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CAPITOL JOURNAL


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

  • Rep. Hyde warns of China’s nuclear assistance to Pakistan
  • Intelligence Bill passed without new restrictive immigration provisions


  • LATE NEWS

  • Rep. Pallone says he will run for Senate
  • Memorial ceremony for Sgt. Uday Singh
  • Narasimha Rao is seriously ill


  • SENATE

  • Tanden in Sen. Clinton’s inner team for 2006 re-election bid


  • WHITE HOUSE

  • White House reiterates bilateral ties with India, Pakistan not antithetical

  • CIVIL RIGHTS

  • United States Justice Department issues special Sikh poster

  • DIPLOMACY

  • ‘U.S. is sensitive to Indian concerns on arms sales to Pakistan’
  • Relationship with India ‘very important:’ Defense secretary
  • In meeting with Musharraf, Bush praises Pakistani military
  • ‘Pakistan needs weapons to redress the imbalance with India’
  • Putin in New Delhi; backs permanent seat for India in U.N. Security Council
  • ‘India, Russia should work on innovative technologies’
  • India, Israel agree to enhance cooperation in high technology areas; trade seen at $5 bn. by 2007

  • HONORS

  • Scientist Dr. Saji Abraham wins NASA Peer Award
  • Dr. Krishnamurthi is NIH unit deputy director
  • ‘For 20 years I have been raising funds and doing charity work’
  • Dr. Aggarwal is Georgetown U’s B-school interim dean
  • Devadhar is 2nd Indian to become Bishop of United Methodist Church
  • Ananda Mitra takes over as director of WFC’s Survey Research Center
  • Harvard student Mirchandani is honored by United Nations
  • Community Service Award for Sakhi for South Asian Women
  • Forbes Global’s inaugural list of India’s 40 wealthiest business people
  • SIA’s 3rd annual Diversity Leadership Award for Merrill Lynch
  • Nirgudkar is ‘30 under 30’ winner
  • 15 films concerning Indian Americans recognized at ‘NRI TV Film Awards’
  • Bhardwaj is ‘India Abroad Person of the Year,’ Gupta gets Special Award
  • Several Indian Americans, including Chhabra, Aravamuthan, Bahl among Marshall scholars
  • 2 Indian Americans among 5 winners in individual category and 1 among 5 teams
  • Patil named director of Texas A&M U.’s Vegetable, Fruit Improvement Center

  • IMMIGRATION

  • Jan. 7, 2005 is deadline to apply for the 2006 diversity visa lottery
  • Immigrant organizations oppose ‘deputization of Suffolk Police’

  • OUTSOURCING

  • Indian workers discuss outsourcing with Americans
  • Outsourcing: its pains, profits and challenges


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