A 21 year old woman accused of killing Indian American store clerk Dahyabhai Kalidas Chaudhari in Northwest Georgia, was arrested, the Georgia investigation team reported.

Gavin Duffy, spokesman for the U.S. Marshals, revealed that Skyy Raven Marie Mims was arrested in Bartow County. Mims was charged with murder in Whitfield County jail.

Mims who hails from Detroit, is accused of killing the store employee on March 9. The investigators are still puzzled about why the aspiring model ended up at a Whitfield County gas station which is about four miles off I-75, on March 9.

“That’s what has us puzzled right now,” GBI Special Agent Greg Ramey said. “With this lady’s connections to Atlanta, why drive to Whitfield County, four miles off the interstate? Why pick that particular one? I have no idea. We’re sitting here scratching our heads, too.”

Shortly before midnight on March 9, Mims stabbed 37 year old Chaudary to death inside the Kanku’s Express on Airport Road in Dalton. She then left the store with cash and lottery tickets. Chaudary's body was found in pool of blood by a customer who immediately called 911.

“Right now, I’m lost. My mind is lost,” store owner Kanu Chaudhari told local news channel. “I cannot say anything. He’s always happy, smiling to customers, and he’s always smiling.”

Chaudary who is not related to the deceased, said that he was very popular with the customers. He said that man known as DK was quick to make new friends and was a warm person. “Everybody to him was his buddy. That man had the purest heart,” he added.

This year's famed New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is all set to open with Anurag Kashyap’s “Ugly” which is a intriguing tale of corruption, indifference, and systemic violence that rolls on with the disappearance of an aspiring actor’s 10-year-old daughter.

NYIFF which will be celebrating it's 14th anniversary, is the oldest and most prestigious Indian film festival in US that aims to showcase some of the finest talent working in the diaspora. This year's festival will be held from May 5 to 10 at some of the most popular New York venues.

“We are thrilled to be opening this year’s New York Indian Film Festival with Anurag Kashyap’s new film ‘Ugly’,” said festival director Aseem Chhabra.

“Anurag has been in the forefront of India’s growing indie films movement, always pushing the boundaries and inspiring the new generation of filmmakers. Personally I am a big fan of his films.”

Kashyap will engage in a post-screening conversation which will be followed by the opening night gala event featuring influential guests including celebrated IAAC supporters and other filmmakers.

Kashyap will be returning after a gap of 1 year to the festival. The 2012 edition of the festival was closed with his highly acclaimed movie “Gangs Of Wasseypur” which was a two-part and five-hour-long drama about the coal mafia of Dhanbad, Jharkhand.

This year's festival will be closed with renowned actress and filmmaker Aparna Sen's latest work “Goynar Baksho” which is a Bengali comedy horror movie based on the novel of same name written by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay.

The centrepiece movie for this year will be debutante director's film “Liar’s Dice”. The movie which has acclaimed actor Nawazudin Siddiqui in pivotal role was nominated in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section at Sundance this January.

One more Indian origin Indian-American has grabbed the administration post in the USA government. Sunil Sabharwal is that man who is recommended to a key administration post as US Alternate Executive Director at IMF by US President Barack Obama.

Sabharwal is an independent investor in the payments sector since 2006 and was also, the Chairman of the Board of Ogone from 2011 to 2013, which is a European ecommerce payment services company.

He has huge experience in this sector as he advised Warburg Pincus on its acquisition of easy cash, a German network services company and consequently, become a Board Advisor from 2006 to 2009.

In addition to this, Sabharwal was Senior Vice-President of Strategic Investments at First Data Corporation/Western Union from 2003 to 2006. He worked at the European Bank from 1992 to 1996 for Reconstruction and Development, and as Principal Banker as well.

Sabharwal who received a B.S. from The Ohio State University and an M.S. from the London Business School gained several positions, even as managing director at GE Capital. After this, now he is recommended for the US Alternate Executive Director, International Monetary Fund, the White House by Obama.

Obama said, “I am grateful these accomplished men and women have agreed to join this Administration and I’m confident they will serve ably in these important roles. I look forward to working with them in the coming months and years.”

A well reputed Indian-American Sikh cardiologist has won the American College of Cardiology's prestigious Simon Dack Award for Outstanding Scholarship as an acknowledgement of his contributions to its peer-reviewed medical journals.

