A Coalition of Hindus of North America (CoHNA) highlighted the challenges being faced by Hindus in the US amid the rising violence against the religion, Hinduphobia, caste laws and academic bias.
Several lawmakers in the United States condemned the attempted arson and violent rhetoric aimed at Indian diplomats, including the Ambassador of India to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu.
As top US lawmakers remain persistent in urging Joe Biden's administration to brief Congress on the surveillance station China is supposedly building in Cuba, some American analysts say that Beijing's plan goes far beyond just intelligence gathering, Voice of America (VOA) reported.
United States (US) lawmakers have voted to approve an agreement aimed at strengthening economic relations with Taiwan on Wednesday. The issue has already provoked an irritated response from Beijing, Hong-Kong based The Standard reported.
Ami Bera stressed that there has always been strong bipartisan support for the ties between the two nations. Notably, the invitation letter to PM Modi to address Capitol Hill on June 22 has bipartisan support.
US Representative Richard McCormick emphasised that lawmakers whether they are Democrats or Republicans need to pay more attention to India as a "future partner going forward".
The US representative from Illinois, Krishnamoorthi said, "I believe that this visit is very important in strengthening the relationship between the world's oldest democracy, the US and the world's largest democracy, India."
"Today, I was proud to announce the introduction of the #Diwali Day Act, my bill that would make Diwali a federal holiday. Thank you to all my government colleagues and the many advocates who joined me to express their support," Meng tweeted on Saturday.
More than 500 Pakistani physicians in the United States (US) have signed a letter for the US lawmakers, sharing their concerns about threats to the safety of Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan, Dawn reported.