Indian American lawmakers react to Capitol riots

Lawmakers of Indian origin joined on social media with congressmen and congresswomen to express solidarity with the election results, strongly criticize the unprecedented riots from Trump supporters who broke security cordons and stormed the Capitol to disrupt Congress proceedings. Rep...

Obama says violence at Capitol shouldn’t be a “total surprise”

After unprecedented scenes of riots at the Capitol, Congress has returned to the Electoral College debate. Lawmakers reconvened to count electoral college votes after pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol Hill earlier on Wednesday. Both in the Senate Hall and on...

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CAPITOL CHAOS: Trump mob storms Congress

Facebook and Twitter take action against US president as he fails to condemn violence Violent supporters of President Donald Trump breached the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, as lawmakers met to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s poll win. In dramatic scenes,...

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Democrats take control of US Senate

Win for Raphael Warnock, Jon Ossoff in crucial Georgia runoff. SHASHIDHAR NANJUNDAIAH Democrat Reverend Raphael Warnock won one US Senate seat in Georgia after he garnered nearly 2.258 million votes, against 2.184 million votes for the incumbent, Republican Kelly Loeffler....

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US plans for India’s second American Hub in Visakhapatnam

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy asked Consul-General to take the initiative further to enhance the mutual cooperation between the United States and Andhra Pradesh. The United States chose the city of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, to set up...

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Tractor rally rehearsal today, say farmers

Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 40 farmer unions is organizing a tractor rally constituting 4,000-5,000 tractors today.  Farmers unions on Wednesday announced that they are to hold a “tractor march” on January 7 as a continuation of their...

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The greats who left us in 2020

The sporting world also lost some of its favorite pupil this year. Diego Maradona (October 1960 -- November 2020) One of the greatest footballers of all time, the World Cup-winning footballer represented Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla, and Newell's Old...

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Games came to a halt in 2020; New Year could be different

2020 took a huge toll on sports activities across the world, be it domestic competition or international events. The Grand Slam got cancelled while the quadrennial event was shifted to 2021. Apart from the Olympics and Wimbledon, many other competitions...

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Global Indians of 2020

From the US to New Zealand, people of Indian origin made name for their achievements in politics, business, science, tech and culture. We look at some top names which made headlines across the world in the year 2020 Kamala Devi...