YEARS # 1 Indian American Weekly : Since 2006 VOL 15 ISSUE 29 ● NEW YORK / DALLAS ● JULY 16 - 22, 2021 ● ENQUIRIES: 646-247-9458 ● [email protected] www.theindianpanorama.news Indian Americans, US Lawmakers, India celebrates the 75th Independence Day on August 15,2021. Welcome Biden’s Nomination of To commemorate the historic event, we are bringing out a Eric Garcetti as Envoy to India profusely illustrated special edition. WASHINGTON (TIP): Powerful US lawmakers and eminent members of the Indian American Besides the commissioned community have welcomed the nomination of Los articles, we invite readers to Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as the country's next contribute. Please send in envoy to India. your articles by US President Joe Biden on Friday, July 9, August 01, 2021 to announced the nomination of Gracetti, 50, as the [email protected]. US Ambassador to India. Advertising space may please "I am honored to accept his nomination to serve be booked by July 26, 2021 in this role," Mr Garcetti said in a statement soon at [email protected] after he was nominated for the role. Top American lawmakers and eminent members For more information, of the Indian-American community described it as please visit an excellent choice. "Mayor Garcetti is an excellent www.theindianpanorama.news choice to serve as US ambassador to India. For all inquiries, please CONTD ON PAGE 38 call 646-247-9458 or email to << Seen in the picture are President Biden and Eric [email protected] Garcetti (in the front), and Vice President Kamala Harris, with US lawmakers JAIPUR FOOT HAS GIVEN NEW HOPE, RICH TRIBUTES PAID TO VETERAN US SENATE CONFIRMS RAY OF LIGHT TO PEOPLE EVERYWHERE: JOURNALIST TEJINDER SINGH INDIAN-AMERICAN SEEMA FOREIGN SECRETARY HARSH VARDHAN I.S. SALUJA NANDA AS SOLICITOR FOR WASHINGTON (TIP): Veteran LABOR DEPT SHRINGLA Indian-origin journalist Tejinder India's Foreign Secretary Harsh Singh who passed away on May 29 this Nanda served as chief Vardhan Shringla speaking at the year was fondly remembered by of staff, deputy chief of welcome event hosted by Jaipur friends, colleagues,and admirers at a staff and deputy Foot USA and Gracious Givers solicitor at the US Foundation USA. To his left well-attendedmemorial meeting at Department of Labor in (standing) is Prem Bhandari, National Press Club, Washington on the Obama-Biden Chairman of Jaipur Foot USA, and July 12. administration. Ambassador T S Tirumurti, Tejinder Singh was a veteran White Photo / Twitter/@SeemaNanda Permanent Representative of House correspondent and founder and India to the United Nations (seated). Photo / Mohammad editor of the India America Today Jaffer -SnapsIndia newswire. He was the Vice-President Veteran Journalist WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Senate (Print) for the Asian American Tejinder Singh has confirmed Indian-American civil NEW YORK (TIP): Jaipur Foot, a prosthetic limb, has given Journalists Association (AAJA-DC) rights lawyer Seema Nanda as the solicitor a new hope and ray of light to people everywhere and has 2011-12. Tejinder Singh was born and brought up in the for the Department of Labor. changed lives of people around the world, Foreign Secretary industrial town of Kharagpur, in the eastern Indian state of West A former CEO of the Democratic Harsh Vardhan Shringla said. Bengal. A veteran multimedia political and business journalist, National Committee who also served in the Shringla arrived in New York Wednesday, July 14 Tejinder worked as a broadcast journalist with the BBC, South Department of Labor during the Obama toparticipate in high-level events in the UN Security Council. African Broadcasting Corp.,and Flemish-English and Indian Administration, Nanda, 48, was confirmed Shringla's visit comes as India prepares to assume the networks. He was the editor-in-chief for New Europe, The by the Senate with 53-46 votes on Presidency of the powerful 15-nation Security Council for the European Weekly, based in the EU capital of Brussels, Belgium Wednesday,July 14. month of August. Speaking at a welcome event organized in from 1997 - 2009. Tejinder moved to the U.S. in 2009 and founded Nanda served as chief of staff, deputy the city by Jaipur Foot USA and Gracious Givers Foundation IAT in 2012. Rich tributes were paid to the ace journalist who was chief of staff and deputy solicitor at the USA, Shringla said every person in India is aware of the popular and held in esteem by his friends and colleagues. US Department of Labor in the Obama- contributions that Jaipur Foot has done. He added that "we are Speaking on the occasion, Ranju Batra Chairperson, Diwali Biden administration. Earlier, she spent proud" to work with Padma Bhushan D.R. Mehta, founder of Foundation USA said:" We are all here to give tribute to a dear over 15 years in various roles as a labor Bhagwan Mahaveer