Portland, Ore.: Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) has endorsed former Multnomah County Commissioner Susheela Jayapal to represent Oregon’s Third Congressional District. In a statement, the senator lauded Jayapal’s leadership on issues including worker’s rights, and environmental issues. “For many years, Susheela Jayapal has been an outstanding progressive leader in Oregon. From early in her career she has...
The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) has named Ravi Kumar S, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cognizant to its Board of Directors. At the helm of Cognizant, Kumar sets the strategic direction of the company and has inculcated a strong client-first culture at all levels, according to a media release. Since taking over in...
Appalled Hindus are asking for the resignation of General Mills CEO Jeffrey L. Harmening with an official apology from the company for the non-disclosure of beef in its Yoplait yogurts, and their immediate recall from the market. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada, said that it was shocking for Hindus to learn...
Washington, DC: The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which was notified in India on Monday, was long overdue and mirrors the Lautenberg Amendment for religious refugees in the United States, Hindu American groups said. Under CAA, which was passed by the Parliament in December 2019, the central government can grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants - from...
NYC Health + Hospitals has partnered with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) to implement the Interactive Screening Program, an online self-screening tool for staff to connect to peer and clinical support before a potential crisis emerges. The anonymous screening tool is customized for the health system. Employees take a brief stress and...
Governor Kathy Hochul, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Police Department Commissioner Edward A. Caban, New York City Sheriff Anthony Miranda, and Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chair and CEO Janno Lieber announced the launch of a multi-agency city-state task force dedicated to identifying and removing so-called “ghost cars” — cars that are...
“HealthyNYC” aims to increase life expectancy to 83 years by 2030 New York City Mayor Eric Adams on March 11, 2024, celebrated Intro. 93-A becoming local law, codifying New York City’s ambitious health agenda — “HealthyNYC” — that seeks to extend the average life expectancy of New Yorkers to record lengths. Unveiled last fall, HealthyNYC...
New York: New York Governor Kathy Hochul has named IBM’s Indian American CEO Arvind Krishna and Girls Who Code CEO Dr. Tarika Barrett as co-chairs of the new Emerging Technology Advisory Board. The independent group of industry leaders has been tasked with informing and accelerating New York’s transformation into a hub for growth and innovation. According...
New York: Eminent writer Amitav Ghosh has been awarded the prestigious Erasmus Prize 2024. “He receives the prize for his passionate contribution to the theme ‘imagining the unthinkable’, in which an unprecedented global crisis, climate change, takes shape through the written word,” the Utrecht-based Praemium Erasmianum Foundation announced in its website, erasmusprijs.org. “Ghosh has delved deeply...
