PHILADELPHIA — American women stayed home from work, zipped up their wallets, wore red and joined rallies across the country to demonstrate their economic clout Wednesday as part of International Women's Day events around the globe.
US District Judge Larry Hicks in Reno also ordered Balwinder Singh to remain under lifetime federal supervision upon his release from prison after prosecutors argued that Singh has had ties to known terrorist groups in India for more than two decades.
New Zealand does not condone race-based abuse in any form, its acting High Commissioner Suzannah Jessep on Tuesday said, a day after an Indian national was allegedly assaulted and subjected to a racist tirade in that country.
The US State Department has also, on behalf of the Donald Trump administration, expressed condolences and said they are working on the case.
Ahmedabad-based journalist Smitha Rajan has been chosen for a fellowship in the US funded by a foundation started by prominent Indian-American IT entrepreneur Frank Islam and his wife Debbie Driesman.
Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera has denounced the shooting of a Sikh man in Washington state, which is being investigated by the FBI and the police as a possible hate crime.