NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA COLUMN AT DEMOCRATIC ACCENT SIGNIFIES THE NEWS STORIES, ARTICLES AND OPINION FROM AMERICAN CONTINENT. IT MOSTLY COMPRISES THE LATEST GEOPOLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND OTHER PROMINENT NATIONS IN THE AMERICAN CONTINENT.

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Analysis: With call, Trump shows no limit to his power grab

9:35 pm January 5, 2021

Atlanta: President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to overturn the 2020 election results — laid out in stark detail in an hour long weekend phone call with a Georgia election official — are demonstrating his unrestrained determination to maintain a grip on power no matter the consequences for the nation’s democratic traditions. Trump, in a Saturday […]

India’s S-400 deal with Russia may trigger US sanctions: Congressional report

7:58 pm January 4, 2021

Washington : India’s multi-billion dollar deal to purchase the Russian-made S-400 air defence system may trigger US sanctions on New Delhi, a US Congressional report has warned. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) – an independent and bipartisan research wing of US Congress – in its latest report to Congress, said India is ”eager for more technology-sharing and […]

Mizoram churches reopen after over 10 months

Senate race thrusts ‘Black America’s church’ into spotlight

11:11 pm January 3, 2021

Atlanta: For decades, the red-bricked Gothic Revival church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached has been a monument to the history of Black Americans’ fight for civil rights and the legacy of an activist icon. It took a high-stakes Senate race and a Trump-era cultural debate to thrust Ebenezer Baptist Church into the center of the current […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

India’s first cultural diplomat to US returns home after three-year tenure

2:51 pm January 2, 2021

Washington: India‘s first cultural diplomat to the US, Dr Moxraj, who spent last three years teaching Sanskrit, Hindi and spreading traditional Indian culture along with Yoga and meditation in many American states believes that the Vedic doctrine of “Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam” has found its own resonance in the post-COVID-19 world. “India is the only country which believes in the doctrine of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ […]

In Georgia, Biden’s presidency meets early defining moment

2:45 pm January 2, 2021

Atlanta : Usually it’s a president’s first midterm election that reorders a White House’s political approach and priorities. For President-elect Joe Biden, his most defining congressional election is coming before he takes office. Two runoffs Tuesday in Georgia will decide which party controls the Senate and, thus, how far the new president can reach legislatively on […]