Month: November 2020
** Joe Biden to announce his coronavirus task force today, Indian-American Vivek Murthy to lead team
** Now, drive over Tehri lake on India’s longest motorable suspension bridge
The 725-metre long Dobra-Chanti suspension bridge over the Tehri lake connects Pratap Nagar town with the district headquarters New Tehri.
** Kamala Harris: The inspiring story of many firsts
Known as the “female Obama”, first time Senator Kamala Devi Harris has scripted history by becoming first woman, Black and Indian-American vice president of the United States.
Harris is known for many firsts. She has been a county district attorney; the district attorney for San Francisco – the first woman and first African-American and Indian-origin to be elected to the position.
She now has several firsts in her role as vice president also: the first woman, the first African-American woman, the first Indian-American and the first Asian-American.
She became the top prosecutor for San Francisco in 2003, before being elected the first woman and the first black person to serve as California’s attorney general in 2010, the top lawyer in America’s most populous state.
** Muhammadi Begum: The First Woman Editor of a Magazine in India – 1898
Syeda Muhammadi Begum was the first woman in the Indian sub-continent to be the editor of a weekly magazine,‘Tehzeeb-e-Niswaan’. The Urdu magazine was dedicated to emancipate the women. The magazine came out with its first edition on 1st July, 1898.
** 6 Indian American Women Who Won The Election In U S – 2020
6 women elected to state legislatures-
Jenifer Rajkumar NY, Nima Kulkarni to Kentucky , Kesha Ram to Vermont ,Vandana Slatter to Washington,Padma Kuppa to Michigan ,Pramila Jayapal to Washington
** The man who brought India its first ever Paralympic gold medal!
Murlikant Petkar – Summer Paralympics (1972), Heidelbert, Germany.
World record in 50m, free style swimming event at 37.33 seconds.
Padma Shri – 2018
** Peerumedu woman finds way to India Book of Records by writing book on Mangala Devi Temple
The book is about the Mangala Devi Temple and has already been translated to English and Tamil
** Dr Bushra Ateeq, Ritesh Agarwal Win India’s Highest Award in Medical Sciences
** Over 1000 Indians in Stanford’s list of top 2% scientists in the world
Stanford University’s new list of the top 2% scientists in the world in various fields include over 1000 scientists from India. This includes notable names such as the UGC Vice-chairman Dr Bhushan Patwardhan, Prof. KS Rangappa who is the former General President of Indian Science Congress Association, and more.