Arul Louis

Arul Louis

About Arul Louis

The author a New York-based journalist, is a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Society for Policy Studies

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India elected to UN Security Council with overwhelming majority

India has been elected to the United Nations Security Council with an overwhelming majority of 184 votes running on a platform of fighting terrorism and promoting the ethos of "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam" -- the world is one family

UN vote today for Security Council seat assured for India

The 193 members of the UN will vote on Wednesday to elect five non-permanent members to the Security Council and India is assured of a victory having won the unanimous backing of the Asian Pacific group

UN chief concerned by child casualties in Kashmir, AfPak region

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the child casualties in Kashmir but noted a decline in the recruitment of children by Naxalites in Jharkhand due to the government's efforts in his annual report on Children and Armed Conflict

First 'observant' Sikh woman graduates from US military academy

Anmol Narang has become the first “observant” Sikh to graduate from the US Military Academy at a ceremony presided over by President Donald Trump

Trump administration considering suspending H-1B visas?

A proposal to suspend H-1B and other temporary employment visas is under consideration by officials, but US President Donald Trump has not signed off on them, according to a newspaper report

Amid protests against US treatment of minorities, official expresses 'concern' about India

While the US is being rocked by protests against the extra-judicial killing and mistreatment of minorities, the State Department's top diplomat for religious freedom has expressed concern about the treatment of religious minorities in India

World Bank says Indian, Pakistan, Sri Lankan economies to shrink in 2020-21, Bangladesh to grow

As India reels from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank projects India's economy to shrink by 3.2 percent in the current fiscal year, the worst performance since 1979

Indian Overseas Congress offers to pay to restore desecrated Gandhi statue

The Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) has told the US government that it will pay for restoring Mahatma Gandhi's statue that was desecrated last week during the protests against police brutality

Indian-American community leader dies of COVID-19

Indian-American community leader Ramesh Patel, who was a moving force behind the New York City's India Day Parade, has died of COVID-19, according to the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO)

China backs down on US flight restrictions after Trump retaliates

China has backed down on a ban on flights of US airlines after President Donald Trump's administration retaliated by threatening to block carriers from that country flying into the US