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View my verified achievement from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. How AI can be a useful tool in leadership process from news media organizations to governance.
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Thank you
@SecretService
4 my protection 2day 4 helping do my job, otherwise I would have been writing this from hospital. The gentleman below hit my left ear with these 2 sticks & earlier I had to call 9/11 & rushed 2 police van 4 safety fearing physical assault👇.
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#Breaking
US President
@realDonaldTrump
to join Indian Prime Minister
@narendramodi
to jointly address mega
#HodwyModi
event in
#Houston
on Sept22: Says White House
@PTI_News
#unprecedented
#Historic
#Bold
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A Hindu Vedic priest from the Shiva Vishnu Temple in Maryland US attending National Prayer Day observation at White House's Rose Garden. A first for Hindus. President Trump to address shortly
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Disgraceful. All in presence of DC police. Desecration of statue of Mahatma Gandhi for the second time in six months.
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Thanks
@sidhant
Question by
@lalitkjha
: India is one of your major defence parters, is India fully in sync with US on Russia?
US Prez Biden: We are in consultations with India today, haven’t resolved that completely
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2 weeks after the bilateral meeting betwen
@PMOIndia
@narendramodi
&
@POTUS
@JoeBiden
focus is now on continuing 2 work through high level interlocutors on how we continue 2 move forward on a range of issues: says WH
@PressSec
Jen Psaki. Video courtsey Manku Singh
@tvasianetwork
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Chicago City Council defeats anti-India, anti-CAA resolution by 26 to 18 votes. Six abstained.
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Thanks
@RoKhanna
This violence against
@lalitkjha
is outrageous and an assault on journalism. I condemn it in the strongest terms. Lalit is one of the fairest and most thoughtful journalists. Thank you to our security for protecting Lalit and the diplomats and consulate.
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How many times, and how many India-China hotline do we need or would be announced? A few hotline news clippings from the past
Just in: India and China agree to set up a hotline between Foreign Ministers: Jaishankar-Wang Yi call
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Tax Paying, law-abiding legal immigrants, creating jobs and adding value to the US economy have not attracted attention from policymakers and lawmakers as does the issues related to 11 million illegal immigrants.
Thank you so much
@TOIIndiaNews
@lalitkjha
for highlighting the plight of frontline healthcare workers.
@POTUS
please end the green card backlog for frontline healthcare workers.
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@lalitkjha
Can you please tweet the article from handle PLEASE!!
That will have a great help to spread the message! PLEASE! Thank you very much Again!
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After three years, grapes in my kitchen garden this summer!!!
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#USCitizenshipAct2021
will help US continue to attract and retain top talent from across the world while growing our economy and creating more good-paying jobs here says Rep Raja Krishnamoorthi
@RajaForCongress
was riginal cosponsor of the Fairness For High-Skilled Immigrants Act
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Will DC Police and law enforcement agencies take action. .
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US Court approves extradition of 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana to India. The request was made by India supported by the Biden Administration
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Driving in rural Pennsylvania for a
@realDonaldTrump
rally. This is what I found. A Mahindra tractor dealer. Everett, PA
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Class action lawsuit filed against US Department of Homeland Security for extraordinary processing delays in
#EADs
to H-4 and L2 visas: By American Immigration Lawyers Association and Wasden Banias LLP.
#H4EADdelays
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US President-elect
@JoeBiden
names Kashmir-born Aisha Shah as Partnerships Manager at the White House Office of Digital Strategy
@Transition46
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Thanks
@sidhant
India is an important partner, we consult India on a range of issues.. and discussed Russian invasion of Ukraine, says White House on India, US summit on Monday. Adds, President sees value in leader to leader diplomacy. Answer in response to
@lalitkjha
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Sewa International USA announces to build 100 oxygen generation plants in India. 15 of them to come up in next 90 days says
@sewausa
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Every minority have been decimated in Pakistan. Those blaming India on minority issues have no clue about ground realities says
@nsitharaman
at
@PIIE
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#USCitizenshipAct
2021 to be introduced in Congress today. This bill clears employment-based visa backlogs, recaptures unused visas, reduces lengthy wait times, and eliminates per-country visa caps. says
#WhiteHouse
#Greencard
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Senators and India Caucus Co-Chairs Mark Warner and John Cornyn sent a letter to President Biden encouraging him to waive Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) sanctions against India for buying military arms from Russia.
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US
@FLOTUS
Jill Biden to attend the 2021 Scripps National
#spellingbee
in Orlando, Florida on July 8. Nine of the 11 finalists are
#IndianAmericans
.
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India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval arrives in Washington DC for talks with his US counterpart
@JakeSullivan46
. India’s Ambassador
@SandhuTaranjitS
greeting him this morning.
