Aaron Rai’s long grind to The WanamakerAaron Rai secured the 2026 PGA Championship title with a remarkable final round. His victory at Aronimink Golf Club marked a significant ac...
19 May, 2026, 01.12 AM IST
Who is Hikaru Nakamura and why did he throw a chess piece after his match with D Gukesh?Hikaru Nakamura defeated reigning world champion D Gukesh in a thrilling bullet chess match, sealing a 5-0 sweep for the USA against India....
05 Oct, 2025, 05.33 PM IST
Why nine-year-old Indian-American prodigy Preesha Chakraborty is among world's brightest students?Preesha Chakraborty, the young genius from Fremont, California, demonstrated exceptional performance in above-grade-level tests, earning Gr...
17 Jan, 2024, 08.53 AM IST
Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa makes India proud: Anand Mahindra, Snapdeal boss Kunal Bahl laud chess prodigyIndian chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa has reached the final of the FIDE World Cup after defeating Fabiano Caruana. He will now fac...
22 Aug, 2023, 01.48 PM IST
Chess World Cup: Praggnanandhaa shocks Caruana, meets Carlsen in finalAfter the two-game classical series ended 1-1, the 18-year-old Indian prodigy outlasted the highly-rated American GM in a battle of wits in...
21 Aug, 2023, 10.14 PM IST
'My parents didn't pressure me' says Indian-American prodigy named in 'world's brightest' students listPerianayagam, a student at Florence M Gaudineer Middle School, in New Jersey was named in the "world's brightest” students list for the sec...
08 Feb, 2023, 09.33 PM IST
Zaila Avant-garde, 14, wins national spelling bee with word 'Murraya'; Indian-Americans come 2nd and 3rdShe also holds several Guinness World Records for dribbling multiple basketballs at a time.
10 Jul, 2021, 07.41 PM IST
Meet Abhimanyu Mishra, the 12-year-old boy who became youngest Grandmaster in chess historyThe prodigy scored his third GM norm in Budapest, Hungary.
01 Jul, 2021, 08.23 PM IST
This 15-year-old Indian-American is an engineer, doing PhD in USTanishq Abraham, graduated from the University of California, Davis with the highest honours of summa cum laude.
30 Jul, 2018, 09.17 AM IST
Indian Americans charged with defrauding US postal service of $16 millionAccording to the charges, Patel and Lakkamsani schemed with a third defendant, David Gargano, to fraudulently cause the USPS to deliver num...
26 Jun, 2018, 09.00 AM IST
New American prodigy could spell troubleEdith Fuller could challenge desi domination of spelling bees.
11 Mar, 2017, 12.01 AM IST
Indo-US child prodigy drops debut album in 6 languagesTiara Abraham, 10, entered college at the age of seven, is the younger sister of Tanishq Abraham, a contestant from 'Child Genius'.
18 Dec, 2016, 02.03 PM IST
CommonBond, Prodigy Finance ink pact to expand MBA loan options for foreign students in USThe partnership is aimed at meeting a significant need in the post-graduate student lending market in the US.
09 Jul, 2015, 04.48 PM IST
Indian-Americans: A story of success and sensibilityEven accounting for their outsized accomplishments in the US, the current academic year has been an outstanding one for Indian-American kid...
25 May, 2015, 10.56 AM IST
- If spelling contest goes global, Indians will be in with good chance
Pintsized Indian-origin contestants at spelling bees in the US already have the same formidable reputation as Kenyans in marathons.
31 May, 2012, 05.49 AM IST
- Tiger mothers: India & China breed competition
From winning spelling bees to churning out programmes for our tireless outsourcing behemoths, Indian youngsters show the formidable depth o...
21 Jan, 2011, 08.34 AM IST
- Pakistani film to debut at IFFI
The film Khuda Ke Liye (In the Name of God) will compete with 15 other films for the top honours at the film festival.
10 Nov, 2007, 06.58 PM IST