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‘Vogue’ February cover featuring Vice-President elect Kamala Harris stirs whitewashing controversy
Popular American fashion and lifestyle magazine Vogue drew criticism over after the release of its February cover page that featured US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
Joe Biden appoints more Indian-Americans to top posts
Biden has appointed 3 Indian-Americans – Tarun Chhabra, Sumona Guha and Shanthi Kalathil – to his national security council.
The Indian-American who led Donald Trump’s Twitter ban
The social media giant decided to ban Trump’s accounts following the attack on the US Capitol that they believe were encouraged and supported by the President’s posts.
PBD 2021: Target diaspora influencers to stimulate capital flow for ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat’, says DBS CEO Piyush Gupta
“Tensions between us (India) and China are pushing large numbers of multinationals as well as the East Asian companies to rethink their concentrated presence in a single place, which is China,” said DBS CEO Piyush Gupta, speaking during a plenary session at the 16th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Conve
Eminent members of Indian diaspora honoured with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award at PBD Convention
Non-Resident Indians (NRI), Persons of Indian Origin, Indian diaspora or an organization/institution established honoured with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award at PBD Convention
International Sikh news portal alleges censorship by Facebook
An article on the website of the news portal Sikh24 claims that the hashtag #sikh has been blocked by the social media giant.
Diaspora played a major role in establishing India’s reputation and culture across the world: PM Modi in PBD inaugural speech
Highlighting the contributions of the Indian diaspora in establishing India as a global power, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that they had played a major role in spreading India’s reputation and culture across the world.
Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas held virtually on the eve of PBD 2021
The Youth PBD was celebrated virtually on the theme of “Bringing together Young Achievers from India and Indian Diaspora”.
Virtual 16th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on January 9
The theme of the PBD Convention 2021 is “Contributing to Aatmanirbhar Bharat”.
