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.
** Jamia Millia’s Prof. Imran Ali adjudged India’s number 1 scientist by University of Stanford
** Will continue fight to end racism in Canada, says NDP MLA Rachna Singh
‘Won’t let my constituents down’
** British-Indian author’s Jallianwala Bagh story shortlisted for history prize
Anita Anand
** Two prominent Indian-Americans among Joe Biden’s core advisers
Among those advising him on the pandemic are Dr Vivek Murthy, former US Surgeon General who was appointed by President Barack Obama and Harvard economist Raj Chetty is among those who have briefed Biden on economic issues