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  • Biden gets official nomination

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    Former US Vice President Joe Biden has formally been nominated the Democratic Party’s candidate to take on President Donald Trump in the November election, winning the majority in a roll call of states in which a young Indian American student, Bianca Shah, delivered Maryland’s votes for him. With 76 days left as of Tuesday for…

  • ‘Happy to see golfers back in action’

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    Golfing great Tiger Woods has expressed his happiness at seeing golfers getting back to action after a period of lull due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s been a tough time for everyone around the world these past few months, and it’s fantastic to see players of all levels getting back out there on the course.…

  • Democrats begin battle for ‘the soul of America’

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    Democrats have launched their national convention with a call to rally for what they called the battle for “the soul of America” and proclaiming a long charge sheet against President Donald Trump. The four-day convention, which will make history by nominating Kamala Harris as the first Indian-American nominee for Vice President, began on Monday with…

  • WeChat ban could cost Apple $28 Bn: Report

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    The US ban on WeChat, a messaging, social media, and electronic payment application owned by the Chinese company Tencent Holdings Ltd, can impact Apple business up to worth $28 billion, a report said on Monday. Apart from the ban order on Chinese short-video-making app TikTok, US President Donald Trump also issued another similarly-worded executive order…

  • Games to Garner Support

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    Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the US will witness unconventional conventions this weekm with the Democrats anointing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as their candidates for the November election without a live audience and the made-for-television show. This convention and the Republican one the following week will be mostly virtual with even the principals addressing…

  • Trump terms universal postal voting ‘Catastrophic’

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    US President Donald Trump has said that universal mail-in voting would be “catastrophic” and make the country “a laughing stock”, in his latest opposition to postal balloting, the media reported on Sunday. Addressing the media on Saturday evening, the President said he had no issue with absentee voting, which he himself uses, reports the BBC.…

  • ‘US underprepared for the pandemic’

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    The US is “underprepared” for “the greatest public health crisis that hit this nation in a century”, said Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The “collateral damage” of the pandemic can be seen from the fact that public health officials have been forced to turn their focus away disproportionately…

  • Abbas denounces Israel-UAE deal

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    Palestine has slammed the US-brokered historic peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel for full normalisation of relations between the two countries. Hours after the development on Thursday, the Palestinian presidency described the agreement as “disgraceful”, considering it a “blow to the Arab Peace Initiative and the decisions of the Arab and…

  • Kamala Fuels Hope

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    Kamala Devi Harris has deftly melded her dominant African American identity with that of her Indian background as a Tamil to create the evergreen American classic of the immigrant dream. Born in the US to immigrants, cancer researcher Shyamala Gopalan from India and economics professor Donald Harris from Jamaica, Harris has leaped in a generation…

  • US Open: Djokovic confirms presence

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    Tennis star Novak Djokovic confirmed on Thursday that he will take part in the US Open, which is slated to be the first Grand Slam tournament since the resumption of the sport after the coronavirus outbreak. “I’m happy to confirm that I’ll participate at #CincyTennis and #USOpen this year,” Djokovic tweeted. “It was not an…

  • UAE, US, Israel Ink Deal To Bring Peace & Progress

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    President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, spoke on Thursday and agreed to the full normalisation of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. This historic diplomatic breakthrough will…

  • The Indian Roots Of Kamala Harris

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    Kamala Devi Harris has deftly melded her dominant African American identity with that of her Indian background as a Tamil to create the evergreen American classic of the immigrant dream. Born in the US to immigrants, cancer researcher Shyamala Gopalan from India and economics professor Donald Harris from Jamaica, Harris has leaped in a generation…

  • Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate

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    Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden has selected Kamala Devi Harris as the nominee for vice president in a historic move that marks a breakthrough for Indian Americans in US politics. “I have the great honour to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris – a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s…

