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1 Indian American Weekly : Since 2006 YEARS # 1 Indian American Weekly : Since 2006 VOL 15 ISSUE 12 ● NEW YORK / DALLAS ● MAR 19 - MAR 25, 2021 ● ENQUIRIES: 646-247-9458 ● [email protected] www.theindianpanorama.news THE INDIAN PANORAMA ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY MARCH 19, 2021 YEARS 02 We Salute India’s Martyrs YEARS # 1 Indian American Weekly : Since 2006 VOL 15 ISSUE 12 ● NEW YORK / DALLAS ● MAR 19 - MAR 25, 2021 ● ENQUIRIES: 646-247-9458 ● [email protected] www.theindianpanorama.news HOLI AND VAISAKHI SPECIAL EDITIONS Atlanta shootings leave 8 will bring out special editions tomark dead at Asian businesses HOLI AND VAISAKHI HOLI SPECIAL EDITION will be Six of the victims at the three businesses were Asian women published on March 26, for which articles may please be submitted by Asian American community shocked and fear-stricken March 23. Advertising space may please be booked by March 22. Nationwide condemnation of the attack on Asian -Americans Please send articles and advertising requests to [email protected] I.S. SALUJA VAISAKHI SPECIAL EDITION will be published on April 9. Advertisements ATLANTA (TIP): Eight people were may please be booked by April 2, and killed in shootings at three businesses articles for publication may please be in the Atlanta area on Tuesday, March submitted by March 30 to 16. Six of the eight victims were Asian [email protected] women, authorities said. The attacks began at around 5 pm Tuesday, March 16afternoon. Atlanta UK PM Boris to visit India police officers first responded to a crime in April-end scene at Young's Asian Massage, where Will shift focus to Indo-Pacific in four people were killed, in Cherokee County, just north of Atlanta. The post-Brexit review victims were Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul UK Prime Minister Andre Michels, Xiaojie Tan, and Daoyou Boris Johnson will CONTD ON PAGE 44 visit India at the end of April << Police at the scene of crime NEW DELHI (TIP): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will visit India House passes bill to give Dreamers and other at the end of April, his first major international tour after London's exit undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship from the EU. Roughly 2.5 million undocumented The announcement from London nation's broken immigration system just came after the minister for South Asia immigrants to benefit as President Biden confronts a growing Tariq Ahmad wrapped up his visits WASHINGTON (TIP): The surge of migrants at the border, says a where which included interactions Democratic-led House voted on New York Times report filed byNicholas with External Affairs Minister S Thursday, March 18, to create a path to Fandos. In a near party-line vote of 228 to Jaishankar and Foreign Secretary citizenship for millions of 197, with just nine Republicans joining A rally in Los Angeles in support of the Deferred Harsh Vardhan Shringla. undocumented immigrants, reopening a Democrats, the House moved to set up a Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. CONTD ON PAGE 42 politically fraught debate over the CONTD ON PAGE 42 File photo / Los Angeles Times Facebook sees computing’s future on your wrist The science behind Facebook's new vision for the human- Photo of prototype computer interface - electromyography, or EMG - can read Facebook wristband nerve signals in muscles anywhere in the body. But Facebook that reads nerve researchers said the wrist is the ideal spot to apply it. impulses, on a person's arm with NEW YORK (TIP): Facebook researchers are rapidly the finger pointing learning how to replace mouse clicks and screen taps with Photo / Facebook finger twitches. contd on page 42 THE INDIAN PANORAMA INDIANS ABROAD FRIDAY MARCH 19, 2021 YEARS 04 Indian - Origin Small Business Owner Attends Round Table with Kamala Harris WASHINGTON (TIP): An Indian - who come in and you can recognize if origin businesswoman, who imports they're having a bad day and you already goods and supports widowed women in know what they want to they don't even India, has participated in a round table have to put in an order," she said. with Kamala Harris and asked the US Ms Harris said those in need of Vice President to back a global plastic assistance have been opening up their policy. car trunks to pick up food boxes but Lalitha Chittoor, the owner of Eco All leave handwritten notes and sometimes Trading LLC, a small micro business a tip thanking the volunteers. involved in wholesale trading of "These families who have nothing sustainable products such as stainless because they've lost so much, tipping the steel, bamboo, birch wood attended the volunteers for their generosity and round table with Harris in Denver, recognizing the dignity of their work," Colorado on Tuesday along with her she said daughter. Born in Chennai and a naturalized Ms Harris brought up the citizen of the US, Ms Chittoor started administration's climate change efforts