It is obvious that the U.S. sees India as perhaps its most important strategic relationship not just in Asia but even globally in the context of an increasingly assertive China.
Will American women respond to Nikki, count her as one of them, and make her the President of the USA, now or in 2028?
Given that Indian settlers are generally law-abiding citizens with a high focus on education and are positive contributors to the local economy they are considered a model minority group. India’s rising economic stature and the government of India’s regular engagement with the diaspora have raised the diaspora’s stock within the host nation.
The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) will host GOPIO 2024 Global Convention of People of Indian Origin April 26-28, 2024 at the Royal Albert Palace in New Jersey., US The convention will focus on India’s Present and the Future and what role the Diaspora Indians can play in helping to realize this desirable future. The theme of the convention is ‘Opportunities for Diaspora Indians in India’s Big Manifest Future.’
Desperate to break the ice with US President Joe Biden who has not interacted even once with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan despite being in office since January, Islamabad is now using the “good offices” of an influential Pakistani American to arrange a telephone call between the two leaders
India’s Chief of Defense Staff, General Bipin Rawat, in what is being termed as a “historic meeting” with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, discussed expanding multilateral cooperation with regional partners, according to Defence Department Spokesperson John Kirby
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has expressed solidarity with India and called for strengthening economic ties between the two countries
Internationally renowned academic Noam Chomsky has urged the United States and India to engage with the Taliban, work towards overcoming differences with other regional powers, and help the Afghan people rather than blocking ”the best of the options that are available”
US President Joe Biden has no immediate plans to call Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has blamed the US for the Afghanistan mess and its fallout in his country, according to Biden's Spokesperson Jen Psaki
Global Organization of People of Indian Origin Connecticut Chapter (GOPIO-CT) organized a program of welcoming new students from India at the Univ. of Connecticut, School of Business from its Stamford and Hartford campuses with a networking dinner on Friday, Sept. 24 at the Hampton Inn and Suites in Stamford
Kamzy Gunaratnam, a Sri Lankan origin MP in Norway, who recently won her election from the Labour Party, said that she would ask the new Norwegian government to continue engagement with Sri Lanka amid growing calls from some quarters to boycott engagement with the South Asian nation
The Canadian government has lifted a month-long ban on passenger flights from India. The ban was put in place in view of the enhanced COVID-19 protocols
Malaysia has removed travel restrictions on fully vaccinated workers from five South Asian nations - Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal
The four million strong Indian diaspora, billed as the most educated and most affluent of all ethnic communities in America and recognized for their phenomenal "rise" in all spheres of American society and public life, came in for fulsome mention as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had meetings in Washington with US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, a person of Indian descent (her mother came to the US from Chennai) who has ascended to the second highest office in the nation
US Vice President Kamala Harris has told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that she was asking Pakistan to act on terrorism and ensure that terror groups do not target India or the US, according to India's Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla
The US strongly supports France strengthening ties with India, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said amid a diplomatic row between Washington and Paris over their roles and alliances in the Indo-Pacific region
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Washington for a three-day visit, Thursday received a warm welcome from the members of the Indian community at Joint Base Andrews in Washington DC
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not the head of state like President Joe Biden but head of government his equivalent in protocol is Vice President Kamala Harris, who is partly of Indian origin, and she will be the formal host
Five persons, including four Bangladeshis, were charged at Malaysia's Magistrate's Court with abducting a Bangladeshi male and demanding Taka one million ( USD 11,986.10) ransom in August
