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Hindus, who constitute one percent of the American population and is the third largest religion of the world, has gone unpresented in the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, in the absence of which the USCIRF has been producing biased, unscientific and one-sided reports on India and Hindus, the head of a top Indian diaspora think-tank body said Friday. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Friday announced the appointment of three new members -- Maureen Ferguson, Vicky Hartzler, and Asif Mahmood and reappointments of Stephen Schneck and Eric Ueland to its commission. The term of the previous commissioners -- Abraham Cooper, David Curry, Frederick Davie, Mohamed Magid, Nury Turkel and Frank Wolf ended on May 14. Congratulations to the appointed member of the USCIRF. Leaders have missed a historic opportunity to appoint representation for diversity and the balance in the commission, representation of one of the largest faiths. One in every six
Observing that there has been a paradigm shift in India's stature at the global stage and its all round development in the last 10 years under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, the head of a Indian diaspora think-tank on Friday said the global Indian community right now feel very proud to be an Indian. Indian diaspora right now feels very proud to be an Indian and I think a lot of credit goes to the leadership of Prime Minister Modi in these last two terms. It really did a paradigm shift and infused confidence not just on Indian Americans but also people of Indian origin all over the world because they're now getting respected, Khanderao Kand, chief of Policy and Strategy at Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS), told PTI Friday. India is not just strong, but India's position on various issues are really appreciated. India is making awesome progress on the climate side. India is developing its infrastructure. Indian diaspora when visiting India now from ..
Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who this week announced his 2024 presidential bid, will be formidable if he can marshal the polling support to make it onto a debate stage, an editorial board of a top American financial daily has said in an unusual tacit endorsement of his candidacy. Mr Ramaswamy has preternatural energy and can argue his brief with the best of them. He'll be formidable if he can marshal the polling support to make it onto a debate stage. He was early in campaigning against the woke infection in American business with his 2021 book 'Woke, Inc.', said the Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal weighing in on the presidential candidacy of the Ohio-born Indian-American. At the same time, the daily noted the challenges ahead of the November 2024 elections. Campaigning for the White House has become a vanity project for some people who have no chancesee Marianne Williamson and Dennis Kucinich. Mr Ramaswamy will have to persuade voters that he's more
Indian-American Punit Renjen on Friday announced that he would retire as Deloitte Global CEO on December 31 and would be replaced by Joe Ucuzoglu. "It has truly been an honour and privilege to lead Deloitte over the past several years," said Renjen. As Deloitte Global CEO since 2015, Renjen developed and executed a global strategy that resulted in Deloitte revenue growing from USD35 billion to more than USD59 billion in just seven years. "More important than any commercial outcome, I am proud of the incredible societal impact we have been able to make as a purpose-driven enterprise. And I am looking forward to some exciting endeavours, including dedicating time to several societal causes about which I am deeply passionate, including sustainability and climate," Renjen said. Under Renjen's leadership, Deloitte launched WorldClassa global effort to prepare 100 million underprivileged people for a world of opportunitybased on the belief that when society thrives, business thrives. Re