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California rolls back caste-bias case partially, right-wing Hindus claim victory
Washington: California state has dropped its allegations of caste-based bias by two Indian-descent employees of IT giant Cisco but will continue the larger case against the company. California’s Department of Fair Employment…
- India
Right-wing Hindu Americans now seek to stop California from banning caste bias
Washington: After failing to prevent the city of Seattle from outlawing caste-based discrimination, right-wing Hindu Americans are girding up to stop the state of California from going down that route. The Hindu…
- World
Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank to impact Indian startup ecosystem: Experts
Washington: The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the largest vendor in the startup ecosystem, is likely to adversely impact the Indian startup scenario as well as it has injected a lot of…
- India
US: Indian-origin Sikh leader arrested for plotting to burn down Gurdwara
New York: A 60-year-old Indian-origin Sikh man has been arrested in the US for allegedly attempting to hire people to shoot multiple people and burn down a prominent Gurdwara in California, according…
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Over 17mn people in California are under flood watches
San Francisco: More than 17.5 million people across central and Northern California, including the San Francisco Bay area and state capital Sacramento, were under flood watches ahead of a storm set to…
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Indian-American named Chancellor of California Community Colleges
New York: Indian-American Sonya Christian has been named the 11th permanent Chancellor of the California Community College system, the largest and most diverse system of public higher education in the US. With…
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US President announces pick for new labour secretary
Washington: US President Joe Biden announced that he’s nominating Julie Su to serve as his administration’s labour secretary. Su currently serves as the deputy secretary of labour and would replace Marty Walsh,…
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Indian-American to run for California State Assembly
New York: Indian-American community leader and Democrat Darshana Patel announced her bid to run for the California State Assembly District 76 in 2024. Patel, 48, said she will not be seeking a…
- Jobs
Google employees protest against job cuts, low pay in US
San Francisco: Google employees staged protests in the US this week to call attention to labour conditions for sub-contracted workers and to support thousands of their recently laid-off co-workers, the media reported.…
- World
California relieves much from drought conditions
Los Angeles: The latest data released by the US Drought Monitor showed that California has relieved much from drought conditions with no region of D3 (Extreme Drought) or D4 (Exceptional Drought) on…
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7 dead in 2nd California shooting within days
San Francisco: At least seven people were shot dead by a gunman in California, just two days after one of the deadliest mass shooting incident in the US state just two days…
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Shooting in California leaves 10 dead, 10 injured
California: At least 10 people have been killed and another 10 injured in a mass shooting in the city of Monterey Park in the US state of California, Capt. Andrew Meyer of…
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Six killed in shooting in California
Los Angeles: Six people were killed in a shooting in central California in the US, local media reported. Two of the victims of the shooting in Goshen, Tulare County, are a 17-year-old…
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Severe winter storms in California leave 16 dead
San Francisco: At least 16 people have died in a barrage of severe winter storms in California as the most populous state in the US braces for more floods and mudslides. The…
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Biden declares emergency in California as winter storms continue
Washington: US President Joe Biden has declared an emergency in California as winter storms continue to pummel the most populous state in the country. According to a statement released by the White…
