Kabul: Taliban militants have warned that they will resume attacks against foreign forces if they do not withdraw from Afghanistan by the May 1 deadline, in response to US President Joe Biden offering an unclear timetable on when American troops would be pulled back. "All responsibility for the prolongation of war, death and destruction will be...
The former UFO program chief at the Pentagon, Luis Elizondo, detailed the three leading theories on where UFOs originated from and the five defining characteristics of UFOs that break the U.S.’s current understanding of the laws of physics. During an appearance on "Fox & Friends," Elizondo, the former Director of ATTIP (Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program) said that the United States government applied the...
An Indian American couple has donated over ₹ 1 crore for healthcare works in Bihar and Jharkhand, the Bihar Jharkhand Association of North America (BJANA) announced on Monday. The generous donation of $150,000 by the Ramesh and Kalpana Bhatia Family Foundation to the BJANA would be used for healthcare efforts in the rural areas of...
People of Indian-origin having the Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cards are now not required to carry their old, expired passports for travel to India, as required earlier, according to a government notification that has been welcomed by members of the community. The Overseas Citizens of India or OCI card is issued to people of...
On Monday, the Nassau County Democratic Committee filed more than 13,000 petition signatures on behalf of County Executive Laura Curran’s re-election campaign. The Committee in partnership with dozens volunteers from across the county collected more than twenty times the necessary signature threshold throughout the month of March and filed them on the first possible...
“I want to provide an important update about the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) processing of Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) under the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act. At each turn over the last 12 months, immediate delivery of EIPs has been, and remains, a top priority for this agency. SSA’s public service mission is squarely focused...
President Joe Biden on March 26, nominated yet another Indian -American civil rights lawyer and labor advocate Seema Nanda to be the Department of Labor Solicitor. “President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Seema Nanda for Solicitor of the Department of Labor, ” the White House said in a statement. Nanda’s nomination to the...
Washington: As the Biden administration grapples with the growing number of unaccompanied migrant children at the border, Vice President Kamala Harris will lead U.S. efforts to stem migration, President Joe Biden announced Wednesday. Harris will work on establishing a partnership with Mexico and the northern triangle of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, US Today reported. "There's no question that...
Washington: As a group, immigrant families tend to be more stable than families of native-born Americans with Indian Americans ranking at the top in family stability, according to an analysis of census data by the Institute of Family Studies (IFS), a Virginia-based think tank. Almost all (first-generation) Indian immigrants with children are stably married (94%), according to...
