Indian Origin

US: 66-year-old Indian-origin man shot dead during armed robbery in Philadelphia, say media reports

According to the police, the culprits entered the gas station's mini-mart and broke into a back area where Patro, the store's clerk, was working. They attacked and shot him once in the back and fled with a cash register

Indian-origin professor Swathi Arur named 'Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine Scholar'

Swathi Arur's passion for health improvement was evident since her undergraduate days at the University of Delhi in 1991-1994, where she started a non-governmental organisation focused on providing better healthcare for children with HIV

Singapore executes specially-enabled Indian-origin Malaysian drug trafficker

Dharmalingam, 34, was convicted for importing 42.72 grams of heroin in 2009, when he was caught at Woodlands Checkpoint while entering Singapore

Indian-origin judge Narandran 'Jody' Kollapen appointed to South Africa's highest judicial bench

Kollapen was interviewed twice before for appointment to the Constitutional Court but was unsuccessful then despite having served two terms as an acting judge of the same institution.

Indian-origin rapper in Singapore to be charged for promoting ill will between ethnic groups

The Singapore Police Force has listed four incidents involving the rapper, who had been conditionally warned in 2019, for publishing a "racially-charged" video attempting to promote feelings of ill will between the Chinese and other races

Indian-origin researcher part of Canadian team who isolated coronavirus strain; move will help world find treatment, vaccine

A person of India origin was part of a group of researchers responsible for isolating the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the viral agent that has been causing the COVID-19 disease

Indian-origin family of four found dead inside house in US' Iowa with gunshot wounds; motive of crime not known

Four members of a family with Indian origin hailing from Andhra Pradesh, including two teenagers, were found dead inside their home in West Des Moines, United States's Iowa state on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Chandrasekhar Sunkara, 44; Lavanya Sunkara, 41; and two boys, ages 15 and 10.

3 Indian-origin consultants charged in H-1B visa fraud in US; trio indicted of submitting 'sham applications'

The defendants allegedly used Nanosemantics to submit fraudulent I-129 petitions and obtain H-1B visas for workers that the defendants could later place at local companies

Teenager shoots dead 61-yr-old Telangana man in New Jersey in suspected robbery, carjacking

A 61-year old Indian-origin man in the US has been shot dead by a juvenile boy in a suspected robbery and carjacking incident in New Jersey, prosecutors said.

'Lot of fuel left in my tank, will spend more time with family,' says Indra Nooyi after 12 years as PepsiCo CEO

PepsiCo's Indian-origin CEO Indra Nooyi, who will step down Wednesday after 12 years at the helm of the global beverage giant, said that "lot of fuel" is still left in her "tank" and she looks forward to doing something different with her life and spend more time with her family.