Trump says he'll 'rely on' public health experts
President Donald Trump on Monday said his decision to prolong coronavirus social-distancing guidelines was informed by counsel from his administration's top public health experts. Trump suggested that he would defer to those same officials if they encouraged extending the federal guidance even further. In an hour-long interview on "Fox & Friends," the president singled out the advice of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute Of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Dr....

What kids can find on social media
There are plenty of reasons for parents to be leery about what their kids can find on social media. TikTok, a popular music video app, was just fined millions for collecting data on kids under 13. YouTube has been trying to pull down suicide videos aimed at teens while dealing with advertiser backlash after allegations that pedophiles were using the platform to trade information and draw attention to clips of young girls. But the Momo Challenge, the experts will tell you, is probably not...

Indian Overseas Congress, USA strongly condemns the fatal terrorist attack on its Jawans
The Indian Overseas Congress, USA, condemned the dastardly acts of terrorism perpetrated in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district by Jaish-e-Mohammed Group operating from Pakistani base that killed over 41 brave jawans of the Central Police Reserve Force, in the aftermath of its suicide attack. Mr. Harbachan Singh, Secretary- General of IOC, USA called on Pakistan to immediately stop providing “safe haven” to these operatives and cease giving them any support. He added...

2% New Zealanders identify with Hinduism
By: Rajan Zed About two per cent people in New Zealand identify with Hinduism, according to a recent research report “Faith and Belief in New Zealand”. “New Zealand is becoming an increasingly secular nation…More than half of Kiwis (55%) do not identify with any main religion…This secularisation has been steadily increasing over the last decade or so”, this report points out. “About five per cent of New Zealanders believe in multiple...

Many US school districts closing on November 7, the day of Hindu festival Diwali
Many US school districts closing on November 7, the day of Hindu festival Diwali There will reportedly be no classes for students on November seven, the day of most popular Hindu festival Diwali; in many school districts in the states of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Maryland. Some school-districts/school in Maryland, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, California, Pennsylvania and Illinois have announced...

Rhode Island Senate & House opened with Hindu mantras & holy water drops
 On June 20, both Rhode Island State Senate and House of Representatives in Providence started their respective sessions with Hindu prayers, containing verses from world’s oldest existing scripture. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed delivered the invocations from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before the Senate and House and sprinkled few drops of water from river Ganga, considered sacred by Hindus, on the occasion. After Sanskrit delivery, he then read the English interpretation of the...

INOC, USA lauds Congress Party for its timely actions in Karnataka to save democracy
New York: At a special meeting convened here on Sunday, May 20, in New York, the Indian National Overseas Congress, USA expressed complete admiration for the Congress Party in New Delhi in its resolute stance in achieving victory and placed itself along with JD(S) to form the next Government in Karnataka, India. The hurried attempt of BJP to form the government speciously in Karnataka was thwarted by the swift intervention of the Congress filing a suit with the Indian Supreme Court. Despite...

INOC, USA team Hopeful; sensed widespread disenchantment of Modi government as they survey the grassroots level.
We have detected widespread discontentment among voters on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s performance at the Center, and that may, in turn, help Congress Party to retain power” said Mr. Harbachan Singh, Secretary-General of Indian National Overseas Congress, USA who has campaigned in Karnataka along with Mr. Mohinder Singh Gilzian, the President and Dr. Dayan Naik, head of the Karnataka Chapter. Noting various failures from the previous Yeddyurappa rule, they want the Congress...

INOC, USA Team is on the ground campaigning in Karnataka
In the Karnataka Assembly polls, a team led by S. Mohinder Singh Gilzian, President Indian National Overseas Congress USA, has been on the ground and participated in the daily campaign work reaching out to various communities. Given a large number of OBC and Sikh population in Karnataka, the Congress High Command has specially invited Mr. Mohinder Singh Gilzian and his team from the USA for campaigning in the Karnataka election. S. Mohinder Singh Gilzian, who is a brother of S. Sangat...

Boeing to make Super Hornets in India
The F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets might be manufactured in India soon, as Boeing is partnering with Mahindra Defence Systems and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for the same. Boeing is eyeing a contract for 110 fighter jets for the Indian Air Force. If the deal goes through, it will be a new and proud achievement for the ambitious Make in India program.

