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Indian-American FedEX CEO Raj Subramaniam presented with Pravasi Bharatiya Samman

Indian-American FedEX CEO Raj Subramaniam presented with Pravasi Bharatiya Samman

by | Apr 17, 2023 | Indian-American

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Raj Subramaniam, the Indian-American CEO of global transportation giant FedEx, has been presented with the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, the highest civilian award given by India to persons of Indian origin and Indian diaspora.

Subramanian, 55, was presented with the award by India’s Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu at a ceremony at the India House on Saturday since he could not travel to India early this year to receive the award.

The other awardee, Darshan Singh Dhaliwal, was also present at the event.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo along with senior officials of the Biden Administration and several hundred Indian Americans were present at the event.

Subramanian is the president and CEO of FedEx Corporation, one of the world’s largest transportation companies. His international leadership experience and keen business insights have contributed immensely to the success of FedEx.

Watch: Ali Sethi sings ‘Pasoori’ with Indian American rapper Raja Kumari at Coachella Music Festival

Watch: Ali Sethi sings ‘Pasoori’ with Indian American rapper Raja Kumari at Coachella Music Festival

by | Apr 17, 2023 | Entertainment

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‘What we can’t do over there we can do over here…all kinds of forbidden love represented here today,’ Sethi said from the stage.

Indian American Researcher Backs T-cell Covid Vaccine Over Current Jabs, Says Will Last Longer

Indian American Researcher Backs T-cell Covid Vaccine Over Current Jabs, Says Will Last Longer

by | Apr 15, 2023 | Indian-American

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A T-cell-based Covid vaccine may last longer than the current jabs, providing long-lasting immunity against future emerging variants, and could be used as a model for other seasonal viral diseases like the flu, an Indian American researcher has revealed.
The current Covid vaccines are designed to trigger an antibody response to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, which is vulnerable to mutations that could make the vaccine less effective over time.

Focusing on the T-cell instead, Pennsylvania State University researchers in the US partnered with Evaxion Biotech on a study that was the first to demonstrate the effectiveness of an AI-generated vaccine in a live viral challenge model.

In their study, the researchers challenged mice with a lethal dose of SARS-CoV-2 and found that 87.5 per cent of the mice that were vaccinated with the T-cell-based vaccine survived, while only one of the control-group mice survived.
Additionally, all the vaccinated mice that survived cleared the infection within 14 days post-challenge, said the study published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology.

“To our knowledge, this study is the first to show in vivo protection against severe Covid-19 by an AI-designed T-cell vaccine,” said
“Our vaccine was extremely effective at preventing severe Covid-19 in mice, and it can be easily scaled up to start testing it in humans, as well,” he added.

The research also paves the way for the potential rapid design of novel T-cell vaccines against emerging and seasonal viral diseases, like influenza.

According to Kirimanjeswara, the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is under heavy selection pressure, which can result in mutations that drive the emergence of new variants.

“This means that vaccine manufacturers will have to keep creating new vaccines that target new variants, and people have to keep getting these new vaccines,” he noted.

The virus would have to undergo too many mutations to be able to escape this T-cell-mediated immunity, so that is one advantage.
“The second advantage is that T-cell-mediated immunity is usually long lasting, so you don’t need repeated booster doses,” Kirimanjeswara explained.

Top 10 Most Popular Hollywood Actors of 2023 in India

Top 10 Most Popular Hollywood Actors of 2023 in India

by | Apr 15, 2023 | Entertainment

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Tom Cruise has become the most popular Hollywood Actor of 2023 in India. He has also become famous as an action star for playing the role of Ethan Hunt in all six of the Mission: Impossible films from 1996 to 2018. While Dwayne Johnson stands second in the list of most popular Hollywood Actors of 2021 in India.

