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India can't, in the name of open economy, open up its national security to work with China: S Jaishankar
From the big shifts in foreign policy under the Modi government, the China challenge to CAA and the heat and dust of electoral politics, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar touched on a range of topics in a freewheeling discussion at the ET Roundtable.
ET Roundtable I EAM Jaishankar counters Biden's 'India Xenophobic' remarks
US President Joe Biden faced criticism from around the world after he referred to Japan and India as 'xenophobic' and grouped India and Japan together with Russia and China as countries that 'don't want immigrants'. In response to these claims of xenophobia and concerns about...
Ahead of elections, Biden calls India, China, Russia and Japan 'xenophobic'
Under attack from his opponents and the Republican Party for his immigration policies as hundreds and thousands of illegal immigrants enter the United States every month, Joe Biden dubbed India, Japan, China and Russia as xenophobic saying as "they don't want immigrants". Immigration is a hot topic in the November 5 US presidential election in which Biden will face former president Donald Trump, the presumptive candidate from the Republican Party.
Racial tensions cost Germany Inc. skilled foreign labour
Between 2013 and 2022, the number of xenophobic hate crime cases reported to the Interior Ministry in Germany more than tripled to over 10,000. According to official German projections, the nation will lack seven million skilled workers overall by 2035, out of a total labour force of about 46 million.
Monk militia: The Buddhist clergy backing Myanmar's junta
The scene, from a video posted online by army-linked media, would have seemed unimaginable to previous generations in the overwhelmingly Buddhist nation. Now, it underscores the close alliance the military has forged with the Buddhist hierarchy.
Do not let terrorists terrify people in J&K
The high-level meeting in Delhi with Amit Shah taking stock of the situation with J&K lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha on Friday comes a day after the home minister sat down with national security adviser Ajit Doval and intelligence officials.
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Biden promises to reform H-1B visa system, eliminate country quota for Green Cards
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. Companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.
US academicians, lawmakers call foreign student new guideline as 'horrifying'
The American Council on Education (ACE), which represents university presidents, said the guidelines are "horrifying" and will result in confusion as schools look for ways to reopen safely.
Angela Merkel says Donald Trump tweets 'go against what makes America great'
"I firmly distance myself from (the attacks) and I feel solidarity towards" the women, Merkel told journalists.
Donald Trump and Democrats clash over President's "racist" tweets
Trump sparked a furore on Sunday when he said the women lawmakers "originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe" and they should go home.
Kamala Harris kicks off 2020 campaign, warns of divisions
Harris, 54, who was elected to the Senate in 2016, announced her run for presidency last week.
Blue Wave or Red Wave? It’s Blurred
There is little to show that Tammy Baldwin, the first openly lesbian US Senator, teamed up with KSM, much less give him hugs and safe spaces.
How Indian-Americans are becoming more vocal with their reporting of hate crimes
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation, which tracks this data, admits that for every single hate crime reported against an Indian American, five go unreported.
Fresh strikes on Syria's Ghouta, UN calls for ceasefire to be 'immediately implemented'
Air strikes destroyed a building in Douma, the main town in the Eastern Ghouta area east of Damascus, and buried alive an entire family, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
India terms statement of African envoys 'unfortunate, surprising'
"You can't say our steps are inadequate. We are committed to ensuring security of all foreigners including African nationals in India," Sushma Swaraj said.
Attacks on Africans 'xenophobic, racial': African envoys
Last week’s xenophobic and racial attacks were “not sufficiently condemned” by Indian officials, the envoys said in a letter to the government.
Indian Americans rally against hate crimes and harassment
"We are looking to organise ourselves, build processes to address such incidences and prevent repeats & tracking and documenting hate crimes," said a council member of Saratoga.
'We are here to stay', says Indian-Americans
Indian-Americans organised a candle light vigil along with Jewish and Muslims community members to express solidarity against the hate crimes in the country.
Tulsi Gabbard asks US Justice Department to investigate hate crimes
This is something that I urge the Justice Department to investigate and to continue to inform and educate people, and to promote a society that is a pluralistic society, said Gabbard.
Wife mulled returning to India but slain techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla had faith in US
We've read many times in papers of some kind of shooting happening, "Sunayana Dumala, whose husband Kuchibhotla was shot to death by a crazed xenophobe, said at a presser.
Need for Indian-Americans to unite: Sikh leader
"Our first priority needs to be ensuring the safety and security of every Indian and Sikh living in the United States," Gurinder Singh Khalsa, founder and chairman of the Indian-based SikhsPAC said.
Year-end special: The rise of the right-wing leaders
2016 saw global emergence of right-wing politics, fuelled by a growing impatience with entrenched liberal elites who own the discourse but disown popular voice.
UK government under attack from Opposition over immigration crackdown
Labour party attacked Rudd's announcement which vowed extra curbs on foreign workers and students to "change the tide" of public opinion on immigration.
Microsoft to tighten screw after chatbot's loose talk
The company issues an apology and explanation for its rogue Twitter chatbot Tay's wildly inappropriate and reprehensible words and images.
Charlie Hebdo draws flak for depicting Aylan Kurdi as a sexual offender in cartoon
The magazine has come under fire for publishing a cartoon saying the drowned Syrian toddler would have grown up to sexually assault European women.
Sikhs in US feel they are victims of mistaken identity
Sikhs are frequently conflated with Muslims and often wind up absorbing the backlash against Islam.
France after the terror attacks
Close to four million people a million and a half in Paris and another two and a half million in provincial towns and cities took part in the 'republican march'.
South Asians face an increasingly hostile climate in US: SAALT report
The report found a 40 per cent annual increase in xenophobic political comments since SAALT's last analysis issued in 2010.
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