Month: September 2014

Washington, Sept 30, 2014 – Demonstrating the importance placed on the U.S.-India relationship, the top leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives returned to Washington D.C. to meet with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, despite Congress not being in session. U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the statement below on the bipartisan meeting with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which was hosted by House Speaker John Boehner. Chairman Royce said: “It was an honor to welcome Prime Minister Modi to the Capitol.  We discussed important issues, including improving counterterrorism cooperation and steps that...

By Sunil Adam – Desi Talk New York, Sept 29, 2014 – No one should be surprised if Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the White House will be seen as a side show of his triumphant return to the United States. His visit to New York was such a superbly scripted and choreographed triumph that it is unlikely to be topped in what appears to be a very distracted Washington. From the moment Modi set foot in the Big Apple, it was pure theater – high profile photo-ops with who’s who of New York/New Jersey, a vernacular address to...

By Katy Robertson WASHNGTON D.C., Sept. 24 – Seoul Mayor Park Won Soon is visiting major U.S. cities to promote his city’s “Creative Economy” initiatives, designed to lead the next phase of his country’s remarkable half-century growth story. Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is a booming, modern and clean metropolis, and is the seventh largest city in the world. Seoul and South Korea rose from poverty to global economic leadership in five decades based on manufacturing. Now, Seoul is crafting the next chapter of its economic growth by expanding its service sector, nurturing a venture-capital, startup environment and...