Megha Gupta

1 week ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Michael Battista |Megha Gupta

Open Cup Digest #14The Third Round of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup is here. Sixteen teams from the second-division USL Championship will join the tournament and play the 16 survivors of the last two rounds. Only one amateur team, El Farolito SC from San Francisco, remain from the group that started the tournament back in March. And Westchester SC from just north of New York City are still kicking: The USL League One side are eyeing their first-ever cupset over a higher-division opponent.

1 week ago | hudsonriverblue.com | Andrew Leigh |Megha Gupta

Welcome to another edition of How We Voted, our weekly analysis of the two top performers from the most recently-completed Major League Soccer Matchday. Each week, I cast a vote with North American Soccer Reporters for MLS Player of the Matchday, so in this space I review why I placed these two players on my ballot. We also give you the final winner of the Player of the Matchday vote and share the full Team of the Matchday.

Jan 23, 2025 | thehindu.com | Megha Gupta

For millions of years, humans spent their time travelling from one place to another, gathering edible plants and hunting animals for food and other necessities of life. Then, about 12,000 years ago, it dawned on them that instead of gathering edible plants, they could grow them. The first farms cropped up in West Asia, in a lush region watered by the Tigris and Euphrates. One of the first plants to make it into these ancient farms was a wild grass with an enticing grain on its stalk: wheat.

Nov 7, 2024 | queensledger.com | Megha Gupta

Despite a report from the NYPD’s Precinct 109 showing a decline in crime complaints, Flushingresidents believe crime is on the rise. By Megha GuptaResidents in Flushing, Queens are expressing their concerns over increasing crime, although a new report from the NYPD’s 109th precinct for October reveals a drop in overall crime complaints.

Nov 3, 2024 | columbianewsservice.com | Megha Gupta

Ever since fleeing Honduras for the United States five years ago with her two children in tow, Gule R. has applied five times for a fee waiver for her work permit application in an attempt to provide for her family. “They denied my work permit because I don’t make enough money [to pay], but they give me money for my baby,” she said, in reference to the social assistance she receives from New York State.