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WATCH: Indian Americans hold peace rally after San Francisco consulate vandalised by Khalistan supporters
•India on Monday lodged a strong protest with the US Charge d'Affaires in Delhi over the incident of vandalism at the Indian consulate general in San Francisco by some pro-Khalistan elements during a protest
Explained: Why California is considering a ban on caste discrimination
Fp Explainers •Democratic lawmaker Aisha Wahab introduced the bill just a month after Seattle voted to outlaw caste discrimination. This issue has come to the fore in California since 2020 when the employment regulator sued Cisco Systems on behalf of a low-caste engineer. But some claim it will further fuel instan
How Teaneck resolution is a reminder of Democrats consistently taking anti-Hindu stand in America
Satya Dosapati •The Democrats in Teaneck have passed an anti- Hindu resolution calling Hindu American groups as extremist hate groups
'Bharat and America sabse achhe dost': Trump coins India-US friendship slogan ahead of November mid-term polls
•The new slogan is inspired by the phenomenal success of the 2016 slogan of Trump in Hindi 'Abki Baar Trump Sarkar', which had caught the imagination of the Indian-Americans then and had played a key part in his victories in some of the key swing states
Hated, despised and abhorred: How Hindu-Americans are being targeted Left and Right
Anang Mittal •If Indian-Americans wish to stop being the punching bags for the political divide in America, they need to stand up for their community, have pride in their heritage, their culture, and for themselves
Indian-Americans hold peaceful protest against recent spurt in hate crimes, vandalism of Gandhi statue
•The participants urged the Biden administration and other state governments to take steps against such instances
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi seeks action against woman for racial attack on Indian-American women
•Esmeralda Upton, a white woman who identifies as 'Mexican-American', from Plano in Texas was arrested for the racially-motivated physical and verbal assault of the four Indian-American women at a parking lot last Wednesday
More than 130 Indian-Americans at key positions in Joe Biden administration
•Over 40 Indian-Americans have been elected at various state and federal levels, including four in the US House of Representatives, and around 20 are also leading top US companies
Indian-Americans condemn 'witch hunt' against former US President Donald Trump
•The FBI search was related to the 15 boxes of documents that Trump took to Mar-a-Lago when he departed the White House in January 2021, some of which the National Archives has said were marked classified
Democratic US lawmakers seek pathway to citizenship to 250,000 documented 'dreamers' majority of whom are Indian Americans
•The lawmakers urged their colleagues in the US Senate and the House of Representatives to pass the bipartisan America's Children Act, which will allow to stay children who immigrated to the country legally, but are yet to get green card because of a massive backlog