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  • 7 British Indians win 2022 Young Dentist Award in the UK

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    London, Dec 16 Seven British-Indians have received the Young Dentist Award in recognition of their excellence in dentistry across the whole of the UK. The 2022 Dentistry Awards, feted as 'dentistry's biggest party', took place late last month at The Athena in Leicester. While Kiran Shankla and Rohit Keshav Sunil ...
  • Indian-origin man gets jail for attacking Singapore official

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    Singapore, Dec 16 An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to 11 years and nine months' in prison in Singapore with nine strokes of the cane for attacking an enforcement officer with a sickle two years ago. Vickneswaran Sivan, 32, attacked Certis enforcement officer Mohamad Afiq Mohamad Jamil, 29, on November ...
  • Is it stress causing hair fall or hair fall causing stress?

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    Dec 16 "I was someone who was always complimented for my bouncy hair. But, now, things have changed. Nobody appreciates them because of the constant hair fall I have been facing," shares a public relation specialist adding that this has become one of the reasons for her mental stress now. ...
  • Indian-American surgeon gets 5-years jail for accepting bribes

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    New York, Dec 16 An Indian-American neurosurgeon has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for accepting approximately $3.3 million in bribes for performing spinal surgeries. Lokesh S. Tantuwaya, 55, of San Diego, California, performed surgeries at a now-defunct hospital in Long Beach. He was sentenced by US District ...
  • Trio pleads not guilty in Indian dairy worker’s murder in NZ

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    Wellington, Dec 14 Three men charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of an Indian dairy worker in New Zealand have pleaded not guilty to the crime, and will go to trial in 2024, media reports said. Janak Patel, 34, was stabbed multiple times last month at the Rose Cottage ...
  • Indian lecturer wins discrimination case against UK university

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    London, Dec 14 An Indian lecturer has won a discrimination case against a UK university whose selection process, according to an employment tribunal, was "tainted by race discrimination". The University of Portsmouth failed to reappoint Dr Kajal Sharma for a job she had been doing for five years, replacing her ...
  • Sacked British-Indian cop says didn’t know of husband’s drug-dealing

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    London, Dec 13 An Indian-origin Met police officer, who was sacked from the force last month, claimed that she was unaware that her husband was a drug dealer. Constable Rasvinder Agalliu, a former model who enjoyed a lavish lifestyle with her drug dealer husband Julian Agalliu, thought the money came ...
  • British-Indian cop ‘cooks-up’ story about transphobia for promotion

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    London, Dec 12 An Indian-origin policewoman in the UK has been found guilty of gross misconduct for fabricating a story about workplace transphobia during an appraisal interview for a promotion. Sergeant Sarah Srivastava lied about colleagues discriminating against a transgender officer and how she took steps to challenge their behaviour, ...
  • Sikh youth shot dead in latest homicide killing in Canada

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    Toronto, Dec 12 The death of 24-year-old Sanraj Singh due to gunshot wounds in Alberta province comes latest in the series of Sikhs killings in Canada. Police said they responded to reports of gunshots in the area of 51 Street and 13 Avenue of Edmonton, capital of Alberta, at approximately ...
  • 2 Indian-Americans in Money magazine’s top 50 changemakers

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    New York, Dec 12 Two Indian-Americans are among Money magazine's 50 influential figures from entertainment, media, business, investing, politics, etc., who are shaping Americans' finances. Rohit Chopra, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Gaurav Sharma of New York-based fintech firm Capitalize have been recognised for offering "unique ...