Punjab govt seeks Navjot Singh Sidhu’s conviction
The Punjab government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the Punjab and Haryana High Court was correct in convicting its incumbent minister Navjot Singh Sidhu in the road rage case. The counsel for Punjab government told the apex court that Patiala resident Gurnam Singh had died after he was given fist blow by Sidhu. The government said the trial court was wrong in its finding that Singh had died of cardiac arrest and not brain hemorrhage.   “There is not a single...

Indian Nurse Jumps To Death From Hospital Building
An Indian nurse has committed suicide by jumping off a hospital's rooftop in Al Ain city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).   The woman, identified as Suja Singh, was in her early 40s and was from Kerala. She jumped from the hospital's building on Sunday afternoon, the Gulf News reported on Monday, citing hospital sources.   Suja Singh is survived by two children who study abroad. The reason for suicide was not confirmed.   An official...

Parrikar likely to return in Ma
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who is undergoing treatment in the USA for a pancreatic ailment, is likely to return next month, a state BJP leader said on Tuesday. The chief minister flew to the USA in the first week of March after he was advised advanced medical treatment by the doctors at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai. Sadanand Tanavade, the state BJP general secretary, said Parrikar's condition was improving. "The chief minister's condition is improving and he...

H-1B visa cap reached for fiscal year 2019: US Immigration Services
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services or USCIS, said it has reached the Congressionally-mandated 65,000 H-1B visa cap for fiscal year 2019 and would conduct a lottery to decide successful applicants for the work visa popular among Indian IT professionals. The fiscal year begins October 1, 2018. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. The technology...

PM can never respect dalits or Ambedkar, says Rahul Gandhi
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his recent remark that no government had honoured dalit icon Dr B.R. Ambedkar as the present NDA regime had. Mr Gandhi charged that the "oppressive ideology" the Prime Minister belongs to "can never respect" dalits and Dr Ambedkar. The Congress president also posted on Twitter a collage of images of alleged desecration of Ambedkar's statues in states including Uttar Pradesh,...

Bollywood veteran actor Raj Kishore passes away
Bollywood once again bids goodbye to their veteran actor Raj Kishor. Here are the details. Actor Raj Kishore, who played the role of one of the prisoners in Ramesh Sippy-directed Sholay, died on Thursday. He was 85."He was keeping unwell, had some stomach issues. But he was not bedridden. He had suffered a heart attack a few days back. He passed away late last night at his residence in Goregaon," said actor Nupur Alankar, a member of Cine and TV Artists' Association...

Salman's release deferred as judge to decide on bail gets transferred
The Rajasthan HC transferred Sessions Judge Joshi who was scheduled to take the decision on the bail plea filed by the actor. Jodhpur: It seems like Bollywood actor Salman Khan will have to spend few more nights in jail as the District and Sessions Judge, who was scheduled to hear the actor's bail plea in blackbuck poaching case has been transferred by the Rajasthan High Court. The Rajasthan High Court transferred Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi along with other 87...

"No More DACA Deal": Trump Imperils Future Of Millions Of Immigrants
President Donald Trump spent his Easter morning here on an anti-immigrant tirade, declaring Sunday that there would be no deal to legalize the status of undocumented immigrants known as "dreamers" and threatening to exit the North American Free Trade Agreement unless Mexico increases border security.   Trump thrust the future of millions of immigrants who were brought illegally to the United States as children into peril by promising "NO MORE DACA DEAL," and...

Winnie Mandela: South African anti-apartheid campaigner dies at 81
Hailed as mother of the 'new' South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's legacy as an anti-apartheid heroine was undone when she was revealed to be a ruthless ideologue prepared to sacrifice laws and lives in pursuit of revolution and redress. Her uncompromising methods and refusal to forgive contrasted sharply with the reconciliation espoused by her husband Nelson Mandela as he worked to forge a stable, pluralistic democracy from the racial division and oppression of...

Contact With GSAT-6A Satellite Lost
Communication from the GSAT-6A satellite launched on March 29 has been lost and efforts are underway to establish a link with it, the Indian Space Research Organisation said today, after maintaining an unusual silence on the health of the spacecraft. The second orbit raising operation of GSAT-6A has been successfully carried out by Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) Engine firing for about 53 minutes on March 31, in the morning, the ISRO said in a statement. But, after the successful long...

