United States’ Indian-origin Vice President Kamala Harris could travel to Vietnam and Singapore in August, even though details of the trip are not final yet, a source said yesterday.
Category: USA
Three killed, five injured in separate Seattle shootings
Three people were killed and five others injured in four separate shootings in and around Seattle’s downtown area, according to Seattle police.
US: 99% Covid deaths in last six months among unvaccinated
The United States is facing “the pandemic of the unvaccinated” amid a nationwide spike in COVID infections. Fuelling by the highly contagious Delta variant, the COVID surge will reach a peak in mid-October, with daily deaths more than triple what they are now.
190 shot dead during July 4th weekend in US: Report
As many as 190 people were shot dead across the United States over the July 4th or Independence Day holiday weekend, according to data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive, a research organisation.
Indian-American Abhimanyu Mishra becomes youngest-ever chess grandmaster
US youngest Chess Grandmaster: Indian-origin Abhimanyu Mishra of New Jersey has become the youngest chess grandmaster in history. The 12-year-old player scored his third GM norm in Budapest, having already crossed the required 2500 Elo rating barrier.
India ‘incredibly important’ partner to the US, says White House spokesman
A White House spokesperson announced that India is an “incredibly important” partner to the US in the region and globally, underlining that the US is working with the country on wide-ranging issues like economic, strategic and security.
Two Indian origin journalists among Pulitzer Prize winners for 2021
Two Indian origin journalists are among the winners of the Pulitzer Prizes for the year 2021. Megha Rajagopalan, a journalist working for BuzzFeed News, and Neil Bedi from Tampa Bay Times have bagged these awards under the international reporting and local reporting categories respectively.
One in two Indian Americans faces discrimination, mostly owing to skin colour: Study
Survey is based on a poll of 1,200 Indian Americans — including citizens, Green Card holders and Non-Resident Indians — in September of 2020, in the run up to the November election during trump presidency.
Joe Biden expected to nominate LA Mayor as next US ambassador to India: Reports
Post of US envoy to India has been lying vacant since January 20. Daniel Smith, the director of the Foreign Service Institute (who recently served as acting Secretary of State and Acting Deputy Secretary of State) has been in New Delhi as Charge d’Affaires, ad interim.
Indian-American Neera Tanden appointed as senior adviser to President Biden
The 50-year-old Tanden is currently the president and CEO of think-tank Center for American Progress (CAP).
