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US lawmakers are raising a clarion call on Capitol Hill for the Biden administration to accelerate efforts to support India as it grapples with a massive surge in coronavirus infections. Continue reading US lawmakers urge Biden to increase Covid-19 assistance to India
Kamala Devi Harris – a woman, of Indian descent – has been sworn in as vice president of the United States of America at an inauguration ceremony like no other given the dual threats of an ongoing coronavirus pandemic and domestic terrorism in wake of the US Capitol attack. Continue reading Kamala Devi Harris becomes first Indian-origin, woman Vice President of the United States of America
Seven US lawmakers, including Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (Democrat-Washington), have written to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressing “serious concerns” about the brutal treatment meted out to farmers from Punjab peacefully protesting India’s new agricultural laws. Continue reading Seven US lawmakers write to Secretary Mike Pompeo on brutal treatment of protesting farmers in India
Democratic congressional incumbents Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, Ami Bera and Ro Khanna of California, and Pramila Jayapal of Washington swept races in their respective districts in the 2020 general election. Continue reading All Four Indian-American Members of the US House of Representatives Cruise to Re-election
House Resolution 489 “strongly condemns President Donald Trump’s racist comments that have legitimized and increased fear and hatred of new Americans and people of color”. Continue reading House votes to condemn President Trump’s racist tweets
American lawmakers from both sides of the aisle condemned the heinous attack in Jammu and Kashmir, pledged their staunch support for India, and vowed to defeat terror wherever it rears its ugly head. Continue reading US lawmakers strongly condemn terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district
In an unprecedented turnout, 67 members of the US Congress accorded a resounding welcome to Indian ambassador Harsh Vardhan Shringla who arrived in Washington merely a month ago and has hit the ground running ever since. Continue reading Resounding welcome for Ambassador Harsh Vardhan Shringla by record number of US lawmakers
“Today, I was sworn into the 116th Congress, our most diverse and most progressive Congress yet”, said Pramila Jayapal, the first Indian-American woman elected to the House of Representatives. Continue reading Record 102 women sworn into US House of Representatives
The eagerly awaited annual Diwali celebration on Capitol Hill, now organized by BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha and co-hosted by Indiaspora and the Hindu American Foundation, attracts several members of the Hindu, Sikh, Jain and Buddhist faiths who celebrate the popular and pluralistic Indian festival of lights. Continue reading US lawmakers greeted by overflow crowd at Diwali celebration on Capitol Hill
Reps. Ami Bera, Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Pramila Jayapal, nicknamed the ‘Samosa Caucus’, were comfortably re-elected in the 2018 midterms as Democrats regained control of the House for the first time in eight years. Continue reading Indian-American incumbent House members sail to re-election success in midterms
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