  • Trump abruptly pauses briefing after shooting near WH

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    US President Donald Trump was temporarily escorted by a Secret Service agent from an ongoing coronavirus briefing after a shooting was reported outside the White House. “There was an actual shooting, and somebody has been taken to the hospital. I don’t know the condition of the person,” Xinhua news agency quoted Trump as saying on…

  • China irked over US health secy meeting Taiwan Prez

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    US Health Secretary Alex Azar met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday, becoming the highest-ranking American politician to hold a meeting on the island after over 40 years in a move that has irked China. Besides the President, Azar is also scheduled to meet Minister of Health Chen Shih-chung, reports The Taiwan Times. Also Read…

  • No more US troops to fight ISIS: Obama

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     US President Barack Obama said that local forces should be the main forces to fight the extremist group the Islamic State (IS) and currently there was no plan for his administration to send more troops abroad….reports Asian Lite News. Obama  told reporters after being briefed by US military leadership on the status of US-led coalition…

  • Haley hails vote to remove slavery era flag

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    South Carolina’s Indian American Governor Nikki Haley hailed the state Senate’s vote to remove the Confederate battle flag from the statehouse grounds three weeks after a white man shot dead nine African-Americans in a historic black church, writes Arun Kumar for Asian Lite, Britain’s leading Asian newspaper. Haley, a Republican, who took the lead in…

  • NRI physicians launch research foundation

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    The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), the largest ethnic association of medical professionals in the US, has launched a Scientific, Academic Research Foundation (SARF) for supporting key academic research initiatives. The pioneering initiative was launched during a solemn ceremony, attended by physicians, community leaders and international media personnel at the Indian Consulate…

  • US military developing hypersonic jet

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    Giving more teeth to its combat prowess, the US military is reportedly developing a hypersonic jet plane that could soar at up to five times the speed of sound….reports Asian Lite News. The jet will be faster than a bullet, which generally travels at Mach 2, or twice the speed of sound. The new hypersonic…

  • Forth Bridge Gets UN Heritage Stamp

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    Heritage Sites including Scotland’s Forth Bridge named in Unesco list….reports Asian Lite News Unesco has designated several new World Heritage Sites in Britain, Norway, Germany, Israel, and the US during the 39th meeting of the World Heritage Committee in the western German city of Bonn. Norway’s Rjukan-Notodden industrial site includes a group of hydraulic centers and…

  • Iran, P5+1 to aim nuke deal on July 7

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    US Secretary of State John Kerr says Iran and P5+1 aiming to finish nuclear talks on July 7….reports Asian Lite News Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers aimed to finish the latest round of nuclear talks “in the timeframe” that all parties have set out, said US Secretary of State John Kerry in Vienna. “That’s our…

  • China accused of stealing US secrets

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    US Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has accused China of stealing commercial secrets and government information, saying the country is “trying to hack into everything that doesn’t move in America”, and urged vigilance, BBC reported. US officials, earlier this year, named China as the chief suspect in the massive hack of the records of a…

  • Putin ready for talks with US

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    The Russsian president congratulates Obama on the occasion of American Independence Day and  calls for talks as equals….reports Asian Lite News Russian President Vladimir Putin called for talks on an equal footing between Moscow and Washington, while congratulating Barack Obama, on the occasion of American Independence Day, the Kremlin has announced. “In his message of…

  • Renewed energy in US ties: Modi

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the people of US on the occasion of their 239th Independence Day and said he was “extremely excited and confident about the renewed energy” in India-US ties…reports Asian Lite News. “Dearest sisters and brothers of US, on the occasion of Independence Day, I convey my warm wishes to you all.…

  • Bobby Jindal fall in line with gay rights

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    By Arun Kumar  A defiant Bobby Jindal has finally fallen in line after a third court told Louisiana’s Indian-American governor that he must abide by the US Supreme Court ruling that states cannot prevent same-sex marriages. The Republican presidential candidate had held off on abiding by the top court’s ruling until a lower federal court…

  • NRI’s honoured as “The Pride of America”

