Author: Malavika Subramanyan

Malavika Subramanyan

Ruchira Kamboj, India's permanent representative to the UN

Addressing the UN Security Council during the open discussion on the subject of “future-proofing trust for sustaining peace,” Kamboj said that from the Indian delegation’s point of view, in order to secure the future or future-proof it, one must first and foremost learn the proper lessons from the past. She questioned whether the Security Council in its present form, which denies permanent representation to entire continents of Africa, Latin America, and the world’s largest democracy, could be deemed inclusive by making five members more equal than others. She further asked, “Does the Council’s normative framework eliminate inequality or does it…

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759 million Indians, or 52% of the population, are “active” internet users, visiting the web at least once each month. The population is anticipated to increase to 900 million by 2025. For the first time ever, the majority of Indians are now frequent users of the internet. These statistics are reflected in the “Internet in India Report 2022,” which was created by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and KANTAR, the top provider of marketing data and analytics worldwide. The report also notes that of India’s projected 759 million “active” internet users in 2022, 399 million would come…

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Alongside Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet, Anushka Sharma will make her Cannes Film Festival debut in the latter quarter of this month. She reportedly plans to attend the film festival to celebrate women in movies. Emmanuel Lenain, the French ambassador to India, also made a subliminal suggestion that Anushka Sharma will attend the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, which would be held in France. In a tweet after their meeting in New Delhi, the actress from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and her cricketer spouse Virat Kohli were mentioned. “A pleasure meeting @imVkohli and @AnushkaSharma! I wished Virat & #TeamIndia all the…

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Mother Tongue: Flavours of a Second Generation Kindle Edition by Gurdeep Loyal

Gurdeep, an Indian-born British citizen, experienced continual pressure from competing cultural standards. But he was able to accept the delightful contrasts of his polyglot British-Indian identity because of his love of food and cookery. In Mother Tongue, he analyzes his childhood in food, which included “authentic” home-cooked Punjabi food, “inauthentic” Tikka Masalas from curry houses, the Western gourmet canon, and a desire to explore new places in search of flavor. The end result is a multicultural cuisine with heightened flavor that is a delicious culinary reflection of his second generation’s experience of the modern world. A mouthwatering Miso-Masala Fried Chicken…

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Indian businesses invest most in Texas according to report

On May 3, 2023, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) launched the seventh edition of its renowned study, “Indian Roots, American Soil,” during a ceremony in Washington, D.C., sponsored by Taranjit Singh Sandhu, the Indian ambassador. According to research that emphasizes the good tales of Indian firms’ contributions to the US economy and society, there are over 160 Indian companies operating in all 50 US states, and they have made investments totaling US$40 billion that have created 425,000 jobs in a variety of industries. Texas (20,906 jobs), New York (19,162 jobs), New Jersey (17,713 jobs), Washington (14,525 jobs), Florida (14,418…

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US Energy Council Elects Indian-Origin Business Leaders

Advisory board members of Indian descent will play a crucial role in directing the organization and the energy services and technology industries on matters pertaining to energy. The US Energy Workforce and Technology Council elected Indian-origin leaders to the advisory board for the year 2023-2024, such as the president and CEO of ChampionX, Sivasankaran “Soma.” Somasundaram, managing director and global co-head of Energy & Power Investment Banking at Piper Sandler, Sanjiv Shah, and president of Universal Pressure Pumping, Akshay Sagar. Somasundaram, who was named the Houston Business Journal’s “most admired CEO” in 2022, is a member of the ChampionX board…

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In April 2023, India collected an all-time high of US$ 22.9 billion (Rs. 1.87 trillion) in goods and services tax (GST), according to information provided by the Ministry of Finance. Increased year-end sales, data analytics that enhanced compliance, and consistent economic growth were the main drivers of the excellent mop-up. The last record-breaking collection was US$ 20.5 billion (Rs. 1.68 trillion) in April of last year, while the mop-up was US$ 19.6 billion (Rs. Additionally, the highest-ever tax revenue was collected on one day in April 2023. “On April 20, 2023, US$ 8.3 billion was paid through 9.8 lakh transactions,”…

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