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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 […]

‘Extremely dangerous’ hurricane Laura makes landfall in US

3:07 pm August 27, 2020

Houston: Hurricane Laura made landfall in southwestern Louisiana early Thursday after strengthening into an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 classification, with the US authorities warning of potentially catastrophic impacts. The National Hurricane Center said that Laura, packing 240 km per hour sustained winds, brought a “catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding” to the state. It intensified rapidly into a Category 4 hurricane as it barreled toward the Louisiana and Texas coasts and was on […]

When Kamala Harris asked aunt in India to break coconuts for her good luck at Hindu temple

2:34 pm August 17, 2020

New York: Senator Kamala Harris, the first-ever American of Indian and African descent to be the vice presidential candidate of a major political party, had at one point asked her aunt in India to break coconuts for good luck at a Hindu temple when she was in the fray for California attorney general election in 2010, according to a media report. Harris had […]

Kamala Harris’ VP nomination historic but not a surprise, says Delhi uncle

11:24 pm August 12, 2020

New Delhi: US Senator Kamala Harris’ nomination as the vice presidential candidate is a “historic moment” but it is not a surprise at all, her proud uncle said here on Wednesday. Gopalan Balachandran, Harris’ maternal uncle, said she will script many firsts if she wins and expressed the hope her top-level position will give Indians in […]

Irrespective of the winner of presidential polls, India-US relationship to remain strong

US stands with India against continued Chinese military aggression: Lawmaker

11:58 pm July 21, 2020

Washington: The US stands with its friends, partners, and allies like India against the continued Chinese military aggression, an influential lawmaker said on Tuesday. Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi’s remarks came as the US House of Representatives agreed to consider his bipartisan congressional resolution that urged China to work towards de-escalating the situation at the border with India through existing diplomatic mechanisms and not […]