Ritu Jha- “We fail if we stop working,” Aman Kapoor, co-founder and president of Immigration Voice, said in response to Senate Bill S386, or The Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act, which was blocked by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) on Oct.17. If passed, the act would have created a fair and equitable “first come, […]
Arul Louis- Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu to seek the presidential nomination of a major party, has lashed out against a smear campaign by her Democratic Party’s leaders and their supportive media. Reacting to attacks by former presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, Gabbard on Friday called her “the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and […]
IANS- Considered as one of the biggest ever simultaneous chases in the US and India, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is hunting for an Indian fugitive, Bhadresh Kumar Patel, for the past four years. Patel, who hails from Viramgam in Ahmedabad, figures in the FBI’s top 10 list of most wanted fugitives and […]
Justice Markandey Katju- Pt Tribhuwan Nath Katju was my great grandfather ( father of my grandfather Dr KN Katju, former Union Home and Law Minister, Governor of West Bengal and Odisha, and CM of MP ). The story of the relation between him and the then Nawab of the Indian princely state of Jaora, […]
indica News Bureau- Immigration is critical for productivity and growth of global economies and US is lagging, according to latest GMAC report. Fifty deans from a cross-section of American business schools, both public and private, and 13 CEOs have signed an open letter calling for a substantial change in the approach of the United […]
indica News Bureau- Immigration Voice, a national nonprofit that advocates easier employment, travel and working conditions for legal high-skilled immigrants, has expressed “profound disappointment” at the decision of Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) to block the Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act 2019 in the Senate. On July 10, the bill was passed by the […]
Kumar Goel- Quite often, we see potential Medicare enrollees struggle to decide whether to go with a Medicare Advantage Plan (a.k.a. Part C) or stick with Original Medicare (Part A and Part B) and add Medigap (a.k.a. Medicare Supplement) to it. Remember they are mutually exclusive. So how do you go about making this […]
indica News Bureau- A congressional briefing on ‘Kashmir: The Way Forward’ was organized on Capitol Hill Wednesday by the Indo-American Community Federation (IACF) in collaboration with the Kashmiri Overseas Association (KOA) and USINPAC. The stated objective of the briefing was to promote pluralism and reconnect and reintegrate the hearts and minds of the people […]
indica News Bureau- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella earned $42.9 million in total compensation for fiscal 2019, a 66% rise over fiscal 2018, the company has announced. Nadella received a base salary jump of $1 million and an increase in stocks. “Nadella’s strategic leadership, including his efforts to strengthen trust with customers, drives for […]
indica News Bureau- The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) has published a new report documenting faith-based bullying of and discrimination against Muslim students in California’s schools. The report reveals that Muslim students are bullied at more than twice the rate of the national statistic. The report, titled ‘Singled Out: Islamophobia […]
