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Indian American tech tycoon Vivek Ranadive buys NBA team Sacramento Kings

Indian American software magnate Vivek Ranadive, who has become the first person of Indian descent to become the owner of a major US basketball team, plans to build the Sacramento Kings into a global brand.

05/20/13
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Indian American Eesha Khare’s gizmo could charge your cellphone in 20 seconds

Khare (lt), Budisteanu (ctr) & Wanjune Lin (rt) took the top 3 prizes at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair [Credit: Intel/Chris Ayers]

Washington, May 20 -- An 18-year-old Indian-American has developed a potentially revolutionary device that can charge a mobile phone in just 20 seconds, a media report said.

05/20/13
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NRI found dead in Lucknow

Lucknow, May 20 -- A NRI, running a NGO here for HIV-AIDS afflicted, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his rented accomodation here Monday, police said.

05/20/13
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Sri Srinivasan approved by Senate Judiciary Committee

Washington -- Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan has moved a step closer to making history as the first South Asian judge on the US Court of Appeals for the American capital.

05/20/13
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Presidential Scholar Hema Pingali from Randolph School makes her community proud

Hema Pingali of Huntsville Alabama has been named a 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholar, The U.S. Department of Education announced on May 6.

05/16/13
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Satyajit Dattagupta Named VP of Enrollment at Washington College

CHESTERTOWN, MD—Washington College has named Satyajit Dattagupta, an admissions executive at the University of Rochester with a strong background in computer science and data analysis, as its new Vice President for Enrollment Management.

05/16/13
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Got high blood pressure? Try hanging up your cell phone

A study released Wednesday at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hypertension in San Francisco found that talking on a mobile phone causes systolic blood pressure - the higher number in a blood pressure reading and the number doctors pay more attention to as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease - to rise significantly.

05/16/13
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