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HOUSTON: An Indian-origin laboratory owner from the US state of Georgia was sentenced to 27 years in prison for his involvement in a $463 million genetic testing scam spanning over three years to defraud Medicare.Minal Patel, who owned LabSolutions LLC, was sentenced on Friday to 27 years in prison for his role in the scheme
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LONDON: A British Punjabi businesswoman whose restaurant was fired at whilst packed with Punjabi diners says she still feels unsafe even though four men, including Lord Patten’s son-in-law, have been convicted of their involvement in the shooting.Elton Charles (51), the Afro-Caribbean husband of Laura Patten (48), the sister of “Rang de Basanti” actress Alice Patten
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SINGAPORE: An Indian-origin flight steward won praise at the Singapore Airlines (SIA) CEO Service Excellence Award for his efforts in reviving a car driver he had hired for his trip to work at the airport. Venoth Balasubramaniam was among 69 individuals and teams who received the award on Monday night at the national carrier’s annual
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WASHINGTON: For the first time, a Sikh Marine has graduated from the elite US Marine Corps recruit training without having to shave his head or beard or give up the “articles of faith” that are considered sacred in Sikhism. Private First Class Jaskirat Singh, 21, graduated on August 11 after three months of training at
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NEW YORK: A 33-year-old Indian-origin doctor has been arrested and charged in the US for allegedly exposing himself and performing a lewd act next to a teenage girl onboard a flight last year. Dr Sudipta Mohanty was arrested on Thursday and charged by criminal complaint with one count of lewd, indecent and obscene acts while
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Ro Khanna, the four-term Indian American Democratic Congressman from California, is leading a bipartisan US Congressional delegation to India, along with Republican Congressman from Florida Michael Waltz. Both the Congressmen are co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans. During the visit, the delegation, which also includes Indian American Congressman from Michigan
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Often, Indian companies that are deputing their employees to their Canadian subsidiary for carrying on onsite work, opt for a closed work permit. The main advantage for the employer, who typically has to undertake a labour market impact assessment (LMIA), is that it is an employer-specific work permit meant for a designated role. The employee
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MELBOURNE: A court in Australia’s Queensland state has overturned a law that banned Sikh students to wear a kirpan, a religious article in Sikhism, on campus, calling the legislation “unconstitutional”, according to media reports. The ruling by the state’s highest court came after Kamaljit Kaur Athwal took the state government to court last year, claiming
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MELBOURNE: A 22-year-old Indian student working as an Uber Eats driver in Australia was killed after his bike collided with an SUV in Sydney.Akshay Deepak Doultani, a Mumbai-native pursuing a master’s degree, died in the crash last week, the Australia Broadcasting Cooperation reported on Wednesday. Doultani had come to Australia in February after receiving a
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