# 1 Indian American Weekly: Since 2006 VOL 13 ISSUE 12 ● NEW YORK / DALLAS ● MARCH 22-28, 2019 ● ENQUIRIES: 646-247-9458 www.theindianpanorama.news BJP Releases First List of 184 VAISAKHI SPECIAL EDITION We will bring out a profusely illustrated special edition on the occasion of Vaisakhi Candidates: 24 Sitting MP’s Dropped which falls on April 13. Articles and advertisements for publication in the Vaisakhi special edition may please be emailed Narendra Modi from Varanasi again; Amit Shah replaces Advani in Gandhinagar by April 5, 2019 to [email protected] Photo / Courtesy The Hindu For any question, please call 646-247-9458. New Zealand bans sale of assault, semi-automatic rifles: PM Ardern New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern embraces a woman who attended the House session at Parliament on March 19.She hassaid high-capacity magazines and devices similar to bump stocks-which made rifles fire faster-would also be banned. CHRIST CHURCH, NEW ZEALAND (TIP): New Zealand will ban military-style semi-automatic and assault rifles under tough new gun laws following the killing of 50 people in its worst mass shooting, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday,March 21, reports Reuter. contd on Page 32 NEW DELHI (TIP): The BJP on While Prime Minister Narendra Modi The party dropped 24 MP's , the biggest Thursday, March 21, released its first list will contest again from Varanasi, party drop in Uttar Pradesh with six candidates Facebook admits storing of 184 candidates for 20 States for the Lok president Amit Shah has replaced party replaced in a list of 28. Sabha election being held in seven stages stalwart Lal Krishna Advani in contd on Page 32 passwords in plain text from April 11. Gandhinagar. More election news on page 14 Prem Parameswaran: "The Disney Fox deal is very exciting for the global media and entertainment industry" LOS ANGELES (TIP): It is the latest corporate wedding between Mickey Mouse's sprawling media empire and the entertainment assets that were built under Rupert Murdoch. The $71 Million acquisition officially closed SAN FRANCISCO, CA (TIP): Facebook on Thursday, March 20, and in the process reshaped March 21, admitted that millions of passwords were stored Hollywood's two major studios. Corporation (FOXA). Disney CEO Bob Iger, in plain text on its internal servers, a security slip that left The assets that Murdoch keeps provide a meanwhile, achieved the necessary bulk, them readable by the social networking giant's employees. leaner, more focused entity built around the Fox theoretically, to mount a formidable competitor "To be clear, these passwords were never visible to anyone broadcast network, Fox News Channel and Fox to Netflix (NFLX), outside of Facebook and we have found no evidence to date Sports. That company will live on as the Fox contd on Page 32 that anyone internally abused or improperly accessed them," vice president of engineering, security,and privacy, Obviously, at Eros International we believe in a very similar strategy as we have meshed the best Pedro Canahuati said in a blog post. Indian content in the world on our global OTT platform Eros Now THE INDIAN PANORAMA 2 NEW YORK FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2019 THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2019 PICNEWS 3 Former Foreign Secretary A Star-studded Screening of 'Hotel Jaishankar at a Panel Discussion Mumbai' held in New York City Hotel Mumbai at Asia Society in NYC premiere in NYC on March 17. From left, Andrew Karpen, CEO of Bleecker Street; Armie Hammer, Actor; Anthony Maras, Director; Nazanin Boniadi, Actor; Anupam Kher, Actor; Jason Isaacs, Actor; Dev Patel, Actor; Shivani Rawat, Producer and CEO, ShivHans Pictures. Photo/ Jay Mandal-On Assignment NEW YORK CITY (TIP): A special screening of the film Hotel Mumbai was held in New York City on Sunday March 17 at the city's Museum of Modern Art. Based on true story,the film tells the story of the heroes and survivors of the 26/11 terror attack in Taj Hotel Mumbai, in 2008. Directed by Anthony Maras and written by John Collee and Maras, it is based on the 2009 NEW YORK CITY (TIP): During a Panel discussion on "New Roadmaps for Asia", from left: documentary Surviving Mumbai. (Read more on page 30) Ambassador Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India's former Foreign Secretary.Ambassador Daniel Russel, former Asst Secretary to the US State Dept. and currently, Vice President for International Security and Diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute and Ambassador 'Kesari' Brings Alive Akitaka Saiki, Japan's former Ambassador to India and former Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, at Asia Society in New York, March 19, 2019. Photo / Jay Mandal - On Assignment Incredible Unheard Miss India Worldwide Shree Saini Story of Sikh Soldiers receives 'Women Hero' Award on Celluloid NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Akshay Kumar is set to NEW YORK (TIP): deliver another blockbuster with his new