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Obama, Biden and Harris recall Chadwick Boseman’s life

10:38 pm August 29, 2020

Washington: Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s top leaders, on Saturday condoled the death actor Bison Chadwick Boseman, saying his life made a difference and inspired generations. Boseman, best known for playing Black Panther in the hit Marvel superhero franchise, died of cancer aged 43 in Los Angeles. “Chadwick came to the White House to work with kids when he […]

Military commanders of India, China to hold talks on Saturday

Complete disengagement of troops can be achieved only through reciprocal actions, India on border standoff with China

11:03 pm August 27, 2020

New Delhi: India on Thursday said a complete disengagement of troops in eastern Ladakh can be achieved only through mutually agreed reciprocal actions and also highlighted resolution of border incidents with China in the past through diplomacy. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said complete disengagement requires re-deployment of troops by each side towards their regular posts on their respective sides […]

TikTok CEO resigns amid US pressure to sell video app

3:27 pm August 27, 2020

Hong Kong: TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigned Thursday amid US pressure for its Chinese owner to sell the popular video app, which the White House says is a security risk. In a letter to employees, Mayer said that his decision to leave comes after the “political environment has sharply changed”. His resignation follows President Donald Trump’s order to ban TikTok unless its parent company, ByteDance, sells its US operations to […]

Republicans doing everything to suppress voting rights of people of colour: Kamala Harris

11:48 pm August 26, 2020

Washington: The Republican Party is doing everything in its power to suppress and attack the voting rights of people of color, India-origin senator and Democratic Party’s vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris alleged on Wednesday. Paying tributes to all the courageous women throughout history who fought for voting rights, Harris, in an op-ed on the occasion […]

Nikki Haley and top Republican leaders call for US boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in China

America is not a racist country, asserts Indian-American politician Nikki Haley

6:45 pm August 25, 2020

Washington: Describing herself as a proud daughter of Indian immigrants who wore a turban and a saree, top Republican politician Nikki Haley has narrated her story to the American voters, urging them to strongly reject the Democratic Party’s “fashionable” statement that “America is racist.” The 48-year-old former US Ambassador to the United Nations, Haley is the only Indian-American listed so far to be speaking […]