By South Asian Times Washington: Defying Democrats’ objections considering the pandemic conditions, President Donald Trump led a big celebration of America’s Independence Day. There were fireworks (literal and figurative as he blasted the ‘radical left’ and Democrats), flypasts and pomp and show at the Salute to America event at the White House in Washington DC on...
New Delhi: As China withdraws troops from several friction points in eastern Ladakh, India on Thursday said it remained convinced of the need for maintenance of peace and tranquility in the border areas and resolution of differences through dialogue, PTI reported. At the same time, India said it is strongly committed to ensuring its sovereignty and...
Interview by Parveen Chopra New York: Ankur Vaidya, Board member and Past President (2014) of Federation of Indian Associations - Tristate , has been unanimously elected its Chairman for three years at a board meeting last week. The 40-year-old who is a construction professional, has an onerous task of filling the boots of Ramesh Patel, a...
Washington: The Trump administration on Monday announced that international students might have to leave the country or risk deportation if their universities moved classes entirely online in the upcoming fall semester. This means that of the 250,000 Indian students currently enrolled in schools or programs, those in entirely online classes for the fall semester can stay back only if they take...
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Effective July 11 through July 19, VBM flights previously scheduled to terminate at Delhi will now continue to major metros in India as per the following chart, as per a press release from Air India’s New York office. To book one of the special VBM flights, you must go to Air India Website at www.airindia.in after...
New Delhi: The Indian Army has asked all its personnel and soldiers to remove 89 apps by July 15 owing to the national security risks. The list not only have Chinese apps that have already been banned by the government like TikTok but also carries US-based platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Zoom, Truecaller, Reddit and...
New Delhi: India’s Covid-19 cases and deaths per million population is still among the lowest in the world, despite being a country with 1.3 billion people, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday. Currently, India has 538 cases per million population. Cases per million population in some countries are at least 16-17...
New Delhi: As the world goes through a recession amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India will play a leading role in the global economic revival. Delivering his inaugural speech at the India Global Week 2020, a virtual conference being organized in the UK, he also said that India...
