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NEW DELHI (AP) — The hugely popular Chinese app TikTok may be forced out of the U.S., where a measure to outlaw the video-sharing app has won congressional approval and is on its way to President Biden for his signature. In India, the app was banned nearly four years ago. Here’s what happened . . […]
NEW DELHI — After the Indian government last week arrested opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal in a case of alleged corruption just weeks before a national election, U.S. and German officials issued public statements gently reminding India about the importance of the rule of law.
Biju Boro/AFP/Getty Images/File Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal speaks during a public rally in Guwahati on April 2, 2023. New Delhi CNN — India’s Ministry of External Affairs summoned a US State Department official after the department called for a fair legal process for opposition leader and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal following . . .
In response to India’s strong objections over comments regarding the arrest of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, the United States emphasized its stance on advocating for fair and transparent legal processes. “We continue to follow these actions closely, including the arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal,” said US state department spokesperson Matthew Miller, amidst rising […]
Uttar Pradesh authorities must bring to justice those responsible for recent racist attacks against black African students and ensure the students’ safety, said Amnesty International India today. “The recent attacks in Uttar Pradesh show how black people in India – particularly African students – continue to face racist discrimination and violence. Many of those injured […]
Listen to this article here By Rasheed Ahmed, Executive Director of the Indian American Muslim Council It is now well known that Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. drew deep inspiration from India’s leader Mahatma Gandhi. “While the Montgomery boycott was going on,” King wrote, “India’s Gandhi was the guiding light of our technique of nonviolent […]
By Meryl Sebastian BBC News, Kochi 1 January 2024 Image caption, Isro successfully launched a satellite for the exploration of celestial objects like black holes India’s space agency has successfully launched a rocket that is carrying an observatory which will study astronomical objects like black holes. It was launched from Sriharikota spaceport at 09:10 local […]
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India launched its first satellite on Jan 1 to study black holes as it seeks to deepen its space exploration efforts ahead of an ambitious crewed mission in 2025. The spacecraft, named X-ray Polarimeter Satellite, was propelled into an orbit of 350km from an island near India’s main spaceport of Sriharikota, off the southern state […]
SRIHARIKOTA: Isro ushered in the New Year with the successful launch of XPoSat (X-ray Polarimeter Satellite), India’s first satellite to conduct research on black holes and other celestial objects. Workhorse PSLV placed the satellite on its 60th flight in a 650km orbit. The final stage of PSLV-C58 then turned into an orbital experimental module (POEM) […]