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    By Arun Kumar Four Indian-Americans are among 38 individuals being honoured for having “helped advance and enlighten our society, culture, and economy” as “Great Immigrants: The Pride of America” by Carnegie Corporation of New York. As a July 4th American independence day “Salute to Great Immigrants Who Help Make America Strong” and their accomplishments, the…

  • Indo-Pak ties important to us: US

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    Reiterating that relations between India and Pakistan are important to it, the US has expressed the hope that New Delhi and Islamabad would work on issues between them and reduce tensions….reports Asian Lite News. As US Secretary of State John Kerry mentioned a couple of weeks ago after a call with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz…

  • US to deepen security ties with India

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    By Arun Kumar   Pressing forward with the rebalance to the Asia Pacific region, the US “will deepen our security relationship with India” as part of its new National Military Strategy taking into account erosion of America’s comparative advantage. Looking at the “increasing disorder in the world”, the three-point strategy is pinned on “Deter, deny, and…

  • Washington Navy Yard under lockdown

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    Washington DC’s Navy Yard facility was put under lockdown, following a report about a man with a gun in the facility, CNN reported. Washington DC’s Metropolitan Police Department told CNN they were responding to the incident but there was no further information regarding the exact nature of the man with the gun. According to the…

  • NRI named World Agriculture Prize laureate

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    By Arun Kumar    R. Paul Singh, a distinguished professor emeritus at the University of California, Davis, has been named as the 2015 Global Confederation for Higher Education Associations for Agriculture and Life Sciences World Agriculture Prize laureate. Singh, an agricultural engineering graduate from India’s Punjab Agricultural University, has been recognized for a body of research…

  • NASA unveils plane to fly on Mars

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    The US space agency is planning to send a boomerang-shaped aircraft to Mars first to check if the conditions are ripe for the humans to land on the Red Planet. Proposed to make its first flight to Mars in the 2020s, a prototype of the “Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars” (Prandtl-m) will…

  • Many Black churches burnt after Charleston massacre

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    In the two weeks after a racially motivated massacre claimed lives of nine African-Americans, at least six predominantly African-American churches in south US had been burnt down….reports Asian Lite News. The latest fire occurred  in the Mount Zion Church in Greeleyville, South Carolina, 20 years after it was set ablaze by the white supremacist group…

  • Republican presidential hopefuls reject US-Cuba accord

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    Republican presidential hopefuls for 2016 have unequivocally expressed their opposition to the agreement between the US and Cuba to re-establish bilateral diplomatic relations, broken off in 1961, and re-open embassies in the two capitals. The announcement by the government regarding the new arrangement with Cuba was immediately harshly criticised by the candidates for the Republican…

  • Progress in latest round of n-talks

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    Iran and six world powers are making progress in the latest round of talks over Iran’s long-disputed nuclear programme, said top diplomats of the US and Iran here….reports Asian Lite News. “We have some very difficult issues, but we believe we are making progress and we are going to continue to work because of that,”…

  • US releases National Military Strategy

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    Chairman of US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey has released the country’s National Military Strategy which provides the blueprint for how the military will use its forces to protect and advance US national and security interests. “This strategy addresses these dynamics and our strategy to ensure that our force remains the best-led, trained…

  • Hillary leads US presidential race: Poll

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    By Arun Kumar  Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton continues to lead all 2016 presidential candidates including those in the crowded Republican field where Indian-American Bobby Jindal languishes at the 13th place, according to a new poll. While the former first lady now holds a slightly slimmer lead among Democrats, former Florida governor Jeb Bush and real…

  • US, Cuba restore diplomatic relations

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    By Arun Kumar In what President Barack Obama called “a historic step forward”, the US and Cuba have re-established diplomatic relations snapped “at the height of the Cold War” 54 years ago….reports Asian Lite News. “When the United States shuttered our embassy in 1961, I don’t think anyone thought it would be more than half…

  • KKK calls for protest in US over flag

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    The Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) will protest in Columbia city, capital of the US state of South Carolina, against the removal of the Confederate flag from public buildings. The protest will be held on July 18 at the South Carolina State House to defend white history and culture. “They are…

