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Shaikh Hasan Khan, an Indian mountaineer from Kerala, is stranded with his team on Denali Mountain in North America after encountering a severe storm at 17,000 feet. He sent an SOS message via satellite phone, reporting dwindling food and water supplies.
Eshan Chattopadhyay, an Associate Professor at Cornell University, has been awarded the 2025 Godel Prize for his groundbreaking solution to a decades-old problem in randomness extraction. His work enables the generation of reliable random numbers from weak sources, impacting cryptography and data security. This achievement highlights the importance of theoretical computer science and India's growing role in global science.
Huma Abedin, an Indian-origin author, married Alex Soros. Alex is the son of George Soros. The wedding occurred in New York. Many prominent figures attended the event. Hillary and Bill Clinton were present. Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff also attended. Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi were among the guests. The couple got engaged in May 2024.
The United States reportedly deployed B-2 Spirit bombers, which have a connection to Indian-origin engineer Noshir Gowadia, in recent strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Gowadia, who contributed to the B-2's propulsion system, was later convicted and sentenced to 32 years in prison for sharing classified information with China. This information aided China in developing stealth technology for cruise missiles.
Pune police have arrested Abhishek Shukla, an Indian-origin Australian citizen, for allegedly defrauding a woman of Rs 3.6 crore under the guise of marriage. Shukla, posing as 'Dr. Ronit Oberoi' on a fake matrimonial site, gained the woman's trust before swindling her with a bogus business proposal.
Indian-origin professor Eshan Chattopadhyay and David Zuckerman have won the 2025 Gödel Prize for their groundbreaking paper on randomness extraction. Their research, published in 2019, offers a novel solution for generating high-quality randomness from weakly random sources. Chattopadhyay, an alumnus of The University of Texas at Austin, expressed his gratitude for the recognition.
Pranav Patel, an Indian-origin man, received a six-year prison sentence for his role in a fraud targeting senior citizens. He laundered $1,791,301, collected from elderly victims across the eastern US, who were deceived by overseas callers posing as US treasury officials. One victim even lost his home due to the scam.