Chari is part of the 18-member team of the Artemis Lunar Exploration Programme, through which NASA hopes to land the first woman and the next man on the moon by 2024.
Rao was selected from a field of more than 5,000 nominees for her work using technology to tackle issues ranging from contaminated drinking water to opioid addiction.
Adiga has earlier worked under the Obama's administration, including as chief of staff and senior adviser to ambassador-at-large in State Department's Office of Global Women's Issues.
"It's beyond our wildest imaginations, but this is the American Dream! It's why immigrants come to America," said Silicon Valley-based Indiaspora founder M Rangaswami.
Ten Indian-Americans have run for US Congress, of which four have won their respective races, four have lost and the fate of two is yet to be determined.
Ami Bera, Pramila Jayapal, Ro Khanna and Raja Krishnamoorthi won from their respective seats. However, Democratic candidate Preston Kulkarni lost in 22nd District of Texas.
Antani, currently the State Representative, defeated Mark Fogel of the Democratic Party on Tuesday and was elected as the state Senator for the Ohio Senate's 6th District.
In an op-ed for India West, Biden praised the Indian American community's values of self-discipline, service, hard work and 'duty to family and elders'.
US District Judge Amit P Mehta said they are unlikely to win as such an order would risk diverting limited resources away from applicants who are eligible under an exception to the proclamation.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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