ViklangSahayata Samiti (BMVSS) and friend and a great journalist. I'm glad we could all come together and employment attorney, mostly in Jaipur Foot. CONTD ON PAGE 7 to celebrate his life. CONTD ON PAGE 3 government service. CONTD ON PAGE 38 INDIAN AMERICAN RAHUL GUPTA NOMINATED AS AMERICA'S DRUG CZAR I.S. SALUJA WASHINGTON (TIP): President Joe Biden nominated Indian American Rahul Gupta, the top health official at maternal-and-child advocacy group March of Dimes, as the nation's top drug policy official, the White Rahul Gupta, a former health commissioner of West House announced, July 13. Gupta, a primary-care doctor Virginia, has been nominated who led Biden's transition efforts for the drug policy Director of the Office of office, would be the first Indian American and as the National Drug Control Policy CONTD ON PAGE 38 THE INDIAN PANORAMA EDITORIAL FRIDAY JULY 16, 2021 YEARS 02 -: GUEST COMMENT :- PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER: Prof. Indrajit S. Saluja VICE PRESIDENT: Population control in Chitagam Saluja CHIEF EDITOR: Prof Indrajit S. Saluja Uttar Pradesh CONSULTING EDITOR : Deepak Dwidedi, Chairman, CREATING AWARENESS IS impacted health parameters - UP's infant incentivize couples who do not have Bhaskar Group, Delhi mortality rate is among the highest in more than two children, while good in ASSISTANT EDITOR: THE BEST BET TO ACHIEVE India. With about one-fifth of the intent, is bound to give rise to fears of Bidisha Roy country's child population, UP also faces discrimination among others. SPL. REPORTER UNO: GOAL the challenge of tackling absenteeism Reassuringly, CM Yogi has stressed on H.S. Panaser and low enrolment in schools. The creating awareness and not coercion to GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: he assurance by the BJP return of migrant workers in large bring in population stabilization. The Om Parkash Malik government in Uttar Pradesh led numbers has put the onus on the state use of force could well be reminiscent of DIRECTOR Tby Yogi Adityanath that government to provide them with the forced sterilization campaigns ADMINISTRATION: population control measures will not be benefits, besides making immunisation a carried out during the Emergency. A Gauri Beri aimed at any class or section is welcome, long-drawn process. country like China has relaxed its two- provided there is transparency in its With Uttar Pradesh headed for the child policy, allowing couples to have CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS: implementation. With an estimated Assembly polls next year, the BJP three children to address the country's population of over 24 crore, UP is the government in the state is merely trying long-term demographic imbalance, Baldev Singh / BJ Videos Gunjesh Desai / Masala Junction most populous state of India with its to fulfil the promises that it had made in ageing society and reduced working age Jay Mandal, accompanying developmental hazards its 2017 election manifesto. The population. UP's concerns on these Mohammad Jaffer, which act as an impediment to growth. manifesto had promised to accelerate counts may be justified but the policy SnapsIndia Industrial growth in the state is among development and the draft Bill released should not be directed at any particular Mohammad Shahzad, the slowest in the country, resulting in to mark World Population Day is a step section of society.Social cohesion is also Zia Khan, high unemployment and migration of in that direction. Objections to the policy a prerequisite for all-round progress. Nisha Rani workforce. The huge population has also have been invited and the provision to (Tribune India) Vaaho Photographers, Vijay Shah - Photo Journalist. CORRESPONDENTS : SACRAMENTO: Parminder S. Aujla -: GUEST COMMENT :- NEW YORK : Chitagam FRESNO: Tarlochan Singh Sedition law-Overdue DALLAS: Harjit Dhesi, Amarjit Dhillon OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENTS review LONDON Nirpal Singh Shergill SPL CORRESPONDENT SUPREME COURT'S 'anti-national'. Even though it is often on free speech by Section 124A would DELHI BUREAU CHIEF: argued that the misuse of a law alone have been declared unconstitutional. Chandan Singh REMARKS ON SEDITION does not render it invalid, there is a The court is now seized of several cases CHANDIGARH: CASES BODE WELL FOR ITS special case to strike down Section 124A that seek a reconsideration of the 1962 Manjit Sidhu because of its inherent potential for verdict, citing more recent judgments LUDHIANA: INEVITABLE INVALIDATION misuse. There is a pattern of behavior expanding the scope of fundamental A.S. Arora, among all regimes that indicate a rights and doctrines that have been R.P.Sharma t is gratifying to note that the proclivity to invoke it without subsequently evolved. In particular, the JAIPUR : Supreme Court, while indicating its examining