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Pratham USA wins Kravis leadership award

Pratham USA, which aims to educate India's underprivileged children through awareness programs about illiteracy, was awarded the 2010 Henry R Kravis Prize in Leadership last week. The $250,000......

Tharoor praises Pratham's literacy drive

United Nations Under Secretary General Shashi Tharoor extolled the work done by non-governmental organizations like Pratham that have helped raise literacy levels in India.Tharoor, at the world......

Pratham hopes to raise 150,000 from NRIs

British Indians areexpected to contribute at least 150,000 for eradicating illiteracy in Indiaat a charity event in London on Friday evening. Veteran actress Waheeda Rahman will launch the event on......

Kamala Harris: Lessons on Democracy on Besant Nagar Beach

Whatever be Kamala Harris's preference for her identity, many Indians in the US will rally around her as she is the first person with Indian blood in her veins to get close to the White House,......

Indian American heads US college of chest doctors

Dr Kalpalatha K Guntupalli of Houston, the only woman president of the American Association of Physicians of Indian origin, has been elected as the first Asian American woman president of the......

Pratham to honour Amartya Sen

Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has been selected as the recipient of the second annual Pratham USA Award for Outstanding Service in education, the non-profit organisation announced recently. The award......

3 NRIs bag entrepreneurship awards

Three Indian Americans have been awarded by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce for their outstanding and tireless work as entrepreneurs.Dinesh Shah, owner of Shah Companies; Jaspret (Rick) Pal,......

How US companies are helping India fight coronavirus

A large number of American companies like Google, Uber and IBM are offering their resources to help India successfully fight the battle against the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Photograph:......

Gates, Hewlett earmark $9.1 mn for Indian kids

The William and Flora Hewlett and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations announced a $9.1 million grant for Pratham, a non-profit organisation, recently to help 60 million children in India get added......

'We wish Rajat well in these trying times'

Leading IIT alumni in the United States, including former chairmen and CEOs of Fortune 500 multinational conglomerates like Raj L Gupta, expressed sadness over the Greek-like tragic fall of Rajat......

Exes Freida Pinto, Dev Patel reunite for charity

A lowdown on what's happening in Hollywood. Photograph: Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images It was a former couple reunion as Freida Pinto and Dev Patel recently came together for the sake of......

Anupam Kher's new role

Anupam Kher tells us about his new role. And no, it's not a filmi one.Anupam Kher, whose career spans nearly 400 films and over 100 plays, has been appointed the goodwill ambassador of the Pratham......

Jr World Cup: Dhanush wins India's third gold

Photograph: Kind courtesy ISSF/Twitter Dhanush Srikanth won the men's 10m air rifle event in the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, giving India their third gold of the competition so far, in......

IPL Auction: Shami, Iyer for Rs 2 cr

IMAGE: Mohammed Shami celebrates taking a wicket for the Punjab Kings during IPL 2021. Photograph: BCCI The top Indian players, including Mohammed Shami, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin and......

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