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CAPITOL JOURNAL
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CONGRESSIONAL PAKISTAN CAUCUS
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee lauds Pakistan’s role in war on terror
The Congressional Pakistan Caucus held a briefing with Ambassador of Pakistan Jehangir Karamat on Capitol Hill on April 21.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Statement recognizing Indian Americans submitted to Congressional record
Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Chief Deputy Whip, submitted a statement to the congressional record in support of H.R. 227 recognizing and honoring the contributions of Indian Americans to economic innovation and society generally and lauding the work done by the Indian Institutes of Technology over the last 50 years..
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Rep. Joe Wilson praises U.S.-India relationship
Rep. Joe Wilson, (R-SC) took time out on the House Floor to praise the U.S.-India bilateral relationship. Wilson is a former Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans.
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HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, OCEANS
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Bipartisan efforts to examine India’s declining Tiger population
Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ), and Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) last week announced bipartisan efforts to examine why India’s wild tiger populations are declining.
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SENATE
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Sen. Frist introduces bill for creation of Global Health Corps
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D. (R-TN) introduced legislation to improve the health, welfare and development of communities in foreign countries through the creation of a global health corps, an idea that he has earlier discussed with Indian American physicians.
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Sen. DeMint speaks about consumer driven health care at ‘AAPI Legislative Day’
Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) met with the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) to speak about Indian-American doctors and rural communities and the benefits of consumer driven health care. It was the American Association of Physicians from India’s Legislative Day in Washington.
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CAPITOL DEBATES
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Focus on Wildlife Trust’s work in India; May 5 gala, ‘An evening in India’
Wildlife simply refers to all the species, whether plants and animals in nature. Ecosystem is nothing more than the plants, the animals and the earth.
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DELHI DIARY
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No veto power for new Security Council members: Annan
New Delhi : U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on April 28 hinted it would not be easy for countries like India to get a permanent Security Council seat with veto power.
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Japanese P.M. in India; ‘Economic ties are central to partnership’
New Delhi : Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on April 29 stressed the centrality of economic ties to the growth of Japan-India relations.
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In Mizoram and Manipur, Jews of Biblical 10 ‘lost tribes’ celebrate Passover
AIZAWL (Reuters) : In unison they dip their middle fingers into their plastic cups of grape juice, calling out in Hebrew the names of the 10 plagues they believe their God sent to curse the ancient Egyptians.
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ULFA, CPI-Maoist in U.S. terrorist organizations’ list
The United States has designated the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the Communist Party of India-Maoist, as terrorist organizations.
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Swami Ranganathananda, 97, headed Ramakrishna Mission
Kolkata : Swami Ranganathananda, president of the Ramakrishna Mission and Ramakrishna Math, passed away on April 25 at the age of 97.
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Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait, 83, veteran parliamentarian
Bangalore : Indian National League (INL) president Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait died here on April 27 after a brief illness. He was 83.
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DIPLOMACY
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50th Bandung Conference; Asia, Africa call for partnership
Bandung (Indonesia) : Given the honor to speak on behalf of Asian countries at the 50th anniversary of the commemoration of the historic Bandung Conference, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on April 24 that development process of a nation cannot be planted from “without.”
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IMMIGRATION
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Microsoft chairman seeks end to H1-B visa limits
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has urged the Bush administration as well as Congress to lift immigration limits on foreign engineers who can be hired by U.S. companies, the Associated Press reported.
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Canada announces much-awaited Internationally Trained Workers Initiative
After years of turning a deaf ear to pleas from immigrants that their high level credentials from abroad be recognized, the government of Canada made tentative moves towards initiating some change.
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Two Pakistani immigrants held in asylum fraud case
Two Pakistani immigrants appeared in federal court on April 20, charged with masterminding a scheme that may have enabled foreign nationals to file false asylum claims in an effort to remain in the United States, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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Hearing held to examine impact
of NCIC database on immigrants
The City Council Immigration Committee, chaired by Council Member Kendall Stewart, held a hearing April 22 to examine the impact of the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database on New York City’s Immigrant Community.
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NEWSMAKERS
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Viswanathan, 17, gets $500,000 advance for 2 novels, Cohen is mentor
It takes more than a perfect SAT score, summers of community work, and umpteen hours of volunteering, to get into the school that matches your full potential, as New Jersey 17-year-old Kaavya Viswanathan learned as a senior applying for admission to college. One needs a mentor and a guide ––– such as Katherine Cohen, founder and CEO of IvyWise.
