FIIDS Newsletter March 1, 2021

FIIDS Newsletter March 1st 2021

Neera Tanden’s confirmation fight is the first morality play of the post-Trump Washinghton https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/neera-tanden-tweets-senate-confirmation-omb/2021/02/28/ab18257a-76b1-11eb-9537-496158cc5fd9_story.html

Indian’s in San Francisco backs India’s farm bill with a car rally https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/politics/indians-in-san-francisco-back-centres-farm-reforms-hold-massive-car-rally-in-support.html related news : Indian American Cardiologist and community leader Dr. Romesh Japra attacked by Khalistani supporters for supporting India’s farm reform bills https://medicaldialogues.in/news/health/doctors/indian-american-cardiologist-attacked-in-us-for-supporting-indian-farm-laws-74975

China Hastily Withdraws from Pangong Tso region in Eastern Ladhakh border of India. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/china-surprises-india-with-pace-of-withdrawal-pulls-out-200-tanks-in-2-days-101613088444899.html

After vaccinating frontier workers(healthcare, public safety and soldiers, etc) in the phase-1, on the first day of phase-2, 4.25lacks vaccinated in India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/golden-generation-sees-silver-lining-in-vaccine/articleshow/81283060.cms

FIIDS released a paper on ‘Facts on India’s Farm Bill’ for US elected officials http://www.fiids-usa.org/india-farm-bills-and-protests/

Kashmiri diaspora in US expresses concern over death threats to human right’s activist Sushil Pandit https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/kashmiri-diaspora-in-us-expresses-concern-over-death-threat-to-human-rights-activist-sushil-pandit/2038241

Chinese hackers targeted India’s power grid during Sino-India border conflict in Eastern Ladakh https://thehackernews.com/2021/03/chinese-hackers-targeted-indias-power.html

To build a confidence among citizens to take India’s homegrown Covid-19 vaccine, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes a vaccine on the first day of phase-2 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-vaccine-idUSKCN2AT15Q

What can we learn from the Chicago fight with anti-CAA lobby? https://www.pgurus.com/the-chicago-anti-india-dragathon-and-our-pushback/

Outrage after Mahatam Gandhi’s statue broken at Davis, California https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/outrage-after-mahatma-gandhis-statue-broken-ripped-from-base-in-california-2360356

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Future Events: Panel on Policies Recommendations to the Biden administration Saturday 10:30am PST http://tiny.url/FIIDSUSA

Latest Events: As a capacity building measure in Indo-American community, FIIDS hosted a program on Civic Engagement. It was attended by 47 from 6 organization