New York: The United States on Tuesday vetoed an Arab-backed and widely supported U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in the embattled Gaza Strip, saying it would interfere with negotiations on a deal to free hostages abducted in Israel. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13-1 with the...
Washington: The White House said Tuesday it is preparing additional “major sanctions” on Russia in response to opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death last week in an Arctic penal colony. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the sanctions, on the eve of the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, “will be a substantial package covering...
Washington: The United States authorities will be cracking down on “Dunki” flights with the State Department announcing a new visa restriction policy that targets owners, and senior officials of charter flights, and ground and maritime transportation companies that enable the irregular migration of people from third world countries. The new policy targets transportation operations that...
Sacramento, CA: California Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed three Indian Americans to key posts in his administration. Hemant Dhingra, of Clovis, has been appointed to the Medical Board of California. Dhingra has been Chief of Medical Staff at the Saint Agnes Medical Center of Fresno since 2023. Dhingra is a member of the American Society...
New York: Salil Parekh, the CEO and Managing Director of Infosys, has been appointed to the Board of Directors at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF). Parekh expressed his delight at being inducted into the board and said, "I am delighted and honored to be inducted into the board of USISPF. India and the US...
Washington: Biotech entrepreneur-turned-politician Vivek Ramaswamy is amongst the names that Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is considering as his running mate for Vice-President in the 2024 presidential polls. The list includes three former GOP candidates, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). Trump also confirmed Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), South...
Newark, N.J.: New Jersey’s First Lady Tammy Murphy, who is running for U.S. Senate, said Tuesday she opposes construction of a gas-fired backup power plant in a minority neighborhood already heavily burdened with pollution. But she did not say whether she had discussed her view with the one person who could stop the project in...
Washington: The White House is considering using provisions of federal immigration law repeatedly tapped by former President Donald Trump to unilaterally enact a sweeping crackdown at the southern border, according to three people familiar with the deliberations. The administration, stymied by Republican lawmakers who rejected a negotiated border bill earlier this month, has been exploring...
Greenville, S.C.: There are no wins on the horizon for Nikki Haley. Those close to the former United Nations ambassador, the last major Republican candidate standing in Donald Trump’s path to the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination, are privately bracing for a blowout loss in her home state’s primary election in South Carolina on Saturday. And...