Donald Trump lashes out after California Governor pardons immigrants
US President Donald Trump lashed out at California Governor Jerry Brown after he pardoned five immigrants facing possible deportation, the media reported. "Governor Jerry 'Moonbeam' Brown pardoned five criminal illegal aliens whose crimes include (1) Kidnapping and Robbery (2) Badly beating wife and threatening a crime with intent to terrorize (3) Dealing drugs. Is this really what the great people of California want?" the President tweeted on Saturday. The...

Petrol prices jump to a four-year high
The Centre remained a mute spectator as petrol prices jumped a four-year high of Rs 73.73 per litre in Delhi on Sunday and diesel rates climbed to an all-time high. In between 2014-16, the government raised excise duty on the two fuels nine times saying that it would reduce the levy when prices go up significantly. In February, the government had last abolished the additional excise duty on the fuels by Rs 6 but the effect was negated after a new road cess of Rs 8 per litre was...

Adult Film Star Says She Was Threatened to Stay Quiet on Trump
An adult-film actress, who claims she had a sexual relationship with US President Donald Trump before he was president, said on Sunday, 25 March, that she had been threatened in 2011 to discourage her from discussing the relationship. Stormy Daniels told CBS News' "60 minutes" that she was threatened while in a parking lot with her infant daughter. Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, told "60 Minutes" that she was on her way to a fitness...

Donald Trump veers into uncharted trade territory as China waits
The Trump administration is under growing pressure to explain the details of its trade policies after fears of a tit-for-tat economic conflict between the US and China sent stocks tumbling last week.   Businesses and investors are awaiting details in the coming days of the proposed product list for the tariffs on roughly $50 billion in Chinese imports President Donald Trump announced last week. While US stocks fell sharply after Trump unveiled the plan, equity futures rallied on...

Don't Share Information on PM's Trips Under RTI
The advice of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to national carrier Air India, effectively barring it from sharing information regarding the prime minister's charter flights with RTI applicants, has come under scrutiny. Speaking to The Quint, former Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi said that the advice has no legal basis and that Air India is under no compulsion to follow it. The December 2016 directive, sent to Air India via email, came to light in March 2018 -...

IPL 2018: Star India, Airtel Digital TV spar over pricing on DTH platform
Star India and Airtel Digital TV are involved in a very public spat around the pricing of the broadcast network’s channels on the DTH (direct-to-home) platform. Broadcasters and distribution platforms (DTH and digital cable) are often engaged in pricing wars, but the timing of this spat is significant given that less than a month is left before Star makes its debut as the official broadcaster of the Vivo Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018.   On March 23, Star released a...

Poor Food Quality: MHA Tells Panel BSF Officers Found Negligent
The home ministry has conveyed to a parliamentary panel that some officers of the BSF were found to be "negligent" over complaints of poor quality food being served to jawans and action has been initiated against "some persons". The admission, by the Union Home Secretary before the Committee on Estimates, headed by Murli Manohar Joshi, bears significance as constable Tej Bahadur Yadav, who had complained about sub-standard food being served to the jawans, was sacked...

Amazon is hiring 1100 people; and, it’s more than Google
The month of March is commonly known as the ‘closing month’ for financial year of companies, and it is this month that firms come out with job opportunities. Now Amazon has joined the league and is hiring over 1100 people for its Alexa business unit alone.Amazon is looking out for Language Engineer to join their Alexa Machine Learning Team. According to a report by Citi Research Amazon is hiring more than Google is for its technical and product roles across the entire Alphabet...

A spying angle to Kangana Hrithik spat
The mud-slinging between Kangana Ranaut and Hrithik Roshan has taken a new turn in the wake of the sensational Call Data Records (CDRs) scandal unearthed by the Thane police. Kangana's name cropped up during the interrogation of celebrity advocate Rizwan Siddiqui, who was arrested by the Crime Branch of Thane Police for allegedly procuring the CDR of Nawazuddin Siddiqui's wife at his behest. The name of Ayesha Shroff, actor Jackie Shroff's former wife and Tiger...

India signs double taxation avoidance pact with Hong Kong
India and Hong Kong on Monday signed a bilateral double taxation avoidance treaty to curb evasion and promote flow of investment.   The Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion will stimulate flow of investment, technology and personnel from India to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and vice versa, an official statement said.   It will also prevent double taxation and provide for exchange of information...