Former American President Donald Trump marked Diwali on Thursday, one of the largest Hindu celebrations of the year, vowing to protect the religious freedom of Hindu Americans and making a final pitch to Indian American voters generally.
“Happy birthday to a great president,” Biden said referring to the vice president’s birthday on October 20th.
Britain is “now in the hands of an Indian” with Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister, a major Hindi-language newspaper has claimed.
The World Health Organisation (W.H.O.) warned Tuesday there is too much at stake to celebrate Christmas this year, cautioning it is better to either cancel or postpone the annual festivities than risk the death of a loved one.
Indian officials on Wednesday announced six of the eleven coal-fired power plants around New Delhi have been shut down in a bid to reduce air pollution, which has grown so oppressive that schools are closed, construction work has been banned, and a full lockdown of the city is under consideration.
A government advisory body in India recently launched a campaign to boycott Chinese-made plastic lights for the upcoming Hindu festival of Diwali in favor of domestically manufactured oil lamps made of cow dung.
The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue has published a message wishing Hindus a happy feast of Deepavali (Diwali), in the spirit of “interreligious appreciation and cooperation.”
“I won’t say today that I just nominated Neomi to be on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals,” Trump said to the press. “That could be a big story.”
