Topic: US
In India, Muslims being called termites by BJP minister, says US
The United States is concerned at open calls being made for a genocide of Indian Muslims, US Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain has said.
US Senate passes first gun control bill in 28 years
The US Senate has passed a gun control bill - the most significant firearms legislation in nearly 30 years. Fifteen Republicans joined Democrats in the upper chamber of Congress to approve the measure by 65 votes to 33.
Minorities attacked throughout 2021 in India: US report
The United States State Department in its annual report to the Congress on international religious freedom has found that in India in 2021 attack on members of the minority communities occurred throughout the year.
Texas shooting: UNICEF urges leaders to keep schools safe
Governments must take greater action to ensure school remains a safe place for boys and girls, the head of the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, said on Wednesday, following the latest deadly school shooting in the United States.
We can’t find my daughter. She might not be alive: Father of missing 10-year-old girl in Texas
A South Texas town is reeling Tuesday after at least 21 people—including 19 students and two adults—were killed and an unknown number of others wounded in a mass shooting by a lone gunman at a local elementary school.
Human rights eroding in India, finds U.S. report
In its 2021 Human Rights Report on India, the United States Department of State has said that India is facing significant human rights issues including unlawful and arbitrary killings, arbitrary arrests, unlawful interference with privacy; restrictions on free expression and media, overly restrictive laws on the operations of NGOs and civil society organizations and crimes involving violence and discrimination targeting members of minority groups based on religious affiliation.
