The US State Department has denied it has issued new guidance to American citizens in India to leave the country
As Pakistan's first Sikh representative in the Punjab Assembly in more than 60 years, Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora has continuously pushed for inclusive policies and legislative changes, serving as a ray of hope for minorities.
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Public perception is arguably the biggest political obstacle Muslim Americans face. Islamophobia has fueled unfavorable preconceptions since 9/11, which has hindered Muslim candidates' ability to win widespread support. While religiously driven opposition is uncommon for Jewish and Hindu politicians, Muslim candidates frequently face allegations of being "anti-American" or "radical."
The manner and time span in which the 18,000 Indians are deported can serve to embarrass the Narendra Modi government and hurt Indo-US ties. It will bring new questions for an image-sensitive government that projects India as a growth engine while an increasing number of Indians, as alleged by the US, look to settle in a foreign land. For now, India is right in asserting that it will take back deportees after verifying that they indeed are Indian citizens.
The US State Department has denied it has issued new guidance to American citizens in India to leave the country
The US has asked its citizens not to visit India in wake of the huge surge in COVID cases in the country and also because "access to all types of medical care is becoming severely limited in India due to the surge in COVID-19 cases"
Various facets of Artificial Intelligence, including its policy impact at the world stage and the challenges in the adoption of ethical AI were discussed threadbare at a summit organised by the American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin (ASEI)
The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), the largest ethnic medical organization in the US with over 80,000 members, has reached out to Covid-battered India by arranging oxygen concentrators, facilitating tele-consultations and giving a call for generous donations
Congressman Ami Bera, Democrat from California and a physician by training, said he will work to ensure assistance to India to fight the covid disaster
The Indian High Commission in Australia has strongly rebutted a report published in The Australian, a leading newspaper, on Sunday as "baseless, malicious and slanderous" and slammed the newspaper's "rush to blame the surge on the restricted election campaign by the Prime Minister of India and one religious gathering"
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday expressed their concern over the unprecedented surge in Covid cases in India and assured help to fight it
The Hindu American Foundation has sent five cease and desist notices to organizations and individuals who it says have allegedly made libelous statements against HAF, published in two articles by Al Jazeera in the first week of April 2021, News India Times reported
A New York man, who said he was a permanent resident of Bangladesh, was sentenced to life imprisonment for detonating a bomb in a New York City subway station
Pakistan Consul General in New York has offered all possible help to the family of an acid attack survivor, the Express Tribune reported
After a gap of four years, the US State Department is to get an Assistant Secretary of State for the South Asia region if President Joe Biden's nomination of Donald Lu goes through the Senate
US President Joe Biden's administration is “working closely” with Indian officials to find ways to help the country facing its worst COVID-19 surge, according to his spokesperson Jen Psaki
Hari Krishna Neupane spent 17 years working in Kuwait and Iraq, rising to the position of a restaurant manager, till the coronavirus infection turned his life topsy turvy and forced him to come back to his home in Nepal, according to The Kathmandu Post
On the occasion of Earth Day, April 22, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Amitabha (Amit) Bose for Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation. Bose’s name was among a group of dozen individuals, News India Times said
For the second year running, an independent bipartisan commission in the United States has recommended to the US government to designate India as a “country of particular concern,” or CPC, for engaging in and tolerating “systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA)”