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India-US security cooperation will become even more
important in the years to come: Richard Verma
OUR BUREAU and interoperability will ensure India
continues to be a provider of net se-
Washington, DC
curity across the Indo-Pacific region
ndia-US security cooperation will and beyond.
become even more important He further wrote, “We’ve part-
Iin the years ahead and the work nered to address the climate cri-
of the two countries on emerging sis and meet the goals of the Paris
technologies will take on even more Agreement by launching the U.S.-In-
promise, a top American diplomat dia Climate and Clean Energy Agen-
said on Thursday, reiterating the re- da 2030 Partnership. More recent-
marks of President Joe Biden that this ly, at COP28 in November, Indian
is the defining partnership of the 21st and U.S. officials discussed our new
century. partnership to help India electrify
“As both President Biden and 50,000 buses and expand access to
Prime Minister Modi have said, our low carbon public transport. In peo-
impact on each other is important, ple-to-people ties, America boasts
but what we can do for the world is well over 4 million Americans of In-
even more important. Whether it’s dian descent. Last year, the U.S. Em-
addressing food insecurity or bat- bassy issued over one million visas;
tling the next pandemic or connect- and there are now nearly 270,000 In-
ing millions to the digital economy, dian students in the United States.”
there is so much we can do together,” Verma is the highest-ranking In-
Deputy Secretary of State for Man- dian-American ever in the State De-
agement and Resources, Richard cooperation will become even more our collective capabilities, increasing partment. He was also the first ever
Verma, wrote in a blog post in his re- important in the years ahead. The our sharing of information, and im- Indian-American to serve as the US
cent return from India. Our security threats we face are real, but building proving maritime domain awareness Ambassador to India.
Group of Indian Americans meet senior officials
to address hate crimes against Hindus
meeting to address the challenging
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issue of the rise in hate crimes against
San Francisco, CA Hindu and Jain places of worship. It
A of eminent Indi- inent Indian-Americans.
was attended by about two dozen em-
group
an-Americans in Silicon Valley
held a special meeting with
senior officials of the Department of Also present were Vincent Plair
Justice, FBI and police in US. They and Harpreet Singh Mokha
said that the US soil is being used for
terrorist activities against India. The from the Department of Jus-
group held the meeting with senior tice’s Community Relations
officials of the Department of Justice,
FBI and local police this week on in- Service along with FBI officials
creasing hate crimes against Hindus and those from the police de-
in California.
During the meeting, Indi- partments of San Francisco,
an-Americans expressed their displea- Milpitas, Freemont and Newark
sure and dissatisfaction that the law
enforcement agencies in the US have attended the meeting.
not been able to take any action against
those who are espousing terrorism The sudden increase in hate
activities in India, according to mul- crimes against Indian-Americans in
tiple persons present in the meeting. general and the Hindus in particular
Ajai Jain Bhutoria, a communi- Ajai Jain Bhutoria is causing a lot of fear and anxiety in
ty leader, took this initiative of this the community.
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