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www.theindianpanorama.news # 1 Indian American Weekly: Since 2006 VOL 14 ISSUE 34 ● NEW YORK / DALLAS ● AUG 21 - 27 , 2020 ● ENQUIRIES: 646-247-9458 America 'We can and will overcome this UNITED against season of darkness', says Biden COVID-19 in his acceptance speech KEEP SAFE ● Follow CDC guidelines NEW YORK (TIP): Joe Biden ● Observe Social Distancing accepted his party's nomination for ● Wash Hands Frequently President Thursday, August 20, on the KEEP AMERICA SAFE final night of the all-virtual Democratic National Convention. Biden excoriated President Donald Trump and vowed that while he was accepting his party's nomination for COVID-19 president, he would work just as hard Worldwide for those who didn't support him. Update Page 32 "The current president has cloaked America in darkness for far too long. Too much anger, too much fear, too much division," the former vice Pandit Jasraj cremated president said. "We can and will overcome this season of darkness." with state honors But his message was more hopeful than ominous. Drawing on his faith in American potential and his own personal experience overcoming :"I accept this nomination to be the president of the United States," said the former vice tragedy, Biden said the country was president. 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Taranjit Singh WASHINGTON (TIP): As Barack The 90-year-old music doyen, who Sandhu addressed Obama tore into US President Donald belonged to the Mewati Gharana, the guests virtually Trump at the Democratic National passed away on Monday following a Convention, his successor hit back cardiac arrest at his home in New WASHINGTON DC (TIP): The 74th Independence Day of India was celebrated in with a barrage of angry tweets, saying Jersey, America. He was in the US Washington D.C. with a flag-hoisting ceremony on 15 August 2020 at the India House. the former president spied on his when the coronavirus-forced lockdown Members of the Indian community joined the celebrations in large numbers virtually campaign and got caught. contd on page 12 through digital platforms in view of local public health guidelines. contd on Page 13 Trump went live with his tweeting as Obama and Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris delivered their speeches at the 2020 Democratic Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon arrested, charged with fraud National Convention on Wednesday. Allegedly defrauded donors in connection with an online crowdfunding "HE SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN, campaign 'We Build the Wall' AND GOT CAUGHT!" Trump said in an all-cap tweet. Released on $5M bond, to appear in court next on August 31 Trump was referring to the charges NEW YORK (TIP): US President Donald Shea, 49, of Colorado, Acting United States that his campaign was being spied on Trump's former top adviser Stephen Bannon Attorney for the Southern District of New in 2016. As Obama asked Americans to was arrested on Thursday and charged for his York Audrey Strauss said on Thursday, vote for Joe Bide, the presidential role in defrauding thousands of donors in August 20. nominee of the Democratic Party, connection with an online crowdfunding Bannon, who was arrested off the coast of Trump fired another tweet in caps. campaign known as 'We Build the Wall' that Connecticut shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday, "WHY DID HE REFUSE TO Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon raised more than USD 25 million. August 20, on a 150-foot yacht belonging to an ENDORSE SLOW JOE UNTIL IT WAS charged with million-dollar fraud in Bannon, 66, was charged in an indictment exiled Chinese billionaire, pleaded not guilty ALL OVER, AND EVEN THEN WAS border wall fundraising scheme along with Brian Kolfage, 38, an Air Force at his afternoon arraignment via video VERY LATE? WHY DID HE TRY TO Photo / Courtesy Thibault veteran from Florida, Andrew Badolato, 56, a conference. GET HIM NOT TO RUN?" he asked. Camus/AP financier also from Florida and Timothy contd on page 12 contd on page 2 THE INDIAN PANORAMA TURN PAGE FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2020 02 contd from page 1 demonstrate the breadth of his coalition for a second 'We can and will overcome this season of darkness... consecutive night, this time blending support from his party's ready to meet its challenges and do great things. elders and fresher faces to make the case that he has the PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER: "While I'll be a Democratic candidate, I'll be an American experience and energy to repair chaos that Trump has created Prof. Indrajit S. Saluja President," Biden said. "I will draw on the best of us, not the at home and abroad. VICE PRESIDENT: worst. I will be an ally of the light, not the darkness." Former president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Chitagam Saluja The former vice president spoke live to a nearly empty John Kerry-and former Republican secretary of state Colin darkened room near his home in Wilmington, Delaware. CHIEF EDITOR: Powell-were among the heavy hitters on a schedule that Supporters in cars filled a parking lot outside to watch on large emphasized a simple theme: Leadership matters. Former Prof Indrajit S. Saluja screens. Protesters, supporting Trump, also were on hand. president Jimmy Carter, now 95, also made an appearance. CONSULTING EDITOR : Fireworks burst overhead after he concluded. "Donald Trump says we're leading the world. Well, we are the Deepak Dwidedi, Chairman, Biden said the nation is facing four crises simultaneously: only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate Bhaskar Group, Delhi the coronavirus pandemic, the ensuing recession, renewed triple," Clinton said. "At a time like this, the Oval Office should ASSISTANT EDITOR: demands for racial justice and climate change. And he said that be a command center. Instead, it's a storm center. There's only Bidisha Roy while Trump has failed in every one of them, the country is up chaos." Tuesday's speaking programme underscored Biden's SPL. REPORTER UNO: to the challenges. challenge as he seeks to inspire a new generation of voters. H.S. Panaser "Our current president has failed in his most basic duty to While the Democratic leaders of yesteryear can point to GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: the nation - he's failed to protect us," Biden said. "And my experience and achievement, many of them are aging white fellow Americans, that is unforgivable." men. Biden formally captured his party's presidential Om Parkash Malik If Trump is reelected, Biden warned more people will die nomination on Tuesday night after being nominated by three DIRECTOR from the COVID-19 pandemic, more businesses will shutter and people, two Delaware lawmakers and 31-year-old African ADMINISTRATION: more working people will struggle, even if the wealthiest one American security guard who became a viral sensation after Gauri Beri percent get another tax break. blurting out "I love you" to Biden in a New York City elevator. CONTRIBUTING "He'll wake up every day believing the job is all about him, Delegates from across the country then pledged their PHOTOGRAPHERS: not about you," Biden said. support for Biden in a video montage that featured Democrats Baldev Singh / BJ Videos But Biden said that doesn't mean that hope is lost, even as so in places like Alabama's Edmund Pettis Bridge, a beach in Gunjesh Desai / Masala Junction many have lost loved ones and livelihoods to the virus. Hawaii and the headwaters of the Mississippi River. Jay Mandal, "Look, I understand it's hard to have hope right now," he said. In the opening of the convention's second night, a collection Mohammad Jaffer, "I know how it feels to lose someone you love. I know that deep of younger Democrats, including former Georgia lawmaker SnapsIndia black hole that opens up in your chest. That you feel your Stacey Abrams and New York Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Mohammad Shahzad, whole being is sucked into it. I know how mean and cruel and were given a few minutes to shine. But overall, there was little Zia Khan, unfair life can be sometimes." room on Tuesday's program for the younger stars of the party's Nisha Rani "But I've learned two things," he continued. "First, your loved far-left wing. "In a democracy, we do not elect saviors. We cast Vaaho Photographers, ones may have left this Earth but they never leave your heart. our ballots for those who see our struggles and pledge to serve," Vijay Shah - Photo Journalist. They will always be with you. And second, I found the best way said Abrams, 46, who emerged as a national player during her CORRESPONDENTS : through pain and loss and grief is to find purpose." unsuccessful bid for governor in 2018 and was among those SACRAMENTO: "And we have a great purpose as a nation: To open the doors considered to be Biden's running mate.