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Farmington ‘students’ hang in limbo

February 21, 2019 I 0

Ritu Jha- “It’s hard, no one can do anything, not even the Indian consulate,” said Raj, the cousin of a student detained at Adelanto ICE Processing Center in Adelanto, California. His cousin, arrested on January 30 from Raj’s home in Los Angeles at around 7 am, was one of 160 people enrolled as students […]

US sanctions Indian…

IANS- The US has imposed sanctions on an Indian national, based in the UAE, and his parents for their involvement in an alleged global…

Father slams Kamala…

IANS- US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican descent, has been slammed by her father for saying that…

Seminar discusses India’s…

Surekha Vijh – Many students from various local universities, interacted with academicians, diplomats and scholars at a daylong seminar on ‘Delivering Democracy in India,’…

UN urges India,…

IANS- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on India and Pakistan to exercise “maximum restraint” and offered to mediate in the face of…

Tech

#MeToo pushes Google to end forced arbitration for employees globally

February 22, 2019 I 0

IANS- Intense protests over workplace misconduct and discrimination in the #MeToo era have finally brought the curtains down on the controversial forced arbitration policy at Google offices across the globe. In forced arbitration, a company requires an employee to submit any dispute that may arise to binding arbitration as a condition of employment. The […]

After Samsung’s big…

IANS- A day after South Korean giant Samsung launched Galaxy S10 5G smartphone at a packed event here, US President Donald Trump on Thursday said…

Dr Reddy’s re-launch…

IANS- With US Supreme Court ruling in its favor, Indian pharma major Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories on Wednesday announced re-launch of a generic version of…

Nasscom sees economic…

IANS- Industry body Nasscom on Wednesday released the findings of a survey of 100 Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of information technology companies showcasing “cautious…

Angel tax exemption…

IANS- In a two-pronged move to improve the fledgling startup eco-system, India on Tuesday raised the limit of angel tax exemption for startups, while…

Global revulsion against terrorism railroaded China to accept Pulwama condemnation

February 22, 2019 I 0

Arul Louis(IANS)- China was railroaded by the strong international revulsion against terrorism to go along with the Security Council press statement condemning the Jaish-e-Mohammad’s (J-e-M) suicide bombing in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district that killed 40 Indian security personnel. While Beijing initially opposed the statement adopted unanimously by the Council on Thursday, following the […]

Farmington ‘students’ hang…

Ritu Jha- “It’s hard, no one can do anything, not even the Indian consulate,” said Raj, the cousin of a student detained at Adelanto…

This talk of…

Justice Markandey Katju – Everybody seems to be clamoring for revenge for the killing of the Central Reserve Police Force personnel in Pulwama,…

Lead in spices,…

Dr. K.S. Parthasarathy(IANS) The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention has found that in North Carolina, 61 children of Asian descent (specifically, Indians,…

Trump’s state of…

Partha Chakraborty- The town of Chewandswallow always amazes me. Tickling the funny bones never stopped, either for me or for the four-year-old who…

Shoots halted as film bodies in Mumbai protest against Pulwama attack

February 17, 2019 I 0

IANS- Action came to a halt for cricketers Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Mohammad Kaif and Suresh Raina, who were in the midst of shooting an ad here, as they joined artists and technicians representing 24 film associations in a two-hour protest against the Pulwama terror attack at Filmcity in Goregaon here on Sunday. Spearheaded […]