Monthly Archives: July 2013

Obama nominates Indian-American as pointperson for South Asia

President Barack Obama has nominated Nisha Desai Biswal as assistant secretary of State for South and Central Asia. The position is the lead policy maker for India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Biswal … Continue reading

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Indians: Detroit’s largest immigrant group

A new report by Global Detroit and Data Driven Detroit says that the largest immigrant group in metro Detroit is from India. That is an anomaly in a nation where immigrants from Mexico outnumber all other groups. Niraj Warikoo has … Continue reading

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