Washington, May 3 (IANS) Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock on Sunday warned that the US Supreme Court’s voting rights ruling is a “massive and devastating blow” to democracy and could harm minority Black voters.“What happened this week is nothing less than a massive and devastating blow, not only to our democracy, but particularly to people of colour in the South,” Warnock told CBS News in an interview.The ruling narrows the application of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, making it h…
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New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday that the first tranche of the India-US bilateral trade agreement has almost been finalised, and a team of his ministry officials is in Washington for the discussions.”We have almost finalised the free trade agreement, the first tranche of the bilateral trade agreement with them,” the minister told journalists.”We are trying to work out what would be the mechanism by which India can get preferential market acc…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) A team of around a dozen Indian officials is set to arrive in Washington, D.C. on April 20 for a three-day round of negotiations with US authorities, marking the next step in discussions on the first phase of a proposed bilateral trade agreement (BTA). The talks, scheduled from April 20 to 22, will be led by India’s chief negotiator Darpan Jain, an additional secretary in the Department of Commerce, along with representatives from the customs department and the exter…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) A team of Commerce Ministry officials is scheduled to visit Washington, DC, next week for trade talks with their US counterparts, according to officials.The talks, being held ahead of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to New Delhi next month, will focus on taking forward discussions that have already been held on the interim trade agreement between the two countries, said the official. Earlier, India and the United States decided to reschedule the official me…
Washington, April 2 (IANS) Native Americans, or American Indian tribals, have emerged as a key focus in the US Supreme Court’s hearing on birthright citizenship, which President Donald Trump wants to change, as lawyers debated how early constitutional principles apply to modern immigration.Arguing for the Trump administration on Wednesday, Solicitor General John Sauer told the court that the 14th Amendment was never meant to grant universal citizenship to everyone born in the United States.He …
Washington, April 2 (IANS) A US Supreme Court case on birthright citizenship has raised concerns among Indian professionals on H-1B visas and other temporary permits.The Trump administration told the court that children born to “temporary visitors” may not automatically be US citizens.Solicitor General John Sauer said the Constitution requires “direct and immediate allegiance” to the United States, not just birth on its soil.He argued that children of people on temporary visas do not mee…
Washington, April 2 (IANS) The US Supreme Court heard sweeping arguments on whether the Constitution guarantees citizenship to all children born on American soil, as the Trump administration pressed a narrower reading that could exclude children of undocumented migrants and temporary visitors.Arguing for the government on Wednesday (local time), Solicitor General John Sauer told the court that the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause was never meant to apply universally. “The clause does not …
Washington, April 1 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said he plans to attend a US Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship, as the top court prepares to take up a closely watched legal challenge to his executive order on the issue.“I think so. I do,” Trump said when asked if he would be present in court. “Because I have listened to this argument for so long.”The case centres on Trump’s effort to end automatic citizenship for children born in the United States to non-citizen pare…
Washington, March 31 (IANS) The US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a closely watched case on birthright citizenship, which tests President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict automatic citizenship for children born to certain non-citizens and could reshape the meaning of the 14th Amendment and decades of legal precedent. The case centres on an executive order issued by Trump. It directs federal agencies to deny citizenship to children born in the United States to parents who are either in the …
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Apple CEO Tim Cook has dismissed speculation about stepping down, calling such reports “a rumour” and reaffirming his commitment to leading the company. In a conversation on ABC News, Cook said he has no plans to slow down.“No, I did not say that. I have not said that. That is a rumour going around,” he said when asked about reports suggesting he might step back from his role.Cook, who has spent nearly three decades at Apple, said his connection with the company re…