movie Miss Universe 1994 Kesari - based on the story of battle of Saragarhi. Sushmita Sen honored Despite being one of the fiercest last stands ever, the Kesari is a rousing war drama that Miss India Worldwide Battle of Saragarhi is lost somewhere in the annals of Akshay Kumar's fans have been waiting Shree Saini with history. In Kesari, Akshay Kumar brings alive on for since the announcement of the film "Women Hero" award celluloid the incredible story of21 Sikh soldiers at the South Asian fighting valiantly against 10,000 invaders. Read more on Page 6 Women Empowerment Gala function held at New Nirpal Singh Shergill's INDIANS ABROAD York March 19. Sushmita Sen, who and PUNJAB IMPACT Launched in Canada was the Chief Guest of A former Miss Universe and Bollywood Star Sushmita the program Sen honors Miss India welcomed Shree Saini Worldwide Shree Saini with on the stage. 'Women Hero' Award Read more on Page 6 World’s largest painting by M.F. Husain Lightning, 1975 on display at Asia Society NEW YORK CITY (TIP): World's largest painting of M.F. Husain - Lightning, 1975, oil on canvas - twelve panels, overall H.10 ft x W. 60 ft. (3 x 18 m) on display at Asia Society from 20th March 2019 to August 4th. The rare painting is owned by Marguerite and Kent Charugundla, a prominent art collector, inventor, and serial entrepreneur, who has supported many artists in DELTA,BC(TIP): Nirpal Singh Shergill's INDIANS ABROAD and PUNJAB IMPACT was New York. launched recently at George Mackie Library, Delta BC, Canada. On the occasion, from Left: Harkirat Singh Kular Editor Punjab Guardian, Jarnail Singh Artist,Rachhpal Singh Gill Editor Punjabi Tribune, Jarnail Singh SekhaNovelist, Nirpal Singh Shergill Editor INDIANS ABROAD, Mohan Singh Gill Poet, Angrez Singh Shergill Property Developer, Meera Gill Actor and poet. Photo / Courtesy Gurpreet Singh Sahota Radio and TV broadcaster, and, Editor Charhdikala and Akal Guardian Seen standing in front of the historic painting are, from L to R: Marguerite, a guest, Ken Charugundla, and Ambassador Sandeep Chakraborty, Consul General of India in New York Photo / Mohammed Jaffer-SnapsIndia THE INDIAN PANORAMA 4 INDIANS ABROAD FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2019 Indian American Couple in North Indian Americans Dr. Prakasam Carolina Convicted of Human Trafficking Tata and Dr. Sanjay Gupta to receive Charges Couple promised jobs to lure workers. 2019 Ellis Island Medals of Honor They beat them and didn't pay, prosecutors say NEW YORK (TIP): Indian Americans Dr. Prakasam Tata and Dr. Sanjay Gupta have been STOCKTON, NC (TIP): After an 11-day named 2019 Ellis Island Medals of Honor trial, a federal jury found an Indian couple - recipients among others, who will be honored Satish Kartan, 45, and his wife, Sharmistha at the 34th annual "Ellis Island Medals of Barai, 40, guilty on March 14 of conspiracy Honor" gala on May 10. to obtain forced labor and two counts of The Ellis Island Honors Society sponsors the obtaining forced labor. In addition, Kartan Ellis Island Medals of Honor, which are was found guilty of fraud in foreign labor presented annually to a select group of contracting. According to court documents immigrants whose accomplishments in their and evidence presented at trial, between field and inspired service to the nation are February 2014 and October 2016, Kartan and cause for celebration. The Medal has been Barai hired workers from overseas to officially recognized by both Houses of perform domestic labor in their home in Congress as one of most prestigious awards in Stockton. (Read full story on the USA and is annually memorialized in the www.theindianpanorama.news) Congressional Record. Dr. Prakasam Tata is currently serving as Indian American Kiran Distinguished Professor of Environmental Dr. Prakasam Tata and Dr. Sanjay Gupta Sciences and Health in the Department of Kaur Gill named Community Medicine at the Maharajah Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. distinguishes his reporting from war zones and Institute of Medical Sciences, Nellimarla, In 2002 Dr.Tata retired as the Assistant Director natural disasters, as well as on a range of SALDEF Executive Viziangaram District, Andhra Pradesh, India. and Head of the Environmental Monitoring medical and scientific topics, including the Director Currently he is also serving as the Executive and Research Division. Although Dr. Tata has opioid crisis, Pandemic outbreaks, brain injury, Director of the Center for Waste been living in the USA for more than five disaster recovery, health care reform, fitness, Transformation Technology, Wheaton, IL, decades, he visited India and other developing military medicine, and medicinal marijuana. which is a nonprofit organization and works on countries numerous times. Under the banner of In addition to his work for CNN, Gupta is a projects related to environmental education Bharathi Theertha, he is currently working on member of the staff and faculty at the Emory and awareness and use of wastes as resources.