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Monday, November 4, 2024
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Topic: US embassy

Absentee ballots to local polling booths, how foreign nationals in India vote for elections back home

Over 60 nations have held or will hold polls this yr, with US joining Tuesday. The US Embassy in Delhi & consulates across India will have ballot drop boxes for Americans living here.

Cricket, UPI & chhole bhature — US ambassador marks one year in India with a video

Eric Garcetti says 2023 was arguably 'most productive year' in history of India-US relations, highlights $200-bn trade, tariff reduction & processing of 1.4 million visas in a year.

US doubles down, says ‘closely monitoring’ Kejriwal’s arrest, ‘freezing’ of Congress bank accounts

This came just hours after India summoned a senior American diplomat over earlier remarks by the US State Department about Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest.

US embassy issues ‘security alert’ for its citizens ahead of Rafah border opening

The Embassy has warned of a 'potentially chaotic and disorderly environment' and asked its citizens to respond to the message with their current location.

US embassy to offer more student visa appointment slots this year, fee increased by Rs 2,000

Brendan Mullarkey of US Embassy in New Delhi says a record 1,25,000 visas were issued to students in 2022, and demand is expected to be high in 2023 as well.

Amid fighting in Sudan, US embassy suspends operations, evacuates staff from Khartoum

While Joe Biden administration confirmed embassy staff & their families have been evacuated, it added there are no plans to evacuate 16,000 private US citizens stuck there.

20-day-long operation, multiple agencies — how Deepak Boxer was detained before ‘planned escape’ to US

After leaving India from Kolkata, Deepak is believed to have first reached Dubai, then Kazakhstan. A few days later, he is said to have travelled to Panama City & then to Costa Rica.

Agra police bust call centre for ‘duping Americans on promise of free loans, selling info to hackers’

The US embassy has been informed about the crackdown and now the US investigation agencies will be involved in the probe.

‘None of their business,’ says US to China’s objections to Yudh Abhyas

A. Elizabeth Jones, Chargé d’Affaires, US Embassy, said the US would fully support India in its G20 Presidency, and that it understands G20 is not a forum to solve Russia-Ukraine War.

On Camera

Royal Enfield bikes are the new rage in Bangladesh. What happens to ‘boycott India’ now

Royal Enfield has launched four 350cc models—Hunter, Classic, Bullet, and Meteor—priced between Bangladeshi Taka 3.4 lakh and 4.35 lakh in Bangladesh.

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.