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New York: Diwali, the festival of lights, will now be enshrined as a school holiday in New York City, authorities announced here..
New York Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar said the fight took two decades for the South Asian and Indo-Caribbean community..
UN: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Indian-origin satellite industry expert Aarti Holla-Maini as Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs in Vienna..
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