RACIAL PROFILING
US eyes India for STEM talent, China for humanities students: US diplomat
Campbell urged for increased Indian students in American universities for technology fields while cautioning restrictions on Chinese students' access to sensitive technology due to U.S.-China scientific cooperation concerns.
After Sam Pitroda's controversy, Congress' Adhir Ranjan calls Indians as 'Mongolians, N-types'
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Remarks on Indians: Amidst the controversy surrounding Sam Pitroda's perceived 'racist' remark, another Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury stirred further debate with a contentious statement, asserting, "There exist individuals of different classes in our nation, some resembling 'Mongolians', others with varying skin tones, which cannot be denied."
Sam Pitroda forced to quit post as his comments give BJP ammunition to target Congress
As the row escalated, Congress announced that Pitroda resigned on his own. "Mr. Sam Pitroda has decided to step down as chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress of his own accord. The Congress president has accepted his decision," said AICC communication in-charge Jairam Ramesh on X.
Microsoft says China using AI to sow division in US
China is ramping up use of AI-generated content and fake social media accounts to inflame division in the United States and elsewhere, according to the latest report from Microsoft's threat center. The threat center reported late last year that social media accounts "affiliated" with the Chinese government had used social media accounts to impersonate US voters to influence midterm elections in 2022.
Google's open culture collides with the Israel-Hamas war
In the month since Hamas launched an attack inside Israel, and Israel retaliated with a bombing campaign and invasion of the Gaza Strip, discussion of the topic at Google -- for Muslims and Jews -- has sunk into an morass of hostility and intolerance, employees say.
The physicist who’s making women scientists visible online
Wade, 34, has worked at Imperial's imposing campus in west London since 2016.
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Fake, AI-generated start-up gets lucrative funding offer on LinkedIn!
The founder claimed to be a Stanford dropout and a former analyst at a financial services firm.
Discrimination against Sikhs have increased in US, lawmakers told
"We've seen Sikhs willing to put their lives on the line in defence of their cities and country, only to be told that uniform and grooming policies prohibit their articles of faith,” eminent human rights expert Amrith Kaur Aakre said.
NHRC seeks report from Centre, Arunachal govt on 'racial profiling' of Chakmas, Hajongs
In its complaint Chakma Development Foundation of India (CDFI) requested urgent intervention of the NHRC against racial profiling of 65,000 Chakma and Hajong tribals of Arunachal Pradesh through illegal census which was scheduled to commence from 11.12.2021 for their deportation / expulsion/ relocation from the State.
Arunachal Pradesh: PMO registers complain filed against racial profiling of Chakmas and Hajongs
On 26 November 2021, Deputy Commissioner of Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh notified “Census of Chakmas and Hajongs 2021” to be conducted from 11 December 2021 for completion on or before 31 December 2021. The exclusive census has since been denied by the Deputy Commissioner himself contrary to the orders issued by him and his subordinates.
Arunachal Pradesh plans census; Chakmas and Hajongs cry racial profiling
The Chakmas are an ethnic group who came to northeastern India from former East Pakistan in the 1960s. The Chakma Development Foundation of India (CDFI) has sought intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS Chief Mohan Bhagat alleging racial profiling of the 65,000 Chakmas and Hajongs by conducting an exclusive census with the 'ultimate aim of displacing and expelling them' from the state.
Facebook's 'Neighborhoods' faces crowded niche market, profiling concerns
Neighborhoods users are prompted to introduce themselves, log interests and answer ice-breaker questions
Donald Trump defied gravity; now falls back to earth, future TBD
Yet Trump's acerbic brand of politics - his Twitter taunts, his vindictive drive to punish enemies, his go-it-alone approach to the world - made its mark across the far reaches of the government and beyond. And his better-than-expected election performance against Democrat Joe Biden suggests his impact is likely to resonate for generations in politics, governing and policy, even in defeat.
Kamala Harris would break barriers as a high-profile vice president
If Joe Biden and his running mate Harris win the election, she would be the first woman, the first Black American and the first Asian American to hold the country's second highest office.
In a risky bid, Donald Trump stokes racial rancor to motivate voters
President Donald Trump is wielding America's racial tensions as a re-election weapon, fiercely denouncing the racial justice movement on a near-daily basis with language stoking white resentment and aiming to drive his supporters to the polls.
Trump pushes racial division, flouts virus rules at Rushmore
The president dug further into American divisions on Friday, offering a discordant tone to an electorate battered by a pandemic and wounded by racial injustice following the high-profile killings of Black people.
View: Peril of face recognition technology
For several years, activists have been crying hoarse about the abuse of these technologies. However, on March 11, the Indian government casually announced the full adoption of facial recognition technology enabled surveillance.
IBM drops facial recognition software amid racial profiling concerns
"IBM firmly opposes and will not condone uses of any technology, including facial recognition technology offered by other vendors, for mass surveillance, racial profiling, violations of basic human rights and freedoms, or any purpose which is not consistent with our values and Principles of Trust and Transparency," IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said.
Assembly elections, GST, high-profile cases mark 2017
Two terrorists were killed by the army as it foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
Rap trio removed from international airline, manager claims racial profiling
The airlines added that Migos was rebooked for an alternate flight to Des Moines.
Chanel apologises to actress after she claimed, she may have been racially profiled at store
The incident occurred in Chicago, while Gabourey Sidibe was filming there.
Three IITians face 10-hour 'racial profiling' ordeal in Italy
Though they were holding their identity papers, the three were flown 1,100km down south to Bari with several other people of varied nationalities.
UN chief alarmed by rising intolerance, hate-driven violence
The UN Chief also voiced concern over extreme right-wing political parties fomenting divisiveness and dangerous myths.
Apple pressured by investor for racial diversity in senior ranks
Apple said that while it’s trying to attract minorities, “the company has no power to ensure that its recruits will accept offers.”
Family of Indian paralysed in police action files lawsuit
"I do not know, whether it is racial profiling or not. It certainly looks that way," he said when asked if the assault on Patel was a racial attack.
Family of Sureshbhai Patel, paralysed in police action in US to file lawsuit
Several Indian-American organisations have condemned the brutality against Sureshbhai Patel asd demanded action against the police official involved.
New racial profiling guidelines flawed, misleading: US Sikhs
CBP and TSA are components of the US Department of Homeland Security, the largest law enforcement agency in the federal government.
The political class must denounce racial attacks
In the national capital, insularity combines with brutality quite often, to attack people who look different every now and then.
SABA voices concern over racial profiling of Asian-Americans
The move follows after news reports that NSA and FBI officials may have used the ethnic slur "raghead" in surveillance programs targeting American Muslims.
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