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Washington, Dec 1: More than 20,000 Indian nationals, mostly men, have sought asylum in the United States of America (USA) since 2014. Till July, a maximum number of 7,214 Indian nationals had applied for asylum in the US. Of these only 296 were women, according to the information provided by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to the North American Punjabi Association (NAPA). California

Washington, Dec 1: George H.W. Bush -- the upper-crust war hero-turned-oilman and diplomat who steered America through the end of the Cold War as president and led a political dynasty that saw his son win the White House -- died Friday. He was 94. George W. Bush called his father a "man of the highest character and the best dad a son or daughter could ask for," in a statement announcing his death

Buenos Aires, Dec 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (local time) presented a nine-point programme to take action against fugitive economic offenders during his address in the second session of the ongoing G20 Summit here. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar took to his Twitter handle to share an image of the programme that the Prime Minister presented at the G20

New Delhi, Nov 30: Demonetisation was a move against corrupt people and not against elite as has been indicated by former chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian, Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Friday. Subramanian in a soon to be published book, 'Of Counsel: The Challenges of the Modi-Jaitley Economy' has criticised demonetisation as a massive, draconian, monetary shock that

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 30: Kerala, which suffered a loss of Rs 31,000 crore during the floods in August, Thursday wanted the Centre to expedite the promised assistance to enable it to rebuild the state. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the state had received only Rs 2,683.18 Crore in its Distress Relief Fund and was finding it difficult to cobble resources for the ‘re-build Kerala

Hyderabad, Nov 30: Former Congress MP Mohammed Azharuddin was on Friday appointed working president of the party in Telangana days ahead of assembly elections in the southern state. Congress President Rahul Gandhi also cleared some fresh appointments in the Telangana Pradesh Congress, approving the names of two vice presidents - B M Vinod Kumar and Jaffer Javed, eight new general secretaries and

New York, Nov 30: Four Indian-origin women have been named by Forbes among America's top 50 female technology moguls, a list that includes tech heavyweights IBM CEO Ginni Rometty and Netflix executive Anne Aaron. Padmasree Warrior, former chief technology officer (CTO) of Cisco; Komal Mangtani, senior director at app-cab aggregator Uber; Neha Narkhede, chief technology officer and co-founder of

New Delhi, Nov 30: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj would be leading a delegation of senior officials to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) next week for the the 12th session of the India-UAE Joint Commission Meeting for economic and technical cooperation. The two-day visit beginning December 3 will see Indian delegation being led by Ms Swaraj and Foreign Minister of UAE Sheikh Abdullah bin

Male/New Delhi, Nov 30: The Maldives Government has strongly denied media reports stating that India had offered USD 1 billion to Maldives in exchange for the deployment of Indian troops in the island nation. The Minister for Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid said that the Maldivian territory would not be used for the establishment of any foreign military bases. Taking to Twitter, Shahid said,

New Delhi, Nov 30: It was a sea of red at Ramlila Maidan where thousands of farmers from across the country converged on Thursday after journeys that took some as long as 36 hours to complete. The historic ground, known for hosting big political events over the years, resonated with slogans like ‘Ayodhya nahi, karz maafi chahiye’ as farmers wearing red caps and carrying red flags started to gather