During the first quarter of the 2024 election year, five South Asian candidates raised a dismal amount totaling just over $59,000. With primaries over, only two Democratic candidates have moved on to November’s general election, while incumbent Assemblyman Ruben D’Silva (D) is running unopposed and is moving on to represent the community as a second-term Nevada State Assemblyman.  Surprisingly, in this crucial election year, no Republican member of the growing, highly educated, and financially prosperous community filed for an elected office. Indian-American incumbent Assemblyman from District 28, Reuben D’Silva, raised over $41,700Read More

At a recently held Clark County Commission meeting, Chairman Tick Segerblom proclaimed July a Muslim American Heritage Month in Clark County. The Commission honored Farrah Acheson as an exceptional Muslim American citizen to celebrate the same.  “We demonstrate our deep appreciation of the Muslim community and stand in solidarity against prejudice and discrimination,” said Segerblom during the proclamation announcement. In recognizing Farrah, Commissioner Segerblom introduced Farrah as a native of India and a Chair of the Muslim Caucus, where she is the voice of the Muslim community in the politicalRead More

Paresh Joshi, a 22-year resident of Las Vegas, applied for a volunteer position as a Board Member of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District. After reviewing Joshi’s background, the County Commissioners selected Claytee White, Director of the Oral History Research Center at UNLV, who better matches the community values and has an extensive volunteering background. In his application, Joshi highlighted his 20 years of professional and volunteer experience as a President (Hindu Temple), Chair, Tech Lead, Analyst, and Supervisor. Since 2002, Joshi has been an employee of Southwest Gas Corporation, where heRead More

University of Nevada, Reno, Chemical & Materials Engineering Professor Dev Chidambaram is collaborating with Idaho National Laboratory and Pennsylvania State University to make materials to be used in a specific part of a process that would remove the uranium from our existing stockpile of used fuel from nuclear power plants and make them usable for next-generation nuclear reactors. The United States currently has a stockpile of 90,000 metric tons of used fuel and generates about 2,000 additional metric tons per year, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). TheRead More

Diva Saxena, a graduate of Ed. W. Clark High School is named the university-sponsored National Merit Scholarship winner.  Diva joined the elite group of four Indian-American students who were earlier named college-sponsored National Merit Scholarship winners.  Beginning this fall, Saxena plans to pursue an Economics and Human & Organizational Development degree at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.  At Clark, Saxena was the co-president of DECA, formerly Distributive Education Clubs of America, captain of the Clark’s Speech and Debate team, national merit finalist, and international DECA Champion.  Additionally, in May 2024, the Las Vegas Asian ChamberRead More

We have all seen what happens as people get older. We have seen it in our parents and Grand Parents. Their minds and bodies become slower. They become less energetic. Memories begin to falter. Responses become weak. That’s what we saw in President Biden in the debate with the former President Trump. His performance made people’s fear even stronger that he is not fit to be the President for another four years. He appeared substantially weaker than 2020 when he won the Presidency. There have been reports that his conditionRead More

After 50 years at UNLV, Satish Bhatnagar finds that learning the history of mathematics — or any subject — provides a deeper understanding of the world around us. It’s fitting that one of the oldest courses in the catalog, taught by UNLV’s longest-serving faculty member, is a history course … But you won’t find it in the History Department.  This course, nested in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, teaches a different kind of historical narrative — one that’s written in the language of numbers and equations and that influences everything from technology and engineeringRead More

In March of this year, the Investigative Committee of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners filed a complaint charging Dr. Pavan Janapati with violating the Nevada Medical Practices Act. The two-count complaint alleges Dr. Janapati of medical malpractice and failure to maintain complete medical records of a patient. Per the agreement, Dr. Janapati has admitted to failure to maintain complete medical records and will reimburse the cost and expenses, totaling $7,868, incurred in investigation and prosecution related to this allegation. Dr. Janapati agrees to pay a $3,000 fine withinRead More