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 […]
IANS- The US has imposed sanctions on an Indian national, based in the UAE, and his parents for their involvement in an alleged global smuggling network for heroin, opioids and other drugs. The US Treasury Department in a statement on Wednesday called Jasmeet Hakimzada a “significant foreign narcotics trafficker” who since 2008 laundered hundreds […]
IANS- US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican descent, has been slammed by her father for saying that she smoked marijuana in her younger years and supports it becoming legalized. Donald Harris, an economics professor at Stanford University, claimed his daughter was playing “identity politics” and added that […]
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 American companies must step up their efforts or get left behind. In a tweet, Trump said he wants 5G, and even 6G, to be rolled out in the US as […]
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 Suboxone, a sublingual film for opioid addiction treatment, in the US market. Decks were cleared for the re-launch of Buprenorphine and Naloxone sublingual film after the US Supreme Court turned […]
IANS- Industry body Nasscom on Wednesday released the findings of a survey of 100 Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of information technology companies showcasing “cautious optimism” due to global economic uncertainties like trade wars, Brexit and currency fluctuations. “As per the survey, global economic uncertainties are leading to a cautionary outlook among CEOs, but they […]
Surekha Vijh – Many students from various local universities, interacted with academicians, diplomats and scholars at a daylong seminar on ‘Delivering Democracy in India,’ organized to discuss the Indian democratic process and the economic and social challenges the country faces. Hosted by the Hudson Institute, the Indian Council of Cultural Relation and the Embassy […]
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 revising the definition of such an enterprise. Angel tax, the focus of a recent controversy, which has come to be called so since it largely impacts angel investments in startups, […]
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 rising tensions following the attack at Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed the lives of 49 CRPF troopers. Guterres, through a spokesman, said that the UN is deeply concerned […]
IANS – US Senator Bernie Sanders announced on Tuesday he is again running for President in 2020 and vowed to finish what he started in his last race for the White House. Sanders lost the Democratic primaries in 2016 to Hillary Clinton. The former first lady lost the election to Donald Trump despite winning […]
