The 76th Independence Day of India was celebrated in Washington D.C. with a flag-hoisting ceremony on August 15, 2022, at the India House.
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Dalit concert demand tech companies to protect caste-oppressed workers
Over 1,300 people from around the globe attended the first virtual Dalit concert, ‘Radical Rhythms: A Global Call for Caste Equity’ held August 10.
Quit India: At 33, Aruna Asaf Ali hoisted Tricolour at Mumbai’s Gowalia Tank in 1942
On August 8, 1942, after Gandhiji’s historic ‘Quit India’ call to the British Raj at Mumbai’s Gowalia Tank maidan, the police immediately swooped in to arrest all the top leaders of the Indian National Congress (INC) present there in an attempt to crush the movement.
India stun favorites US in 44th Chess Olympiad
India highlighted its growing dexterity in chess as four teenagers of the Indian team made an emphatic statement by beating the US team on Saturday, August 6, at the 44th Chess Olympiad that is being held at Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu.
Ahead of COP27, India cabinet approves climate change commitments to UN
India’s Updated Nationally Determined Contribution to be communicated to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
US chess team in Chennai for 44th Chess Olympiad
The US chess team is in Chennai to take part in the 44th Chess Olympiad organized by the Indian Chess Federation and the government of Tamil Nadu. The team was welcomed to to Mamallapuram by the US Consul General in Chennai, Judith Ravin on July 28.
My Upbringing in Indian Culture
Vinita Gupta- Vinita Gupta is a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur and was the first Indian-American woman to take her company public. Since retiring, she has propelled herself through her journalism, mentoring women entrepreneurs and playing competitive bridge at the highest levels. She has won several National titles in bridge. Which shapes who we become… My son-in-law, […]
‘In an outright war, India’s military will be no match for China’s AI-backed war machines’
If India and China were to fight a war in the near future, India faces the prospect of losing the war within ten days. China could take Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh with a minimum loss of life, and there is very little that India could do about it, says military expert and best-selling author Pravin Sawhney.
ISKCON relief workers killed in missile strike in Ukraine
Two members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), who had been leading an effort to feed thousands of free meals per week to refugees and victims of the war in the Donbass (eastern) region of Ukraine were killed in a missile strike on July 16.
Climate change triggers deathly, unprecedented heat waves across the world
Mayank Chhaya – With some 1,700 people dead, because of heat-related complications in Spain and Portugal, 21 countries in Europe in the deathly grip of unprecedented heat waves, and the rest of the world, including India, China, and the United States, experiencing record-breaking temperatures, catastrophes of climate change are already here. Across America, 100 million […]