#IndiaUS
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Bihar Diwas celebrations at Consulate General of India — New York with popular Vidyapati Song Jai Jai Bhairavi.., thanks to Bihar Foundation USA
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#Breaking
: "US military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation against an ISIS-K planner. The unmanned airstrike occurred in Nangahar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we
killed the target": says US Central Command
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Visa-processing changes, pandemic delays leave many, mostly professional Indian women, out of work as they await renewals
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US has imposed sanctions on an UAE-based Indian national Manoj Sabharwal, a maritime shipping professional, for being part of a smuggling network that helps fund Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) and the Houthis in Yemen.
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Immigrants from Nigeria, came to US legally. Now Trump supporters at
#MAGA
rally in Macon, Georgia.
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Looks like
#H1B
is not a priority among immigration reform. Notably H-1B has been key to global competitive advantage of US multinationals and start-up boom in the Silicon Valley
Mayorkas says he doesn’t know if administration will lift ban on work visas including H-1B, but adds: “This goes to waht preceded us...we have a prioritization matrix and the acute needs of people fleeing persecution is a high priority”
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Eric Garcetti,
@ericgarcetti
, now headed to India as the
#US
Ambassador, believes
#India
and the United States are two
#superpowers
.
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US Defense Secretary
@SecDef
Lloyd Austin to meet India's External Affairs Minister
@DrSJaishankar
at the Pentagon on Friday says DOD Press Secretary John Kirby
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I see this positve vison as an extension of India’s ancient philosophy of
#VasudhaivaKutumbakam
, which regards the world as one family. We will work together, closer than ever before, 4 advancing our shared values & prmoting a secure, stable & prosperos IndoPacific
@narendramodi
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India and US agree to reestablish Homeland Security Dialogue.
@AmitShah
and
@AliMayorkas
.
@DHSgov
announces after
@SecMayorkas
meets Ambassador
@SandhuTaranjitS
. First India-US Homeland Security Dialogue was in 2011 between
@PChidambaram_IN
and Janet Napolitano.
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@swamy39
Subramanian Swamy calls for cancellation of KPMG's aviation adviser contract - The Economic Times
http://t.co/yXKJAU8w6I
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India's EAM
@SushmaSwaraj
being welcomed in New York on arrival by Amb
@NavtejSarna
and
@AkbaruddinIndia
#UNGA2017
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PM
@narendramodi
at
#QuadSummit
: We are united by our democratic values and our commitment to a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific.
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Thanks
@sidhant
India is a "likeminded partner and leader in South Asia and the Indian Ocean" & a "driving force of the Quad", says White House
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Separatist Sikhs in Washington DC ended up burning a green flag with S mark on it; not the Indian flag which SikhsforJustice claims in its press release. BTW it's Twitter account has been suspended for spreading hate against India.
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Washington DC has a new Indian restaurant near White House. Butter Chicken Company’s
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#IndianAmericans
are taking over the country: says US President Joe Biden. Below the list of Indian Americans he has appointed in the first 50 days of his administration
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US President
@JoeBiden
seen taking notes as Indian Prime Minister
@narendramodi
speaks during their bilateral virtual meeting.
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India's External Affairs Minister
@DrSJaishankar
arrived in Washington DC Sunday for a series of meetings with Biden Administration over the next four days. First engagement tiday with the Indian Diaspora organized by
@FIIDSUSA
and US India Friendship Council
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Indian Americans in Biden Administration as of Jan 15.
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Suspected Indian power sector victims of China's RedEcho targeted intrusions
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Friday Morning, an important day for India US relationship, Indo-Pacific and QUAD
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NSA
@AmbassadorRice
calls Indian NSA Ajit Doval, condemns Uri atack says US expects Pak 2 take action against UN-designated terrorist groups
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PM
@narendramodi
arrives at Joint Base Andrews on a three day visit to Washington DC. A packed three-day agenda ahead. Quad Summit + bilats with US, Japan and Australia. Meetings with
@KamalaHarris
+ top CEOs. More to come ...
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"You're not fooling anybody by saying these things": says
@DrSJaishankar
on US arguement that F-16 sustainence package is for counter-terrorism.
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Together with our partner, the
@SerumInstIndia
, we plan to supply over 300 million doses to 145 countries through COVAX in the first half of 2021 as part of our Global and Equitable Access Pledge: Ruud Dobber, president of AstraZeneca's biopharmaceuticals biz tells US lawmakers
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Wow!
A magnificent view of the moon in the Alps at 4800 meters
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I am not familiar with the (BBC) documentary you're referring to. I am very familiar with the shared values that connects the United States and India: thriving, vibrant democracies: State Dept Spokesperson
@nedprice
to a Journo from Pakistan.
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CDC issues new
#traveladvisory
for
#India
. Brings it down from Level 4 to Level 3, sign of improvement in
#COVID19
situation in India.
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India's Ambassador to the US
@SandhuTaranjitS
interacting with Indian nationals headed to Delhi And Hyderabad from Dullas International Airport abroad special Air India flight
#VandeBharatMission
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East Room getting ready for the first press conference by
@JoeBiden
. Two foreign journalists ready to ask questions.
