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United States to ban the TikTok too?


Biden signs a bill that could ban TikTok Washington: President Biden has signed into law a bill which gives the social media platform's Chinese owner, ByteDance, nine months to divest the app or it will be blocked in the United States. The law has been introduced because of concerns TikTok might share user data with the...

Sam Pitroda stirs Indian election with wealth tax suggestion a la United States


 'Zindagi ke saath bhi, zindagi ke baad bhi': PM Modi hits out at Congress   New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday sharpened his attack on the Congress party as India goes to poll for the second phase in the general elections, over what he described as its “dangerous intentions”, citing Sam Pitroda’s comments on an...

Universities taking measures against pro-Palestinian protests


- USC cancels graduation ceremony and dozens are arrested on other campuses - With graduation near, colleges seek to balance safety and students’ right to protest - Protests are carefully planned and improvised when needed   Austin, Texas: With graduations looming, student protesters doubled down early Thursday on their discontent of the Israel-Hamas war on campuses across the...

Indian restaurants in Colorado dupe investors of $3,80,000: Officials


New York: Two Indian restaurants in Colorado have duped investors to the tune of $3,80,000, state regulators have alleged and are now seeking to recover the amount from them. In a lawsuit, the Colorado Division of Securities has alleged that the owners of Indian restaurants Bombay Clay Oven and Saucy Bombay used “half-truths and lies”...

US economic growth in first quarter falls short of expectations

Post Date: April 25, 2024

New York: The US economy expanded less than projected in the first three months of 2024 as exports and consumer spending declined, according to the Commerce Department. The first quarter saw the world's largest economy rise by 1.6 percent, according to the Commerce Department data, which is slightly lower than the economists' expectations of 2.4...

India and the US are always stronger working together, says Eric Garcetti

Post Date: April 25, 2024

New Delhi: Ambassador Eric Garcetti has said that climate action and green energy are some of the biggest pillars of the US-India alliance. In an interview to local media in India, the U.S. ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti said, If you told somebody 20 years ago that Indian companies would be creating jobs in...

Lahore Literary Festival 2024 to be held at Asia Society on April 27


New York: The Lahore Literary Festival (LLF), one of South Asia’s premier cultural events, is returning to Asia Society New York on April 27, exploring contemporary Pakistan through artists, writers, and other experts. The Lahore Literary Festival in New York 2024 is held in conjunction with the Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) and presented in association...

USCIS announces open application period for the Citizenship and Integration Grant Program


Washington: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Wednesday announced the application period for the Citizenship and Integration Grant Program, which provides funding for citizenship preparation programs in communities across the country. The 16-year-old program, specifically Citizenship Instruction and Naturalization Application Services, will provide up to $10 million in grants to prepare legal immigrants for naturalization and...

As Biden celebrates computer chip factories, voters wait for the promised production to start

Post Date: April 25, 2024

Washington: President Joe Biden has a great economic story to tell voters a decade from now, less so in 2024. On Thursday, the Democratic president reached upstate New York to celebrate Micron Technology’s plans to build a campus of computer chip factories made possible in part with government support. But the initial phase of the...