Partha Chakraborty- Trump’s upcoming India visit must be viewed through a broad geopolitical Kaleidoscope. With both parties invested in a goal of containing China, and its surrogates in the region, a show of bonhomie is of utmost importance in itself. With two leaders who seem to intrinsically get each other, US-India relation is on […]
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Trump’s visit to India to focus on Indo-US engagements
indica News Bureau- Finalizing the dates and venues for US President Donald Trump’s visit to India, a senior Trump administration official, while briefing journalists in Delhi said that the focus of the visit will be on Indo-US engagements and on decisions made during the 2+2 meeting between Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of […]
Will Iran-US issue act as a dampener or much more than that
Arun Kejriwal- Markets had begun to roll on expected lines and the breadth was improving as well, till Thursday/Friday when US President Donald Trump had a top commander of Iran and others killed through a drone attack. Markets fell globally and suddenly a positive and feel good atmosphere has been vitiated. BSE Sensex lost […]
Modi sued in US court over alleged Kashmir human rights violations
Two Kashmiri citizens have sued Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a U.>S federal court Thursday days before his appearance in Houston, Texas, alongside President Donald Trump, alleging his administration violated international law and human rights with the unilateral annexation Aug. 5 of their predominantly Muslim homeland, according to a report by the Houston Chronicle. […]
Trump nominates Indian-American to federal judgeship
Arul Louis- US President Donald Trump has nominated Shireen Mathews, an Indian-American lawyer, to be a federal judge. She is a partner with the elite law firm Jones Day, where she specializes in white-collar crimes. Before that, she was an assistant federal prosecutor in California serving as the coordinator for criminal healthcare fraud cases. […]
India-U.S. relations “good and enduring”: Trump aide
indica News Bureau- The White House has a “good and enduring relationship” with India, a Trump adviser said, according to published reports. A senior White House adviser says U.S. President Donald Trump has “a good and enduring relationship” with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the South Asian nation tries to move beyond Trump’s recent […]
Pakistani PM Khan to face pressure during meeting with Trump
indica News Bureau- Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will meet with President Donald Trump on Monday, July 22 at the White House in the premier’s first official visit to the U.S. where the leaders will discuss counterterrorism, defense, energy and trade in a meeting that is leaving many hopeful that the two nations can […]
South Asian Network celebrates Trump’s retreat on Census Citizenship question but sees need for community’s active role in count
indica news Bureau- The South Asian Network (SAN) has issued a statement declaring “a victory for our country and our democracy” after President Trump said he was backing away from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census forms and that he would instruct the Commerce Department to collect citizenship information from other sources. […]
Biden says he’ll ‘fortify’ collective capabilities with India
Arul Louis- Outlining his foreign policy, Joe Biden, the Democratic Party front-runner for the 2020 presidential race, has said that he will “fortify” US “collective capabilities” with India. In a speech outlining what he called his “foreign policy for the middle class” here on Thursday, Biden accused US President Donald Trump of cosying up […]
Trump abandons adding citizenship question to 2020 Census
IANS- US President Donald Trump has abandoned his bid to have a question about citizenship added to the 2020 Census, instead deciding to obtain the information via other means. “The Department of Commerce sensibly decided to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census as has been done many, many times throughout the history […]