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BIDEN SELECTS 20 Pios Biden Ropes in 20 Indian- Americans in Cabinet NEW YORK • WASHINGTON D.C. • CHICAGO • ATLANTA • CALIFORNIA VOL 26, No. 1372 January 22, 2021 50¢ Periodical Postage BIDEN SELECTS 20 PIOs Biden ropes in 20 Indian- Americans in cabinet CG Amit Kumar Consulate Celebrating PBD 2021 in Chicago Details on page 17 Madras to White House: Idlis come full circle Raj Iyer is Chief Information Details on page 6 Officer of US Army Ind-Am in race Details on page 24 for the post of Boris Johnson Cincinnati mayor invites Modi to Details on page 7 UK for G7 summit Details on page 13 CONTENTS Bollywood -------------------------- 32 Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Classifieds ------------------------ 33 Community Post -------------- 17-26 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has nomi- The January 20th inauguration, the 59th in all, Edit Page --------------------------- 35 nated at least 20 Indian-Americans, including 13 where Biden, 78, would be the 46th President of the Horoscope ------------------------- 27 This week’s question Immigration Post ------------ 10-11 women, to key positions in his administration, a United States is already historic as for the first time Will Biden be able to vaccinate Life Style ------------------------ 14-15 record for the small ethnic community that consti- ever a woman, Kamala Harris the Vice-President of the 100M in 100 days? Philosophy/Perspective ------- 34 tutes one per cent of America's population. country. Last week’s result Info/Highlights ---------------------- 4 As many as 17 of them, including Neera Tanden Harris, 56, is also the first ever Indian-origin and Af- Real Estate -------------------- 30-31 Do you think Trump will be TechBiz Post ------------------ 12-13 impeached second time? who has been nominated as the Director of Manage- rican-American to be the Vice President of the United ment and Budget, would be part of the Biden admin- States. Travel & Hospitality Post -------- 16 YES 59% NO 41% Wellness Post ---------------- 28-29 istration in the powerful White House complex. 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Vikram Paul President Krishan Sharma Mg Director & Joint Editor Naresh Sodhi General Manager HIGHLIGHTS Amit Saini IT Director Harpreet Singh Sub Editor Ghanshyam Bisht Supervisor Graphics Bollywood: Lifestyle: SAN FRANCISCO & 'Prithviraj' eyeing 2021 release Fitness Apps & home-workouts SILICON VALLEY Vidya Sethuraman Bureau Chief Sonu Sood, who will next be seen in the Here's a list of a few digital fitness Vijay Thapar CPRO & Advertising Akshay Kumar-starrer, historical drama platforms to help you reach your Kiran Pandey Director, WellnessPost 'Prithviraj', says he has completed shoot- fitness goal from the comfort of your Vinita Thapar Marketing Deepak Chhabra Promotions ing his portions for the film. home. Ritu Maheshwari Director Promotions 32 14 Sudesh Kumari Correspondent LOS ANGELES Mrs Shashi Trivedi Bureau Chief Cover Story: Techbiz: CHICAGO BIDEN SELECTS 20 PIOs Xoom enabling NRIs and PIOs Ramesh Soparawala Resident Editor US President Joe Biden has nominated at Xoom, PayPal's Int'l digital money trans- A Q Siddiqui Correspondent least 20 IND-AMs, including 13 women, fer service announced integration with ST. LOUIS to key positions in his administration, a UPI, a real-time system facilitating inter- Ashwin Patel Correspondent record for the small ethnic community. 5 bank transactions in India. 12 NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY Pinky Kaur Bureau Chief Srirekha N. 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Rights. As many as 17 of them, including Sonia Aggarwal has been named Se- Neera Tanden who has been nominated nior Advisor for Climate Policy and In- as the Director of Management and novation in the Office of the Domestic Budget, would be part of the Biden ad- Climate Policy at the White House and ministration in the powerful White Vidur Sharma has been appointed as House complex. Policy Advisor for Testing for the White The January 20th inauguration, the House COVID-19 Response Team. 59th in all, where Biden, 78, would be Two Indian-American women have the 46th President of the United States been appointed to the Office of the is already historic as for the first time White House Counsel: Neha Gupta as ever a woman, Kamala Harris the Vice- Associate Counsel and Reema Shah as President of the country. Deputy Associate Counsel. Harris, 56, is also the first ever Indian- Also, for the first time in any admin- origin and African-American to be as istration, the White House would have the Vice President of the United States. three other South Asians in key posi- It is also for the first time ever that so tions -- Pakistani-American Ali Zaidi as many Indian-Americans have been Deputy National Climate Advisor White roped into a presidential administration House; Sri Lankan American Rohini ever before the inauguration. Biden, a Kosoglu as Domestic Policy Advisor to Democrat, is still quite far away from fill- the Vice President and Bangladeshi- ing all the positions in his administra- American Zayn Siddique: Senior Advi- tion. sor to the White House Deputy Chief of Topping the list is Tanden, who has President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. CREDIT: MAYA HARRIS/TWITTER Staff. been nominated as Director of the During the campaign, Biden had in- White House Office of Management and Topping the list is Tanden, who has been dicated that he would rope in a large Budget and Dr Vivek Murthy, who has nominated as Director of the White House Office of number of Indian-Americans. been nominated as the US Surgeon As President, I'll also continue to rely General.
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