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IT'S CHAI TIME
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Raj Chetty: The Beyonce of Economics
June 2021 - Raj Chetty, the 41-year-old economics professor at Harvard University, has been widely admired for his research, but he has probably never been called the “Beyoncé of economics,” as he was on a recent episode of NPR’s Planet Money.
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Indiana Bartender Wins Acclaim in His Field
June 2021 - Indian-American parents are notorious for pushing their children into fields such as medicine, law and computer science. But some are able to recognize opportunities in a variety of fields.
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Good Sports: Sailing to Tokyo
May 2021 - Nethra Kumanan has become the first Indian woman sailor to ever qualify for the Olympics. She will compete in the laser radial class of sailing at the Tokyo Olympics, which kicks off on July 23.
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Good Sports: London Hopes to Attract IPL
May 2021 - The NFL, NBA and MLB have all played games in London, and now the city hopes to attract the Indian Premier League. London Mayor Sadiq Khan is working with Surrey County Cricket Club to bring IPL matches to the city.
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Good Spoirts: Basketball Star Heading to Stanford
May 2021 - Ryan Agarwal, a high school basketball star from Coppell, Texas, received scholarship offers from a dozen universities, but the choice was easy for him: Stanford.
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QUOTA of QUOTES
May 2021 - Quotes by Karthick Ramakrishnan, director of AAPI/ Chandro Tomar, 89, an Uttar Pradesh woman believed to be the oldest professional sharpshooter in the world/ Atlanta-based author Sanjena Sathian/ Twitter message from Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, the newest recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
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DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
May 2021 - How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
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Fun Time: Celebrities Risk Dying MoreThan Once
May 2021 - BBC News recently sent out a tweet that announced the death of a legendary American actress. Emmy award-winning US actress Mary Tyler Moore dies aged 80, actually died more than four years ago. It is even sadder when the celebrity dies for the second time.
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Superman Vaccinates Thousands in Pennsylvania
May 2021 - Thanks to Superman, thousands of people in the Philadelphia suburb of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, have received their Covid-19 vaccine.
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Lending Apps that Reports to Your Friends
May 2021 - As The New York Times reported, these lending apps, which appear to originate from China, do not care about credit scores, but require access to a borrower’s phone, where they grab contact info, photos and text messages.