Rep. Debbie Dingell (D.-Mich.) has become the latest lawmaker among moderate and progressive Democrats to express concern over human rights violations in Kashmir in the aftermath of the Indian government’s abrogation of Article 370.
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Sikh Americans will be counted as a separate ethnic group for the first time in the 2020 Census. The move comes after a delegation of the United Sikhs held several meetings with U.S. Census Bureau leadership asking for Sikhs to be recognized as a separate ethnic group.
Andhra Native Usha Reddi, who was selected the new mayor of Manhattan, Kansas, Jan. 7 after serving as mayor pro tem in 2016 and 2017, is gearing up for U.S. Senate for which she will run as a Democrat in 2020 for an open seat.
Convicted fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander has filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, alleging prison officials failed to keep him safe and to provide adequate medical care after he was assaulted behind bars.
Steve Smith hit a swashbuckling 98 but Australia could not stop India powering to a 36 run victory to level their one-day series on Friday.
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos on Friday promised to create a million new jobs in India in a farewell love letter to the country, after ending a tough visit that reportedly included a snub by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
More than 150 birds have been killed by razor-sharp kite strings in an annual religious festival in western India that attracts millions of revelers.
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Influential U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D.-N.J.) has fired off a missive to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressing concern over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the envisaged National Register of Citizens (NRC), and called on the Trump administration to press for the “swift reversal of the policies and practices.”
When he heard the news of the recent violence at Jawaharlal Nehru University, S. Rashid Naim, an 1979 alumnus of the prestigious university in New Delhi, who is now a professor at Georgia State University, was first shocked and upset like many others of his ilk.
As Sthuthi David was engrossed watching “The Sleeping Beauty,” her favorite Disney movie with her boyfriend Lee Loechler at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, Massachusetts, she realized that the movie began to look different. The looks of the lead characters had changed; the princess suddenly looked darker and the prince looked like Loechler.
For over a decade Sun Microsystems founder Vinod Khosla has been involved in legal battle over Martins Beach in Lobitos, a town in San Mateo County south of Half Moon Bay, over one issue — allowing public access to the scenic stretch where people used to come to fish, swim, surf and sunbathe.
Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg’s first major Indian American hire — a former college mate of his at Harvard and Oxford — Silicon Valley tech veteran Swati Mylavarapu — is apparently helping him rake in the cash for his campaign, putting him only second only to the Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign.
Ever the quintessential diplomat, outgoing ambassador Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said the hiring of a second lobbying firm, is to engage a changed U.S. Congress, although it was apparently prompted by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives’ India-bashing aftermath of the Indian government’s repeal of Article 370.
Christmas is not over. According to the Church calendar, the Twelvetide of Christmas lasts until January 5th.During this season, we cannot forget the persecuted church in India. Let me tell you the story of how I came to realize how crucial it is to support this marginalized religious minority.
My family’s annual Christmas parties had Hindu and Muslim family friends at our table. I remember the biriyani, the cutlets, the salads and the cakes and puddings. Most of all I remember the fun and games – the word games, talent competitions and the mimicry shows my mother organized.
When the results came in on November 7th, 2017, telling me I’d been elected to lead the City of Hoboken in New Jersey, I cannot possibly express the sense of honor I felt. Knowing I’d get the opportunity to serve the city I loved so much was an exciting and humbling experience.
Recently the Indian government removed certain special rights granted to the residents of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. These rights were granted temporarily under Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution.
India’s Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent statement on Hindi being the one necessary language for India has stirred quite a big controversy.
In a country having more per capita NGOs than hospital beds — around four NGOs for every 1,000 people in urban areas and 2.3 NGOs for every 1,000 population in rural areas — nonprofits admittedly have an important role to play in India’s development activities.
Every year brings new challenges and new goals for all of us at Sankara Eye Foundation (SEF) as we make progress towards our mission to eradicate curable blindness.
Dr. Vadrevu K. Raju, whose lifelong mission has been to restore vision to people, especially children in India and abroad through his nonprofit Eye Foundation of America, believes in what he calls a stitch in time saves nine.