her business at the behest of her and said a policy staffer would follow up daughter. Her primary customers are with her. Ms. Chittoor's business During the round table, Lalitha Chittoor asked Ms. Harris to back a global plastic policy restaurants, federal government, state founded in 2019, is women-owned and government, school cafeterias, prison imports goods from India and supports heartbeat of every community. models," she said. cafeterias, hospital cafeterias. widowed women in India. "Our small business leaders are not "It is our small businesses that hire During the round table, Ms Chittoor She told the round table that the small only business leaders, you are civic from the community, that uplift the asked Ms. Harris to back a global plastic businesses were really part of the leaders, community leaders, role community, that have regular customers policy. Two Indian-origin South African Indian-origin man charged women won International accolades for cyber-stalking for their exemplary leadership WASHINGTON JOHANNESBURG (TIP): Two young (TIP): A 31-year-old Indian-origin women from South Africa's Indian-origin computer Pretoria city, a 21-year-old beauty security consultant has products entrepreneur and a 30-year-old been charged in the US architect, have won international for allegedly engaging accolades for their exemplary leadership in cyber-stalking this week. campaign against a Beauty products entrepreneur, Rabia woman and threatening Ghoor, received the Forbes Woman Africa multiple people, 'Young Achievers' Award for 2021, while including a deputy architect Sumayya Vally, was included in prosecutor and a police the 2021 Times100 list that acknowledges officer investigating leaders who are shaping the future. collaborations. That is exposure for my him. Ghoor's award was announced during a brand and myself. I think winning opened Sumit Garg from virtual Forbes summit to celebrate networking opportunities," she added. Seattle was indicted on African women leaders who are Vally became the youngest ever Wednesday, March 17 by committed to economic and social architect to make in the Times100 list for a federal grand jury for transformation on the continent. Ghoor her role in the design of the pavilion for conspiracy to engage in cyber-stalking, skills to threaten multiple people in the started 'Swiitch Beauty', her make-up and London's Serpentine Galleries. She joins three counts of cyber-stalking in former roommate's life, including her skincare online beauty store at just 14, such internationally celebrated violation of criminal order, and two uncle who represented her in obtaining dropping out of school two years later to architects as Frank Gehry and Zaha counts of cyber-stalking, Acting US a civil protection order; her current concentrate full-time on the business, Hadid. Attorney Tessa M Gorman announced. boyfriend; the Seattle Police Detective which was inspired after she spotted a Vally established the company Garg was transferred to federal who investigated the threats; and even gap for the African market. Counterspace five years ago in custody last week and was ordered the Deputy Prosecuting Attorney who "American, European or Asian brands partnership with a group of friends while detained at the Federal Detention Centre filed charges against Garg for his illegal that are unavailable here in South Africa still lecturing at the Graduate School of at SeaTac on March 15, 2021, the US stalking conduct. were constantly innovating and evolving, Architecture at the University of Department of Justice said in a He used his computer skills to try to especially in the digital space, while Johannesburg. She said the company was statement. hide who was sending the threats or South African brands lagged behind or formed with the aim of developing a He will be arraigned on the indictment making the posts. just straight up didn't exist. design language that acknowledges and on March 25. The case is being investigated by the "I began researching product sourcing, celebrates the African continent. According to a detailed criminal United States Secret Service with formulation, e-commerce, packaging, "It is an absolute privilege to be on a list complaint and the indictment in the assistance from the Seattle Police manufacturing, design with the end goal with so many artists, innovators and case, Garg has been involved in an Department. in mind being to create a beauty brand leaders who I look up to. It has deepened extensive campaign of threats and Conspiracy to engage in cyber- that firstly, didn't break the bank and the sense of responsibility to our sexually explicit messaging and posts stalking is punishable by up to five years secondly - made things that people would histories, our hybrid identities and our about a woman who used to share an in prison. Cyber-stalking in violation of actually use in real life - things that did futures that I strive to embody in my apartment with his spouse.
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