haley’s bid for governor of South Carolina, much of the state party establishment seems to be working furiously to torpedo her chances in the June 22 runoff.


Gresham Barrett, the Republican congressman "backed by a.....
 1.6 million Indians make US their home  
  Posted by ,Washington, On Tuesday June 15 2010 11:10:26
Washington: With about 1.6 million foreign-born from India residing in the United States in 2008, they have emerged as the third-largest immigrant group in America after Mexican and Filipino immigrants. There were, however, 2.3 million members of the Indian diaspora residing in the United States in 2008, including.....
 Obama lauds Indian woman who came to build her dreams  
  Posted by ,Washington, On Tuesday June 15 2010 11:07:41
Washington: US President Barack Obama has lauded an Indian woman entrepreneur who came to America "to build your own dreams and be your own boss" and set up a successful technology services company.

This "promise of being able to build your own dreams and be your own boss led Prachee - Prachee Devadas to come.....
 Billionaire Rajaratnam faces new charges in insider trading scam  
  Posted by ,NewYork, On Wednesday February 17 2010 15:30:02
New York: Galleon Group founder and billionaire Raj Rajaratnam, accused of masterminding the largest insidertrading scam in US history, faces an additional 40 years in prison under a new indictment.

Federal prosecutors added two new securities fraud charges against the Tamil Sri Lankan billionaire in an.....
 Anand faces new rape charges, pleads not guilty  
  Posted by ,NewYork, On Friday February 05 2010 17:27:09
New York: Indiaborn fashion designer Anand Jon was faced with fresh multiple charges of sexually assaulting a dozen women, including teenagers, in a New York court. He, however, pleaded "not guilty" to the new charges.

Jon, who was sentenced to 59 years in jail by a California court in September last year for.....