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NEW YORK • WASHINGTON D.C. • CHICAGO • ATLANTA • CALIFORNIA VOL 26, No. 1377 February 26, 2021 50¢ Periodical Postage GLOBAL INDIANS 32 million worldwide, over 200 Indian-origin people occupy leadership positions in 15 countries Neera Tanden nomination in Antonio Guterres jeopardy UN chief Details on page 6 'extremely grateful' to India Communities unite to combat Details on page 6 Anti-Asian Violence Congress Details on page 17 government in Puducherry falls Rishi requests intervention of Details on page 10 Governor Newsom CONTENTS Details on page 20 picture courtesy NASA An illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover landing safely on Mars. (inset) Indian-American scientist Swati Bollywood -------------------------- 30 Mohan, who led the guidance, navigation, and control operations of the Mars 2020 mission Classifieds ------------------------ 31 CAPT KRISHAN SHARMA AND AGENCIES Community Post -------------- 17-24 Cover/Top Stories --------------- 5-8 The PIOs, include leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, the guidance, navigation, and control operations of Edit Page --------------------------- 33 Horoscope --------------------------- 9 This week’s question Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, mathematician S the Mars 2020 mission. Mohan's family emigrated Chandrasekhar and Bio-chemist Hargobind Khorana, from India to the US when she was only a year old. Immigration Post ------------12-13 Do you think Biden will have a Life Style ------------------------ 14-15 better deal with Iran? who continue to make India proud and with contri- Raised in Northern Virginia and Washington DC OP-ED------------------------------- 32 butions to India's freedom struggle and excellence in metro area, she completed her bachelor's degree Last week’s result Info/Highlights ---------------------- 4 scientific fields. from Cornell University in Mechanical & Aerospace Will Indo-US relations improve Real Estate -------------------- 25-27 under Biden? As the world witnessed the historic landing of Engineering, and her M.S. and PhD from Massachu- TechBiz Post ------------------ 10-11 YES 56% NO 44% NASA's Perseverance Rover on the Martian surface, it setts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Aeronautics/As- Travel & Hospitality Post -------- 16 was Indian-American scientist Swati Mohan, who led tronautics. 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Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subash Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Cali- The 2021 Indiaspora Government TChandra Bose, mathematician S fornia, has led the scientists' Roving Leaders List, released recently, was Chandrasekhar and Bio-chemist Mars with the MSL mission and also drawn from government websites and Hargobind Khorana, who continue to worked on NASA's Lunar Reconnais- other publicly available resources to make India proud and with contribu- sance Orbiter mission, among other ca- prepare the report to showcase the tions to India's freedom struggle and reer accomplishments. achievements of the community lead- excellence in scientific fields. Kamlesh Lulla is an internationally ac- ers across different sectors. As the world witnessed the historic claimed scientist at the American space "It is a huge source of pride to have landing of NASA's Perseverance Rover agency. He also holds two PhD degrees the first woman and first person of color, on the Martian surface, it was Indian- with specialization in Environmental sci- American scientist Swati Mohan, who ence and Geoscience remote sensing. led the guidance, navigation, and control Sunita L. Williams selected as an as- Sunita L. Williams operations of the Mars 2020 mission. tronaut by NASA in 1998 to become