Rajiv Kumar, a scientist at the National Institute of Health in Washington D.C., got pecuniary help for his studies while growing up in Lucknow, and also a fellowship for his Ph.D.
Sikh Americans will be counted as a separate ethnic group for the first time in the 2020 Census. The move comes after a delegation of the United Sikhs held several meetings with U.S. Census Bureau leadership asking for Sikhs to be recognized as a separate ethnic group.
When he heard the news of the recent violence at Jawaharlal Nehru University, S. Rashid Naim, an 1979 alumnus of the prestigious university in New Delhi, who is now a professor at Georgia State University, was first shocked and upset like many others of his ilk.
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D.-Mich.) has become the latest lawmaker among moderate and progressive Democrats to express concern over human rights violations in Kashmir in the aftermath of the Indian government’s abrogation of Article 370.
Influential U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D.-N.J.) has fired off a missive to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressing concern over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the envisaged National Register of Citizens (NRC), and called on the Trump administration to press for the “swift reversal of the policies and practices.”
Christmas is not over. According to the Church calendar, the Twelvetide of Christmas lasts until January 5th.During this season, we cannot forget the persecuted church in India. Let me tell you the story of how I came to realize how crucial it is to support this marginalized religious minority.
Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed by the Parliament of India to provide a path to Indian citizenship for persecuted minorities that fled Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who entered India on or before 31st December 2014. The CAA only applies to migrants from those three countries and it doesn’t apply to any Indian citizens.
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D.-Mich.) has become the latest lawmaker among moderate and progressive Democrats to express concern over human rights violations in Kashmir in the aftermath of the Indian government’s abrogation of Article 370.
Influential U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D.-N.J.) has fired off a missive to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressing concern over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the envisaged National Register of Citizens (NRC), and called on the Trump administration to press for the “swift reversal of the policies and practices.”
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D.-Mich.) has become the latest lawmaker among moderate and progressive Democrats to express concern over human rights violations in Kashmir in the aftermath of the Indian government’s abrogation of Article 370.
Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg’s first major Indian American hire — a former college mate of his at Harvard and Oxford — Silicon Valley tech veteran Swati Mylavarapu — is apparently helping him rake in the cash for his campaign, putting him only second only to the Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign.
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos on Friday promised to create a million new jobs in India in a farewell love letter to the country, after ending a tough visit that reportedly included a snub by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Indian-origin engineers, researchers, analysts, and designers working with global tech companies such as Google and Facebook have condemned the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in an open letter issued “in solidarity with the Indian democracy.”
An IIT-trained mathematician from Kolkata, who is also a renowned musician, enthralled audience at Flushing Hindu Temple Nov. 9 with a vocal classical music recital celebrating Diwali and an annual multi-cultural festival organized by Ranjanee, a local dance and music academy.
Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in at the Woodbridge Center Mall in Woodbridge, N.J., Sept. 2. Highlights of the festival include daily aarti, cultural programs and celebrity sightings.
Rutgers University–Camden has appointed Monica Adya, a business education innovator and scholar in information technology workforce issues, as dean of its school of business. Effective March 30, Adya will become the first woman to serve as dean of the Rutgers–Camden business school.
When he heard the news of the recent violence at Jawaharlal Nehru University, S. Rashid Naim, an 1979 alumnus of the prestigious university in New Delhi, who is now a professor at Georgia State University, was first shocked and upset like many others of his ilk.
Dibakar Banerjee's Netflix movie “Freedom” will star Naseeruddin Shah, Manisha Koirala, Huma Qureshi, Kalki Koechlin, Divya Dutta, Zoya Hussain, Shashank Arora and Neeraj Kabi. Along with “Freedom,” Netflix India has announced three new original feature films each by Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane and Karan Johar.
Last year proved to be a fantastic one for Bollywood with films that showed a perfect blend of strong content and entertainment. From Ranveer Singh’s “Gully Boy” to Ayushmann Khurrana’s “Dream Girl” and “Bala,” and Vicky Kaushal’s “Uri: The Surgical Strike” to Akshay Kumar’s “Mission Mangal,” and Amitabh Bachchan’s “Badla,” cine lovers were treated to a smorgasbord of films.
