{"id":643942,"date":"2023-06-18T01:41:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T05:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/?p=643942"},"modified":"2023-06-18T01:41:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T05:41:32","slug":"connecticut-congressman-jim-himes-agrees-to-support-diwali-day-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/643942\/","title":{"rendered":"CONNECTICUT CONGRESSMAN JIM HIMES AGREES TO SUPPORT DIWALI DAY ACT"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span> GOPIO-CT delegation in discussion with Rep. Jim Himes<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

GOPIO-CT officials met with Connecticut Congressman Jim Himes in Stamford on Friday, June 16th. The delegation was led by GOPIO Chairman Dr. Thomas Abraham, who is also Advisor and Trustee of GOPIO-CT, along with GOPIO-CT Board Members Ravi Nichani, Nandu Kuppuswamy, Anita Mathur and Fr. Sudhir D\u2019Souza. Other members present were Cecil Nazareth and Ram and Jane Jhunja.<\/p>\n

The delegation discussed with Rep. Himes on several matters including geopolitical threat in the South Asia region by China especially to India, upcoming State visit of Prime Minister Modi which includes addressing the joint session of the Congress and other bilateral cooperation between the US and India.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

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GOPIO-CT delegation with Rep. Jim Himes. From l. to r. Ram Jhunja, Jane Jhunja, Cecyl Narareth, Anita, Mathur, Rep. Time Himes, Ravi Nichani, Fr. Sudhir D\u2019Souza and Nandu Kuppuswamy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/u> <\/u>Rep. Himes agreed to support the Diwali Day Act (HR 3336), which has been introduced by New York Congresswoman Grace Meng to declare Diwali as a national holiday. Other issues discussed include to develop a proper manual for business people for doing business between US and India, current shortage of ordinary office workers in hospitality and healthcare, and the long delay in getting an employee sponsored permanent resident card especially for those from India.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Over the last 17 years, GOPIO-CT, a chapter of GOPIO International has become an active and dynamic organization hosting interactive sessions with policy makers and academicians, community events, youth mentoring and networking workshops, and working with other area organizations to help create a better future. GOPIO-CT \u2013 Global Organization of People of Indian Origin \u2013 serves as a non-partisan, secular, civic and\u00a0community service organization\u00a0\u2013 promoting awareness of Indian culture, customs and contributions of\u00a0PIOs\u00a0through community programs, forums, events and\u00a0youth activities.\u00a0It seeks to strengthen partnerships and create an ongoing dialogue with local communities.<\/p>\n

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For more information\u00a0or to join as a member,\u00a0please contact\u00a0Sushanth Krishnamurthy, Secretary GOPIO-CT, Tel: 203-829-8412, e-mail:\u00a0sushanthK@yahoo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GOPIO-CT officials met with Connecticut Congressman Jim Himes in Stamford on Friday, June 16th. The delegation was led by GOPIO Chairman Dr. Thomas Abraham, who is also Advisor and Trustee of GOPIO-CT, along with GOPIO-CT Board Members Ravi Nichani, Nandu Kuppuswamy, Anita Mathur and Fr. Sudhir D\u2019Souza. Other members present were Cecil Nazareth and Ram and Jane Jhunja. The delegation discussed with Rep. Himes on several matters including geopolitical threat in the South Asia region by China especially to India, upcoming State visit of Prime Minister Modi which includes addressing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":643944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47748],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-643942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643942"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":643947,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643942\/revisions\/643947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}