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Indian Ambassador Shringla meets California Governor Newsom, they discuss trade & tariff issues

June 23, 2019 Ritu Jha 0

Ritu Jha- India’s Ambassador in Washington, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, who met California governor Gavin Newsom during the 2019 Pacific Summit of the Bay Area Council in San Francisco, California on Friday, June 21, said that a tariff issue was raised during the meeting. Ambassador Shringla, spoke on “Economic Prosperity in the Pacific” sharing about […]

India rejects US…

IANS- India on Sunday rejected a US State Department report which made certain critical comments regarding the status of minorities here, saying it has…

Deepa Mehta draws…

Radhika Bhirani- For filmmaker Deepa Mehta, it was a “luxury” to work on “Leila” with a talent like Huma Qureshi leading the cast. She…

U.S. Secretary of…

indica News Bureau- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to New Delhi next week in an attempt to strengthen America’s relationship with…

No plans to…

IANS- The US has no plans to place caps on H-1B work visas for Indians, a senior administration official told reporters on Friday. In…

Tech

Google says fighting fake business profiles on Maps

June 23, 2019 Ritu Jha 0

IANS- Admitting that fake business profiles were lurking people on Google Maps, the company has said it was working hard to remove bad actors before they could scam customers. Reacting to media reports that Google Maps is flooded by about 11 million false listings and phone numbers that reroute to competing businesses, the company said […]

Indo-US trade irritants:…

Pradeep S. Mehta- Since the US announcement of its withdrawal of benefits to India under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) on March 4,…

Infosys using automation…

IANS- Renewing legacy systems but discarding legacy mindsets, India’s global software major Infosys is relying on automation for the digital transformation of their clients’ business,…

US court dismisses…

IANS- A US court in the state of California has dismissed a lawsuit against Apple and Infosys over allegations that it abused the visa…

No official word…

IANS- India on Thursday said there was no official word from the US on a “source-based” media report about capping of the H1B visas,…

The Water Crisis in India

June 24, 2019 Ritu Jha 0

Justice Markandey Katju- The country is facing acute water shortage in many areas due to failure of rains or inadequate rainfall e.g. in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat, etc. and even in the national capital Delhi, because of which people are suffering terribly. In Chennai there are queues of women holding […]

Triple talaq and…

Justice Markandey Katju- The President of India, Ramnath Kovind, in an address to the joint meeting of members of both Houses of Parliament called…

Libra is a…

Partha Chakraborty- Empire strikes back with a vengeance. It is time to break up empires. I rarely look at horoscopes. When I heard…

Pakistan needs to…

indica News Bureau- Observing that Pakistan has failed to complete its action plan on counterterrorism financing, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday…

Where were these…

By Justice Markandey Katju- A group of over 53 prominent Bengali Muslims, among them educationists, medical doctors and others, have sent a letter recently…

Sankara Eye Foundation(SEF) hosted musical concert to eradicate curable blindness in India

June 23, 2019 Ritu Jha 0

Vasudha Paul- In their continued efforts to eradicate curable blindness in India, the Sankara Eye Foundation (SEF) organized a fundraising Bollywood musical concert on Saturday, June 15, 2019, at the Oakland Arena in California. 2019 marks a special year for SEF with its Founder, Dr. R.V. Ramani, being awarded the prestigious Padma Shri […]