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Saturday, November 2, 2024
TopicNeera Tanden

Topic: Neera Tanden

Is Neera Tanden a ‘cancel culture’ victim? Wrong question

Tanden’s defeat doesn't ask the broader question of how tolerant our culture is but focuses on how you shouldn't insult a group of thin-skinned people if you may need their support.

Neera Tanden withdraws nomination as White House budget chief after backlash over old tweets

Indian-American Neera Tanden, who led the liberal Center for American Progress for nearly a decade, is President Joe Biden’s first cabinet-level nominee to fail to reach confirmation.

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As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.