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Indo American Chamber of Commerce gala commemorates 20 years of fostering Indo-US ties US Ambassador to India, Kenneth Juster says there are “challenges and issues to confront” between the two nations by Manu Shah
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OUSTON - “Diplomacy, it is said, has no eternal friends, only eternal issues. That may be the case for other countries but in my 20 years of experience, the US and India share common interests and a genuine friendship,” said US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster. Ambassador Juster was the Keynote Speaker at the IACCGH 20th anniversary gala held at the Hilton Americas on June 15th. In a brilliant address to about 850 attendees, he put a lens on the existing strong US-India ties as well as candidly acknowledged the “challenges and issues to confront” between the two nations. Ambassador Juster pointed out four future challenges Continued on Page 5
Ambassador Kenneth Juster presenting Trailblazers Award for Women in Nursing to Moani Thomas (center) and IANAGH. Acamma Kallel, MSN, Nurse Practitioner (IANAGH President) (far left) and Jagdip Ahluwalia are also seen.
Indian-American IT professional commits suicide, 3 family members shot dead: US police ment, which is probing the case, came to this conclusion after forensic autopsies were conducted on Sunday. The family of four was found dead under mysterious circumstances with gunshot wounds, shocking the community. The bodies of Chandrasekhar Sunkara, Lavanya Sunkara, 41, their 15-yearold and a 10-year-old sons were found in their home on Saturday morning.
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ASHINGTON: A 44-yearold Indian-American IT professional committed suicide by shooting himself while his wife and two minor sons were shot dead inside their home in Iowa, police said Monday after authorities conducted autopsies to unravel the mysterious death of all four members of the family. The West Des Moines Police Depart-
"The manners of death for Lavanya Sunkara and the two boys are homicide. The manner of death for Chandrasekhar Sunkara is suicide," the police said in a statement. "The State Medical Examiner's Office has determined the causes of death for all four family members to be gunshot wounds," they said. The State Medical Examiner's Office has determined the causes of death for all four family members to be gunshot wounds. "Officials are working with surviving family members to provide support. Continued on Page 7
From Left to Right: Swapan Dhairyawan, President IACCGH, Houston Mayor, Sylvester Turner, US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster, and Jagdip Ahluwalia, Excutive Director, IACCGH . Seen on digital screen is Sanjay Ramabhadran. Photo credit: Bijay Dixit.
Celebrations of 5th International Day of Yoga and Indian Vegetarian Food Festival
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ASHINGTON, DC - The 5th International Day of Yoga (IDY) was celebrated on Sunday, 16 June 2019, at the iconic Washington Monument. An unprecedented number of yoga enthusiasts of all ages and from every walk of life took part in the event, including representatives from the White House, US Department of State and other Government agencies, prominent members of the diplomatic community including Ambassadors of Nepal, Mauritius and Myanmar, members of international financial institutions including the World Bank and IMF, cultural and academic institutions, thinktanks, media and the Indian diaspora. Welcoming the participants to the Yoga Day celebrations, Ambassador Harsh Vardhan Shringla noted that yoga has been widely adopted by people all over the world, transcending linguistic and cultural boundaries, and has millions of practitioners in USA. He said that yoga promotes a message of peace and harmony between the spiritual and temporal aspects of the world, making them philosophically a part of India's civilizational ethos, echoed in the phrase, "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam" meaning, "the World is One Family". Source: Embassy of India, Washington, DC.
Participants at the Washington Monument. (Photo: Embassy of India)
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