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India gets pat on back, while US slams China, Iran for religious bigotry
New York: In an annual report, the United States said that it sees an increasing “climate of intolerance” on global religious freedom. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday pledged to push restrictive countries, including US allies toward expanded rights even if it makes them "uncomfortable." While acknowledging that the US #China #Climate of intolerance #India News #India US #Iran #religious freedom #USA #WhyNow
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Google Glass and privacy: US Congress wants answers from Larry Page
New York: There are fears that with its discrete built-in camera and Internet capabilities, Google Glass could turn us all into voyeurs, invading each other's privacy with careless abandon. Congress aired its privacy concerns on Thursday by asking Google chief Larry Page what privacy safeguards are being put into Glass, #Glass #Google #Google glass #Google Glass Privacy #Google I/O Conference 2013 #Google Inc. #Larry Page
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After swallowing bitter pill, Ranbaxy set to revive sales in US
New York: How will Ranbaxy’s $500 million fraud settlement affect its business in the United States? The settlement is the largest in history involving a generic manufacturer and drug safety, according to the US Justice Department. Despite the reputational damage and financial hit Ranbaxy has taken, resolving the lawsuit puts #Business #Ranbaxy $500 million fraud #Ranbaxy Laboratories #Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd #US Justice Department #WhatNext
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Tribal rights activist Dayamani Barla wins Ellen L Lutz award
New York: Tribal rights activist Dayamani Barla who has been at the forefront of several mass movements in the past 15 years, including the campaign against Arcelor Mittal's steel plant in Jharkhand, has been awarded the Ellen L Lutz indigenous rights award. Barla will receive the award from Cultural Survival, a #Arcelor Mittal #Awards #Dayamani Barla #Ellen L Lutz #Jharkhand
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India lobbies on Capitol Hill against visa catch in US immigration bill
New York: The US-India Business Council and Nasscom which represents India’s technology sector, which clocks in nearly $100 billion in annual revenue, are spearheading a lobbying push to kill complicated and restrictive provisions for H-1B and L-1 visas in the Senate Gang of Eight’s new US immigration bill. The Senate Judiciary #H-1B visa #L-1 visa #Nasscom #US-India Business Council #WhyNow. US Immigration bill
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The past as prelude: Dalrymple briefs White House on Afghanistan
New York: Delhi-based British historian William Dalrymple who is the author of Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 was invited last week to give a briefing to the White House on Kabul’s complicated past. Dalrymple sees eerie parallels between the British East India Company’s ill-fated 1839 invasion of #Afghanistan #diplomacy #US Invasion of Afghanistan #William Dalrymple
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Nikki Haley faces racist attack on her Indian roots
New York: Little can mask the fact that South Carolina Democratic Party chairman Dick Harpootlian is an impertinent racist. He struck at the South Carolina Democratic Party’s Jefferson-Jackson Dinner late last week, shortly before a speech by Vice-President Joe Biden, telling party activists to “send Nikki Haley”— South Carolina’s Indian-American #Bobby Jindal #Democratic Party #Nikki Haley #Racism #ThatsJustWrong
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Mumbai-based filmmaker Nishat Rizvi’s ‘Ek Call’ selected for Cannes
New York: Mumbai-based filmmaker Nishat Rizvi’s Ek Call (The Call), a nicely observed fable about a young groom-to-be having second thoughts, has been selected by the Festival de Cannes for this year’s Short Film Corner. The engagingly fresh film written, directed and produced by Rizvi will feature at the 66th Cannes #Ek Call #Festival de Cannes #GoodNews #Indian films #Nishat Rizvi
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Muslim, Pakistan, America: Why Reluctant Fundamentalist’s release is important
New York: Indian filmmaker Mira Nair's provocative movie of Mohsin Hamid's novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist takes on an even more timely quality in the shocking aftermath of the bombings in Boston. The movie arrives amid intense debate on the alienation of immigrants in the US. The film has opened to critical #Boston blasts #immigrants in US #Mira Nair #The Reluctant Fundamentalist #WhyNow #World
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Traces of female DNA found on bomb used in Boston blasts
New York: Investigators have discovered female DNA on one of the bombs used in the Boston Marathon attack but it may be premature to jump to conclusions about a female bomber. There are several plausible reasons for why a woman’s DNA or anyone’s for that matter, other than the two bombing #Boston blasts #Boston Marathon blasts #ConnectTheDots #dzhokhar #Tamerlan Tsarnaev #Tsarnaev brothers #World