by Deepa Natarajan Lobo | Sep 20, 2026
(Sep 20, 2026)While growing up in India, medicine and engineering were among the traditional career choices for Avantika Velho. With her mother a doctor at Goa Medical College and her father taking the entrepreneurial route, Avantika too once imagined a career in one...
by Amrita Priya | Jul 19, 2026
At 23, Tushar Kumar is the UK’s youngest Indian-origin mayor. Inspired by his mother, who was also elected mayor this year, the Haryana-born politician is proving that age is no barrier to public service. When Tushar Kumar was sworn in as Mayor of Elstree and...
by Amrita Priya | May 22, 2026
(May 22, 2026) Sixteen-year-olds Avyana Mehta, Vivaan Chhawchharia and Ariana Agarwal have been named Asia Winners of The Earth Prize 2026 for developing Plas-Stick, a solution that uses powder of waste tamarind seeds to bind microplastics into visible clumps that can...
by Amrita Priya | May 12, 2026
(Aug 9, 2026) Handcrafted products sourced from Nagpur and Indore are being sold through partner locations such as Patel Brothers in Ashburn and Lotte Plaza Market in Chantilly, and at places like the Rajdhani Mandir and SV Lotus Temple during community events in...
by Amrita Priya | May 9, 2026
(May 9, 2026) About two years ago, Shaan Guru was sitting inside a Panera Bread outlet in Orlando, the popular American bakery-cafe chain known for sandwiches, soups, and fresh bread, when he noticed trays of perfectly usable food being discarded at the end of the...
