During her recent visit to India, Girija Vijay, the founder of EKAL Las Vegas chapter had an opportunity to inaugurate the EKAL mobile computer lab funded by the Las Vegas donors.  The much-awaited computer lab bus is fully equipped with sixteen working computers to collaborate with the EKAL supported schools and students in the far interiors of the State of Uttar Pradesh.   As per Ms. Vijay, the bus will be based in Mirzapur, U.P. The mobile lab will bring connectivity throughout the greater Mirzapur district in Eastern Uttar Pradesh.  EKAL’s Las VegasRead More

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Graduate students Himesh Patel along with Rushikesh Battulwar had the opportunity to present posters at the student poster session and represent the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering and the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering at AEMA 2019. The judges for this competition and presentation came from a wide range of backgrounds, expertise, and experience in the industry. Battulwar took home first place in the poster presentation which highlighted his extensive research on machine learning-based technology for the detection of tension cracks from drone images. Patel was awardedRead More

Sid Pathak, assistant professor of chemical and materials engineering, was awarded a grant from the U.S. Army Research Office for his collaborative research with the Colorado School of Mines. Working with associate professor of mechanical engineering, Garritt Tucker, the project, titled “Mechanistic-Design of Multilayered Nanocomposites: Hierarchical Metal-MAX Materials for Tunable Strength and Toughness,” focuses on how multilayered materials have useful mechanical, chemical and functional properties. These can be useful when tested in wide ranges of temperature, mechanical loadings, and environmental conditions. For the complete story, please click here…

Upset Hindus are urging Doral (metro Miami, Florida) based clothing brand “On Cue Apparel” for an immediate withdrawal of shorts carrying images of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha; calling it highly inappropriate. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada, said that Lord Ganesha was highly revered in Hinduism and was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not to adorn one’s thighs, hips, groin, buttocks, genitals, and pelvis. Inappropriate usage of Hindu deities or concepts or symbols for commercial or other agenda was not okayRead More

The size of Boris Johnson’s victory in last week’s British elections was stunning. The Conservative Party gained 67 seats from the last parliament winning 365 seats out of a total of 650 seats – the largest majority the party achieved since Margaret Thatcher’s victory in the mid-1980s. It sure looked as stunning as Donald Trump’s 2016 electoral victory. So, what happened here? The two leaders have pursued very similar strategies in pulling the upsets. Populism, economic nationalism and abandoning the traditional conservative fiscal restraint have been the cornerstones for theirRead More

In an ongoing commitment to the Southern Nevada community, Paul Padda and his law firm Paul Padda Law has committed  $100,000 for a “Community Justice Fellowship” at the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada. This newly created Community Justice Fellowship will award a one-year fellowship to a recent law school graduate, outgoing judicial law clerk, or an attorney with less than 3 years of postgraduate legal experience who wants to work in a public interest law.  “We’re incredibly grateful” to Paul Padda and Paul Padda Law for this support stated Barbara Buckley,Read More

In October, 2019 the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners’ Investigative Committee filed a formal First Amended Complaint (Complaint) charging Dr. Mehta with violating the Medical Practice Act. The original complaint was filed with two charges in January 2019. The amended complaint alleged three violations of Nevada Revised Statutes, specifically violations regarding malpractice, medical records, and standard of practice. Dr. Mehta has agreed to one allegation of failure to maintain complete medical records and one allegation of violating NRS related to the standard of practice.  The Investigative Committee has dismissed theRead More

Greater Vancouver (Canada) based athleisure brand NoMiNoU has apologized and withdrawn legging and capri, carrying images of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha and sacred syllable “Om”, from sales within 24-hours of Hindu protest; which called it “highly inappropriate”. Jullianna Charlton, Founder and Creative Director of NoMiNoU, in an email to Hindu statesman Rajan Zed (who spearheaded the protest), “formally” apologized and said that “These product listings have now been removed from the NoMiNoU website” and from “NoMiNoU Flagship Stores” and “will not be sold to wholesalers in the future”. “…note ourRead More