According to Ormax Media, Tom Cruise has topped the list. He has left behind many famous Hollywood actors that including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, and many more. Here we present the list of the top 10 most popular Hollywood Actors of 2023 in India:-

1. Tom Cruise
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Nationality– American
Age– 60 years
Profession– Actor and Producer

Tom Cruise is an American actor and producer. His actual name is Thomas Cruise Mapother IV. He was born on 3rd July 1962. He has received various awards throughout his career that including three Golden Globe Awards. Further, it also includes nominations for a British Academy Film Award and three Academy Awards. Tom Cruise is basically one of the highest-grossing box office stars of all time.

2. Dwayne Jhonson
dwayne Top 10 Most Popular Hollywood Actors of 2023 in India
Nationality– American
Age– 50 years
Profession– Actor, Producer, Professional Wrestler, and Businessman

Dwayne Jhonson is an American Actor, Producer, Professional Wrestler, and Businessman. His full name is Dwayne Douglas Johnson. He was born on 2nd May 1972. Dwayne Johnson is regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, he wrestled for almost eight years before pursuing acting as his career. His films have grossed over $3.5 billion in North America and over $10.5 billion worldwide.

3. Robert Downey Jr.
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HOLLYWOOD, CA – APRIL 23: Actor Robert Downey Jr. attends the premiere of Disney and Marvel’s ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ on April 23, 2018, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
Nationality– American
Age– 57 years
Profession– Actor and Producer

Robert Downey Jr. is an American Actor and Producer. His full name is Robert John Downey Jr. He was born on 4th April 1965. In 2008 he was named by Time magazine among the 100 most influential people in the world. According to Forbes, from 2013 to 2015, Dwayne was listed as Hollywood’s highest-paid actor. His career has been characterized by critical and popular success in his youth, followed by a period of substance abuse and legal troubles, before a resurgence of commercial success later in his career.

4. Leonardo Dicaprio
leonardo Top 10 Most Popular Hollywood Actors of 2023 in India
Nationality– American
Age– 48 years
Profession– Actor and Film Producer

Leonardo Dicaprio is an American Actor and Film Producer. His full name is Leonardo Wilhelm Dicaprio. He was born on 11th November 1974. Dicaprio is known for his work in biopics and period films. He has received many Academy film awards including Golden Globe Awards. As of 2019, his films have grossed over $7.2 billion worldwide, and he has been placed eight times in annual rankings of the world’s highest-paid actors.

5. Chris Hemsworth
chris Top 10 Most Popular Hollywood Actors of 2023 in India
Nationality– Australian
Age– 39 years
Profession– Actor

Christopher Hemsworth is an Australian Actor. He was born on 11th August 1983. He has become famous after playing the role of Kim Hyde in the Australian TV series named Home and Away (2004-2007) before beginning a film career in Hollywood. Although Hemsworth is best known for playing the role of Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he began with the role of Thor in 2011 and most recently has appeared in What If…? in 2021.

6. Will Smith
will Top 10 Most Popular Hollywood Actors of 2023 in India
Nationality– American
Age– 54 years
Profession– Actor, Film Producer, and Rapper

Will Smith is an American Actor, Film Producer, and Rapper. His full name is Willard Carroll Smith II. He was born on 25th September 1968. Will Smith is basically famous for his comedic and dramatic acting roles. He has received many awards that include four Grammy Awards, one Golden Globe Award, and two Academy Award nominations. As of 2016, his films have grossed $7.5 billion at the global box office.

7. Brad Pitt
brad 1 Top 10 Most Popular Hollywood Actors of 2023 in India
Nationality– American
Age– 59 years
Profession– Actor and Film Producer

Brad Pitt is an American Actor and Film Producer. His full name is William Bradley Pitt. He was born on 18th December 1963. Brad Pitt has also received many awards that include an Academy Award, a British Academy Award, a second British Academy Film Award, a third Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award as a producer under the banner of Plan B Entertainment.

8. Vin Diesel
vin Top 10 Most Popular Hollywood Actors of 2023 in India
Nationality– American
Age– 55 years
Profession– Actor and Filmmaker

Vin Diesel is an American Actor and Filmmaker, his original name is Mark Sinclair. He was born on 18th July 1967. He is one of the world’s highest-grossing actors. He is best known for playing Dominic Toretto in the Fast & Furious franchise. Diesel has voiced the titular character in The Iron Giant (1999) while he has gained the reputation as an action star after headlining the Fast & Furious, XXX, and The Chronicles of Riddick franchises.

