Asian Chamber of Commerce is again offering an academic scholarship to students of Asian descent. This year the Chamber is offering ten scholarships in the amount of $2,000 each to deserving students. Deadline to apply is March 3rd, 2023. The Chamber is interested in the character that exists deep inside each student and the best ways to get a glimpse of this character is to see his or her willingness to help others. The scholarship process primarily looks at each student’s record of service to our community and what he/sheRead More

UNLV ingenuity is addressing that hazard, with a polymer invented on campus playing an important role in developing battery cases that reduce fire risk. The state’s Battle Born Venture program provided pre-seed funding to Quantum Copper, a Las Vegas startup based in the UNLV Black Fire building that makes use of the battery-safety technology invented by Pradip Bhowmik, a longtime UNLV organic and polymer chemistry professor. Bhowmik’s 2016 discovery makes polymers more fire resistant without the use of halogenated compounds such as chlorine and bromine, which retard fires but can be harmful to theRead More

For the last couple of weeks, there has been a lot of hue and cry over the screening and banning of the two-part documentary, India: The Modi Question – produced by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). This has gained a momentum and a kind of notoriety by the recently released Hindi movie, Pathaan. Has anyone wondered at the timing, connections, money lines and organizations behind them, and a few such schemes in the pipeline? For historical reasons, present generations of Hindus have no global vision even of the affairs deeplyRead More

In less than two weeks, the legislative session begins up in Carson City where the state’s top lawmakers will decide where your money will be spent. One area the governor wants to give extra dollars to is education. One local teacher turned legislator; says he wants to make sure your students will benefit. That teacher is Reuben D’Silva. “One of the great honors of my life,” said the Assembly District 28 lawmaker. News 3 sat with D’Silva at his mother’s home where she proudly hangs his pictures as a marineRead More