Pramila Jayapal first Indian American woman to preside over US house.  She is the first elected to Congress in 2016 preside over the House and served the most diverse Congress in the nation’s history. She presided over the House as a Temporary Speaker.  The House Democrats rotate for the ceremonial position of presiding over the chamber. […]

Forbes magazine has named Rihanna as the world’s richest female musician.Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty brand business endeavors have officially made her the richest female musician in the world. Her worth is estimated at $600m (£472m) which includes revenues made from her fashion and beauty lines in addition to those from her music career. Forbes reported that the French luxury brand LVMH backs Rihanna’s lucrative cosmetics company, Fenty Beauty.

Indian Railways received an order for 25 more energy efficient retrofit electrical locomotives from the public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).  The achievement is significant before Environment Day is being celebrated all over the world.  A major technological leap achieved by the BHEL whereby the kinetic energy of the train while in braking mode, is

Sidharth Rawat won his title in the $25,000 ITF men’s Futures tennis tournament. Last year he won with Manish Sureshkumar for doubles. He is associated with coach Gaurav Sharma for nearly 15 years. He improved his current rank of 510 from 430. He defeated Shintaro Imai of Japan and Lost to compatriots Vijay Sundar Prashanth and

China launched a space rocket from the sea for the first time on 5 June 2019.  With this China will be the third nation to successfully demonstrate the ability to launch satellites into orbit from a floating platform following the U.S. and Russia. In the operation, March 11, a Long rocket was launched from a ship in the Yellow Sea. Aim: The first ever

Finance Minister Shri Nirmala Sitharaman attend the two-day meeting of G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors in Japan on June 8 and 9 It is the first overseas visit of Sitharaman as the Finance Minister. She took charge as full time finance minister last week. The main aim is to focus on the risks and challenges of overseas trade and investment

Google’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sundar Pichai and Nasdaq President Adena Friedman selected for Global Leadership Awards 2019 by business advocacy group USIBC. They both are recognized for their companies contribution as the leading technology-driven platforms Washington-based US-India Business Council (USIBC) gives this award for achievements in over 30 categories for talented people who are recognized

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new government has shifted its focus to the allied issue of water after the country-wide sanitation drive with the Swachh Bharat Mission comes to an end on October 2, 2019. The focus will is carried out by the Ministry of Jal Shakti.  Objective: The scheme ‘Nal se Jal’ will be a component of the

The first tourist train traveling through Russia’s Arctic region and on to Norway set off from Saint Petersburg station Wednesday with 91 passengers aboard for the inaugural trial journey. “The Arctic fascinates everybody,” said Nurlan Mukash, executive director of the German Lernidee Erlebnisreisen tour group behind the project. “This destination has been covered by Canadian

10th National Science Film Festival of India would be held here in January- February to popularize science films and literature, where at least ten countries would participate, a minister said on Thursday. State Science and Technology minister, Sudip Roy Burman said, Vigyan Prasar of the central government, state government and Tripura Central University have come together