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Franklin H. Williams award for returned Peace Corps volunteer
Rajeev Goyal, a returned Peace Corps volunteer from New York, is being recognized with the prestigious Franklin H. Williams Award.
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H.R. Shah, S. Parikh and P. Chopra are among approximately one hundred 2005 honorees
Three Indian Americans, entrepreneur and philanthropist H.R. Shah, chairman and CEO of TV Asia and Krauszer’s; immunology expert Dr. Sudhir Parikh, physician and president of Federation of Indian Association (FIA), and Dr. Parveen Chopra, author, professor and chairperson of the Commission of Human Rights of Nassau County, will be among this year’s approximately 100 recipients of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) announced last week.
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37 high school students of South Asian origin are semifinalists; majority are Indian Americans
Around 37 high school students of South Asian origin, a majority of them Indian Americans, have made it to the semifinal in the Presidential Scholars Program for 2005. The Presidential Scholars Program told News India-Times that the winners will be announced in the first week of May. The names were not available at press time.
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Chaudhary honored with American Medical Association Foundation Leadership Award
Prateek Chaudhary, 26, a student at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, is among 66 people who were honored with the 2005 American Medical Association Foundation Leadership Award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on March 13, a press release said.
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Singh wins Houstonsecond time in a row; Atwal tied 55th
Toronto (Reuters) : Defending champion Vijay Singh won a first hole playoff with John Daly to become the first back-to-back winner of the $5 million Houstonon April 24.
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Governor Schwarzenegger appoints Sanjay T. Kumar to L.A. Superior Court
On April 14, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the appointment of Sanjay T. Kumar, a Republican, to a judgeship in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, perhaps a first for an Indian American in that position. He was among three persons who were appointed to the bench.
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Krishan Sabnani of Bell Labs wins two major awards
Dr. Krishan Sabnani, senior vice president of Networking Research for Bell Labs, the R&D arm of Lucent Technologies, has scored a major distinction by winning two prestigious awards in the same year.
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Payal Tak, Mukesh Majmudar, Paresh Patel named among 53 Small Business Persons of the Year 2005
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) honored Payal Tak, Mukesh Majmudar, and Paresh Patel among 53 Small Business Persons of the Year.
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Mathur is Michigan Small Business Counselor of Year
Vikram Mathur, associate regional director of Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan, has been named the 2005 Michigan Small Business counselor of the year.
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Dr. Sidhartha Ray is among 8 winners of David Newton Award
Dr. Sidhartha D. Ray, a professor of toxicology at Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Brooklyn campus, is among the eight professors who were awarded the 2005 David Newton Award for teaching excellence on April 5 by Long Island University, a press release said.
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Dr. Charudutt Mishra wins Britain’s highest conservation award
Dr. Charudutt Mishra, 34, who has been working in a village in the Himalayas, just south of Ladakh, has won Britain’s highest conservation prize, the 60,000 pound Whitley Award, said a press release.
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Das second actress on Cannes jury from outside France besides Hayek
Actress Nandita Das will be on the Cannes Film Festival jury, the second Indian star to serve since former Miss World Aishwarya Rai in 2003, according to news reports. Das will be the second actress from outside France to be a jury member at Cannes this year along with Hollywood actress Salma Hayek. The festival will be held from May 11 to May 22.
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OUTSOURCING
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Amar Gupta launched course on outsourcing at Arizona U.
It is a measure of the interest in outsourcing that Dr. Amar Gupta launched a new university course on it a week after the commencement of the semester and without a syllabus.
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‘Outsourcing a symbol of U.S. strength, not of weakness:’ Shirish Netke of Aztec Software
The concept of outsourcing is a “symbol of American strength, not of weakness,” Shirish Netke, chief strategy officer of American operations of Bangalore company Aztec Software, has said.
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UNDER 30
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‘Generation Mix’ is on 15 city tour to create awareness of mix-race
They call themselves Generation Mix and are on a mission to create awareness about the challenges children of mix-race face. And challenges could be quite formidable — from struggling to describe what specific race one belongs to battling stereotypes.
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Short Takes
Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger announced on April 21 the establishment of the Kraft Family Fund for Interfaith and Intercultural Awareness.
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More blacks and whites are marrying each other
There is an interesting trend emerging in the U.S. One gauge of the progress in American race relations in recent decades is the growing number of blacks and whites who are getting married to each other, a New York Times report said.
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Do I want to go away to school, or stay close to friends and family?
It is that time of the year when high school students juggle with final college decisions, which are due on May 1. Aman Kumar from Saratoga, Calif., is also debating whether he should go to Stanford University or Princeton University, Associated Press reported.
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