Sumeet Chugh who is an associate director of the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute will be felicitated in front of 40,000 plus audiences at medical society's 63rd Annual Scientific Session in Washington. He is a leading expert on heart rhythm disorders such as sudden cardiac arrest and arterial fibrillation.

"Dr. Chugh is leading the quest to unlock the mysteries of how to prevent sudden cardiac arrest, which is 99 percent fatal," said Shlomo Melmed, senior vice-president of Academic Affairs and dean of the Cedars-Sinai medical faculty.

"Chugh, the Pauline and Harold Price Chair in Cardiac Electrophysiology, is an expert in the performance of radio frequency ablation procedures as well as the use of pacemakers, defibrillators and biventricular devices to correct heart rhythm problems," according to the Los Angeles-based Heart Institute.

Chugh has written more than 250 articles and abstracts in professional journals. He has also initiated and directs the study known as the Oregon Sudden Unexpected Death Study which is “a large, comprehensive assessment of sudden cardiac arrest in a community of one million residents”.

Chugh leads the World Health Organisation panel which is tasked with compiling information of heart rhythm disorders for the Global Burden of Disease Study.

Chugh earned his medical degree from Government Medical College, Patiala, India. He then spent the first year of his internal medicine residency at Tufts Newton Wellesley Hospital in Boston and the next two years at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.

He then finished his fellowship in cardiology at the University of Minnesota and a fellowship in clinical cardiac electrophysiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Every now and then, Indians has made the country proud by doing extraordinary things globally. Almost, in every part of the world, Indians has proved themselves and exhibited Indian culture, technology and talent.

This time a young boy Chaitanya Vashistha from Pune, who is in the 7th standard in s Wadgaonsheri's St. Arnold Central school has made India feel great by claiming the first prize on offer at the NASA Space Settlement Design Contest 2014.

A few days back, NASA Space Settlement Design contest was held in which nearly 600 entries from across 18 countries of the students needed to be in the 12th standard or lower than that are gathered.

About 30 teams are sent from India for this competition and out of total prizes, Indian students are able to grab 12 prestigious 1st prizes, 22 second prize and claimed 15 3rd prizes, including artistic Merit and Literary Merit prize.

The performance of Indian students at international level contest is really applaudable and Indian young talent would really outshine in the coming time as it has gained about 50% of the total awards.

Not, just Chaitanya, but there are other students from the Pune who shone as well. He is not satisfied with his achievement at NASA and now looking to take part in the Google Science Fair.

His father Jitendra Vashishth stated, "It's a matter of great delight and brings a lot of pride to us as it was a competition organized by such an eminent and recognized research center NASA. Every school in India should have adequate provision for students to explore in such areas by promoting international events.”

Nalini Sengupta , principal of Vidya valley school said, "This space research has motivated the students to hope that some day they will go and settle and explore in the field of astronomy."

Well, space design has been one area where India had some level of interest and can do much more in this field. It is basically contributed to the extent of participation by schools from this South Asian country.

Mahendrakumar Patel, an Indian American, successfully sued the American state's Department of Corrections for using cooking methods that violated his religious beliefs.

M. Patel, 46, is currently imprisoned for stalking and trying to kill his former girlfriend in the state of Des Moines. He was imprisoned for 25 years in 2006 but he has till date maintained that he was convicted of false charges.

Mr. Patel is a follower of BAPS ( Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan ), one of the many sects of Hinduism which is stronlgy against non vegetarianism.

Over the course of his term, Mahendrakumar had noticed that the prison's mess used common vessels for cooking both veg and non-veg food, which violated his vegetarian beliefs. He was repeatedly reported for being on multiple hunger strike for a total of 236 days and losing 75 pounds. He was even punished sometimes for not eating the food.

The prison says they made arrangements for Patel, but he was never happy and would allegedly come up with a new complaint each time. Patel and his attorney, Patrick Ingram, agreed that the prison did make attempts to provide food that Patel could eat, but all were unsatisfactory.

Now, U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Ross Walters has ruled that the Iowa Department of Corrections is in violation of a federal statute that says they must do everything in their power to accommodate the religious beliefs of an inmate. This means that, from now on, the Patel’s prison will have to use separate utensils when cooking vegetarian food, or at least food for Patel, and will likely incur small additional costs for doing so.

Patel is a strict vegetarian and doesn't even eat onion and garlics. He has also refused to clean dishes that came in contact with any kind of meat, mayonnaise or onions and garlics.