🌅 Saturday Morning, Oct 24 — USA Telugu News Roundup 🇺🇸
• New York early voting opens TODAY, Oct 24 — and the New York Post has endorsed Indian-American Republican Saritha Komatireddy for Attorney General over incumbent Letitia James. The career prosecutor, who handled terrorism, cybercrime and narcotics cases in Brooklyn, says New Yorkers feel less safe than when James took office. Early voting runs through Nov 1; Election Day is Nov 3.
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• Bay Area's Dussehra Diwali Dhamaka 2026 drew a record 25,000+ crowd to the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California — Maha Mangal Aarti, a Durga Ma Rath Yatra procession, cultural performances and family fun, organized by the Association of Indo Americans and Bolly 92.3 FM.
• telugutimes.net)
• Dr. Manav Kapur (UT Austin) wins the 2025 Sardar Patel Award from UCLA for his doctoral thesis on Partition, property and belonging in postcolonial South Asia. The NALSAR Hyderabad alumnus and Princeton PhD studied how India and Pakistan managed "evacuee property" to shape citizenship and national identity.
• americanbazaaronline.com)
• Texas young innovator Shalaan Umar is named America's Top Young Innovator 2026 for his portfolio of patent-pending inventions, including an Automated Water Spigot Sanitization System. Fellow Indian-origin winners include Rishi Sai Poola (genetics & healthcare) and the AI-in-healthcare team of Siddhi Pareek, Maryam Bhat and Giaa Warikoo. Judges included experts from NASA and WHO.
• globenewswire.com / DiscoverSTEM)
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