Kolam found a place in the virtual kick-off of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris, who traces her roots to Tamil Nadu where the motifs drawn with rice flour welcome visitors into traditional homes.
Pictures of thousands of Kolam tiles were on Saturday woven into a video to welcome Biden and Harris in the spirit of “Presidency for All” and to showcase the multi-cultural heritage of America.
C C Paarthipan, Chairman of Caplin Point Laboratories said: “We have targeted Canada as one of our key expansion areas in regulated markets and we are excited to work with JAMP, one of the fastest growing companies in Canada”
In a virtual ceremony telecast last Thursday and viewed by the country’s top entrepreneurs, investors and policymakers, online stock trading platform Zerodha was awarded the prestigious prize for Startup of the Year 2020.
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Kamal also announced titles for the Bigg Boss contestants based on their image in the house. Suresh Chakravarthy was declared a ‘Trendsetter’ while Gabriella Charlton was called ‘Sportive’. Somashekhar was given the title of Mr Clean for maintaining hygiene in the house whereas Ramesh was called ‘Mr Don’t Care’.
Archana Chandhoke got appreciated for ‘Best Cooking’, Samyuktha earned the title of ‘Best Looking’ and Anitha Sampath was defined as ‘Bold and Beautiful’ for her stint on the show. Sanam was called the ‘Most Determined’ person while Nisha was tagged a ‘Stress Buster’. Shivani was given the title of ‘Dancing Doll’ for her dancing skills, Rekha was called a ‘Braveheart’ and Suchitra was named ‘Fearless’. The titles of ‘Mr Dude’ and ‘Lovable’ were given to Velmurugan and Aajeedh, respectively.
From Asia’s largest trout farm in south Kashmir’s Kokernag, 500,000 trout ova were dispatched to Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Uttarakhand for rearing
With Joe Biden set to take over as the President of the United States (US) this week, a key feature of his appointments — Mr Biden has filled his key positions with capable individuals unlike Donald Trump — is that close to two dozen Indian-Americans find a place in the top echelons of the administration.
According to a news report, Mr Biden has appointed at least 20 Indian-Americans, with 17 of them in White House positions — 13 of the 20 also happen to be women.
The fact that two-third of the more than 34,000 Indian immigrants settled down in Suriname and gave up their free passage back to India is to some extent proof of the fact that life in Suriname was perhaps better than in British India.
Total has agreed to buy a 20% minority stake in India’s Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) from Adani Group, as the French oil and energy group builds up presence in the renewable energy sector.