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US President
@JoeBiden
signs an executive order under which Domestic and International Travel will require a recent negative COVID-19 test result prior to departure for the US and quarantine on arrival
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Acts of religious intolerance in
#India
would have shocked
#Gandhiji
, the person who helped to liberate: Obama
#NationalPrayerBreakfast
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Welcome to the 2024 India's election season
@smitaprakash
. India today has a vibrant and free press than the agenda of such NGO's originates from
Defamatory and False. Here is our statement.
@ANI
will continue to report on atrocities in Pakistan and China. Jo karna hai, kar lo.
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Kashmiri Pandits hold a protest demonstration against Washington Post in front of it's headquarters in Washington DC
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US State Department
@StateDept
is increasingly issuing
#Hindi
translation of it's press releases and statements.
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US Senate confirms by 57-43 votes, Indian American
#VivekMurthy
as
#SurgeonGeneral
of the US for a term of 4 years. This is
@vivek_murthy
's second stint in this position
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First shipment of US emergency COVID-19 relief material departs Travis Air Force Base in California. To arrive in India on Thursday. Shipment includes 440 oxygen cylinders and regulators; 960K Rapid Diagnostic Tests and 100,000 N95 masks: says
@USAID
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And this from the White House as well
@PressSec
@emilyhorne46
The US welcomes India-Pak announcement on observing ceasefire.
@StateDeptSpox
reiterated that the US had called on parties to reduce tensions and condemned cross border terror along
#LineofControl
.👇
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Help from
@USISPForum
to India
1. Sending at least a dozen ISO containers to help transport oxygen.
2. Placed orders to source 100,000 portable oxygen concentrators.
3.India will soon also receive a significant shipment of vaccine directly from pharmaceutical companies
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US President
@JoeBiden
and Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide after their White House meeting on Friday to announce when they are going to have in-perosn person
#QUAD
summit with Indian PM
@narendramodi
and Australian PM
@ScottMorrisonMP
:
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San Francisco has sister citi relationship with 19 cities, the furthest being Bangalore (SFO municipality still has to change the spelling) .. India’s Silicon Valley. 8707 miles away from this American city.
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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin: "I have directed the Department to use every resource at our disposal, within our authority, to support U.S. interagency efforts to rapidly provide India’s frontline healthcare workers with the materials they need."
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The Indian Navy on Friday accepted the first two of its MH-60R Multi Role Helicopters (MRH) from the US Navy. As per Indian Cabinet decision in Feb 2020, India to procure 24 of these. An important milestone, in India-US bilateral defense ties says Amb
@SandhuTaranjitS
.
🇮🇳🇺🇸 Friendship Touching the Skies!
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President
@JoeBiden
invites 40 world leaders to the Virtual Leaders Summit on Climate on April 22 and 23. Three countries from South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan and India.
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Prime Minister
@narendramodi
to receive
#CERAWeek
Global Energy and Environment Leadership Award for his commitment to expanding India’s leadership in sustainable development to meet the country’s, and the world’s, future energy needs: Daniel Yergin, vice chairman,
@IHSMarkit
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US President
@JoeBiden
to host in-person
#QUAD
Summit at White House on September 24 with his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan. Indian PM
@narendramodi
on a three-day visit to US -- Sept 23, 24 and 25.
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Indian Amerian Mike Sikand from New Jersey writes to Senator
@SenatorMenendez
to hlep India fight COVID19 crisis. Send emergency respiratory supplies to India. Help increase hospital bed capacity in India and consider sending USS Mercy to help India deal with this crises.
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Also a big shout-out to
@MaryMillben
's Hindi coach
@mokshrajacharya
, teacher of Indian Culture at
@USAndIndia
.
#Diwali2020
! 'Om Jai Jagdish Hare', a beautiful Hindi hymn commonly sung during
#Diwali
and in Indian households worldwide, is a song of worship and celebration. This hymn continues to move me, touch my spirit, and stir my passion for Indian culture."
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#HowdyModi
is the second largest gathering ever for a visiting foreign leader, topped only by the Pope
#Houston
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#HOWDYModi
live event broadcast is expected to reach approximately 2 billion people worldwide
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I’m going to India this week. This is such a critical country in the fight against COVID-19. The Indians stood up for us in the early days when we were having great challenges, helping to provide PPE, for example: says
@SecBlinken
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India for the world
Tested Indian ‘Operating System’ - BharOS developed at
@iitmadras
with
@dpradhanbjp
Ji; A leap forward in PM
@narendramodi
Ji’s
#AatmanirbharBharat
journey.
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After seven weeks back to my WH pool duty today. Reporters maintaining social distancing waiting for POTUS departure
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A crucial factor contributing immensely to the
#Taliban
's success has been the inability of the
#US
to eliminate the sanctuary the Taliban was granted in
#Pakistan
says Senator
@SenJackReed
, Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee on Senate floor today
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From White House:
@VP
@KamalaHarris
just spoke to
@PMOIndia
@narendramodi
notified him that the Biden admin will start sharing the first of 25M doses of COVID-19 vaccines to countries, including India. This is part of the plan to share at least 80M vaccines by the end of June
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