The first national convention of the Kerala chapter of INOC was held recently at Syro-Malabar church auditorium in Bellwood, Illinois. Thiruvachoor Radhakrishnan, minister from Kerala, inaugurated the event by lighting a traditional lamp.
ILLINOIS: The teams of Oak Brook Polo Club and Delhi Polo Club competed for the International Cup on International Day on the Oak Brook polo grounds in Illinois. This was the first time a team from India came to Oak Brook for polo.
The Indian consul-general in Chicago hosted a
reception dinner at the Chicago Yacht Club to honour Indian ambassador to the
United States, Arun Kumar Singh, last week. This was the first visit of the Indian
Ambassador to the city.
Sita Kantha Dash, born in Tunpur, Odisha came to USA in 1969 and earned a doctorate in nutrition in 1973. Currently living in Minneapolis, he embodies the “American dream” as an innovator, entrepreneur, community leader and philanthropist. His vision and hard work led a little known probiotics company in the seventies to an industry worth $35 billion today. Probiotics are generally regarded good bacteria for the digestive system.
The expatriate Malayali community from Kerala, the largest ethnic bloc of Indians in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries in the region, celebrated the Onam festival on Friday.The ten-day harvest festival is celebrated by the Malayali community irrespective of religious beliefs and social status.
On a bright and sunny day in the fall of 2012, an Indian family living there was walking back to the car after attending a fair. The father asked his daughter to sing. Nisha Kataria, the daughter, started to sing. Within a minute or so, a stranger, who later introduced himself as an agent from Hollywood, approached the family and complimented Nisha on her singing and asked for her contact information.

STILLWATER (Oklahoma): Impostors posing as Internal Revenue Services (IRS) officers in USA have recently been targeting innocent people, only to defraud them. Not just Indians, but all international students and professionals are vulnerable to these swindlers. Scant knowledge of foreign laws, fear lurking in the minds of immigrants and inherent cultural differences are some of the reasons for students falling prey to this trap.
The Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking 2015 was held recently at Caesar’s Palace Convention Center in Las Vegas, USA.
Federation of Indian Association, Schaumburg celebrated the 69th Indian Independence Day a day later on August 16 at Boombers Stadium in Schaumburg, Chicago. The festival, attended by more than 5,000 people, began with a flag-hoisting ceremony and the singing of the Indian and American national anthems.
MISSISSAUGA: The city of Mississauga has undertaken an ambitious project of planting one million trees by 2032. Launched in the spring of 2013, Mississauga — Canada’s sixth largest and fastest growing major city in the central part of the Greater Toronto area — has already planted over 100,000 trees so far.
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