  • Rights group sue Jindal

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    A gay rights advocacy group and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana are suing Louisiana’s Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal for issuing an executive order aimed at protecting opponents of same-sex marriage….reports Asian Lite News. Jindal signed the religious freedom executive order in May hours after the Louisiana Legislature refused to pass a bill that…

  • US, Cuba to announce reopening of embassies

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    The US and Cuba are scheduled to announce the reopening of embassies in Washington and Havana for the first time in over 50 years. “We will formally announce tomorrow (Wednesday) that the US and Cuba have reached an agreement to re-establish formal diplomatic relations and open embassies in each other’s capitals,” a US official said.…

  • Hillary’s emails released

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    The US State Department has released a new batch of emails from Hillary Clinton while she served as the secretary of state….reports Asian Lite News. The 3,000 pages of emails were made public the State Department’s Freedom of Information Act website. The newly released batch, covering March through December of 2009, was the first batch…

  • Obama praises Nikki Haley

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    By Arun Kumar  President Barack Obama praised South Carolina’s Indian-American governor Nikki Haley for calling for the removal of slavery era Confederate flag from the State Capitol grounds 150 years after the end of the US Civil War. “For too long, we were blind to the pain that the Confederate flag stirred in too many…

  • Bobby Jindal goes bonkers after Supreme Court rulings

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    By Arun Kumar   Finding himself at odds with the US Supreme Court over its two landmark judgements upholding healthcare law and same-sex marriage, Louisiana’s Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal wants to get rid of the court. “Thursday, the Supreme Court had its say on Obamacare; soon, the American people will have theirs,” wrote the newly minted…

  • Same-sex couples can now marry across US

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    By Arun Kumar   Giving gay rights activists their biggest victory yet, the US Supreme Court ruled Friday that same-sex couples can marry nationwide and states cannot ban such marriages – an issue that divides America and India too….reports Asian Lite News. President Barack Obama, who come out in support of same sex marriage only three…

  • Not all America’s poor are jobless: Study

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    A study that may shape poverty debate in presidential election in the US reveals that the majority of the poor in US are not jobless….reports Asian Lite News. The results dispel the notion that most impoverished Americans do not work so they can rely on government handouts. The study by sociologists suggests about 10 percent…

  • Michelle Obama to open Special Olympics in LA

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    United States First Lady Michelle Obama will come here next month to attend the opening ceremony of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games slated for July 25. Obama, an advocate of physical fitness and healthy lifestyle, will take part in the opening ceremony to be held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, site of the…

  • NASA explore safe landing sites on Mars

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    In its bid for the next giant leap to Mars, NASA is seeking ideas for enabling human explorers to safely land, live and work on the Red Planet. NASA’s first “Landing Site/Exploration Zone Workshop for Human Missions to the Surface of Mars” will be held October 27-30 at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston.…

  • Obama interviews Sir David Attenborough

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    President Barack Obama has interviewed Sir David Attenborough at the White House in an extraordinary meeting of minds. During the meeting, the two men discussed the future of the planet, their passion for nature and what can be done to protect it. Excerpts can be viewed below reports BBC. The interview was recorded in May on…

  • Satnam becomes first Indian in NBA

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    Hoopster Satnam Singh Bhamara  created history by becoming the first Indian to get drafted in the National Basketball Association (NBA)…reports Asian Lite News. The 7 feet two inches tall, 131-kg Indian was picked by Dallas Mavericks. The 19-year-old Satnam earlier took part in training sessions with top teams like Sacramento Kings and Boston Celtics. Satnam,…

  • Hillary, Jeb lose traction in primary state

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    By Arun Kumar   Both Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, Democratic and Republican frontrunners respectively in the 2016 White House race, have lost some ground in New Hampshire, the state set to host the campaign’s first primary…reports Asian Lite News. The former Secretary of State’s sizable lead among Democrats in New Hampshire has been trimmed to…