9. Johnny Depp
jhonny Top 10 Most Popular Hollywood Actors of 2023 in India
Nationality– American
Age– 59 years
Profession– Actor, Producer, and Musician

Johnny Depp is an American Actor, Producer, and Musician. His full name is John Christopher Depp II. He was born on 9th June 1963. John Depp has received several awards that include a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Further, he has received three nominations for Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. He has become commercially successful and famous after playing Captain Jack Sparrow in the swashbuckler film series named Pirates of the Caribbean (2003- present). Depp was one of the world’s biggest film stars and was listed by the Guinness World Records as the world’s highest-paid actor, with earnings of US$75 million.

10. Chris Evans
evans Top 10 Most Popular Hollywood Actors of 2023 in India
Nationality– American
Age– 41 years
Profession– Actor

Chris Evans is an American actor, his full name is Christopher Robert Evans. He was born on 13th June 1981. Chris Evans is mainly known for his role as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). He started his career with roles in TV series, such as Opposite Sex in 2000. Chris Evans’s work on the Marvel series has established him as one of the highest-paid actors.

Nikki Haley’s Unkindest Cut: Mocks Fellow Indian American Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy

Nikki Haley’s Unkindest Cut: Mocks Fellow Indian American Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy

by | Apr 13, 2023 | Indian-American

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Even as former president Donald Trump sucks up the media oxygen with his indictment drama, Nikki Haley, who is the first Republican to officially jump into the presidential race, is quietly going about her business. Unlike Trump who likes to hold big rallies, Haley is focused on retail politics — meeting people, pressing the flesh, and engaging voters in small gatherings — just the way it has been traditionally done in early primary states like Iowa and New Hampshire. She held 20 events in the last six weeks, according to news reports.

Her low-key approach is paying off against Trump chaos, at least insofar as fundraising is concerned, if not in poll numbers. She is still polling in single digits. In the first six weeks since her announcement, however, she has raised an impressive $11 million in small donations from all over the country, her campaign said in a news release.

Haley’s campaign raised more than nearly all the 2016 GOP candidates in their first quarter — and more than Trump in the first quarter of this cycle, Axios reported. It is not known how much Trump has raised.

While most undeclared candidates who are waiting to get into the race are wary of openly taking on Trump, Haley has been making not-so-subtle digs against her former boss, in a bid to consolidate support from never-Trumpers in the Republican party.

Even as she decried Trump’s indictment by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, her campaign manager, Betsy Ankney trolled the front runner saying, “Donald Trump had a pretty good Q1, if you count being indicted as ‘good.’”

Even as she decried Trump’s indictment by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, her campaign manager, Betsy Ankney trolled the front runner saying, “Donald Trump had a pretty good Q1, if you count being indicted as ‘good.’”

In a campaign memo obtained by Axios, Ankney said “it’s increasingly clear that Trump’s candidacy is more consumed by the grievances of the past and the promise of more drama in the future, rather than a forward-looking vision for the American people.”

The memo also had a caustic comment about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has been polling much better than Haley, saying that he is “not ready for prime time” — in a reference to his recent fumbles on Ukraine. He recently characterized the Russia-Ukraine war as a “territorial dispute,” much to the chagrin of the party ranks, before walking back.

That gave the Haley campaign an opening to question DeSantis’ foreign policy credentials and highlight the diplomatic chops she acquired as U.S. ambassador to the UN in the previous administration.

As for other declared Republican candidates, particularly Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy, Ankney wrote, “Wait, what others?”

It might sound like the unkindest cut against a fellow Indian American rival, but the fact remains that Ramaswamy’s candidacy has not gotten any traction, except on Fox News, where he makes his regular cameos.

A political neophyte, the 37-year-old Ramaswamy emerged on the national stage after publishing his book “Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam,” which criticizes political correctness and identity politics in the corporate world.