Nirupama Rao In Us

• Nirupama Rao bids farewell to her diplomatic career

  Nirupama Rao, Indian envoy to the US, bid farewell to her career of diplomacy, as members of the American diplomatic corps and her counterparts from countries like China and Brazil gathered at a reception hosted in her honour by the State Department in Washington.

• Indian-American Sri Srinivasan sworn in as top US court judge

  Indian-American Sri Srinivasan was today sworn in as a judge in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, the second most powerful court in the United States after the Supreme Court.

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  'Indian IT firms supported 2.8 lakh jobs in US last year'

  Indian IT companies supported as many as 2.8 lakh jobs in America last year amid a gloomy employment scenario.

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  India raises issues of H-1B visas and outsourcing with US govt

  Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has raised India's concerns over the controversial position taken by the US over outsourcing and recent hike in H-1B visa fee with the Obama administration. Nirupama Rao is in Washington meeting with senior member of the...

• India is best and fair for women, says India's diplomat to the US in a speech to students

  The Indian system is fair and best in the world when it comes to acknowledging the contribution of women, India's top diplomat to the US has said. This is amply demonstrated in the very fact she being a women rose to be the highest position in Indian diplomacy, Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao told students of the University of Florida in ...

• Indian embassy in US receives bomb threat

  A small suspicious object was found inside the premises of one of the offices related to the Indian Embassy in Washington. The object which was later declared to be harmless, was found by the security agencies after the Embassy, located a few blocks away, received a call that threatened of a bomb placed inside the toilet of the premises, officials ...

• Nirupama Rao meets Mayor of Washington DC

  Indian envoy to the United States, Nirupama Rao, met the Mayor of the District of Columbia Vincent Gray during which he sought more Indian investment in the American capital.

• Outsourcing, visa row to figure in talks with Obama: Foreign Secretary

  Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao briefed the press in New Delhi today about the upcoming visit of US President Barack Obama. "Our Prime Minister visited US in November 2009 and was given honour of first state visit of Obama administration. President Obama's visit will reciprocate that," said the Foreign Secretary.  The last visit from the United...