Female referees will make World Cup history this year by working games at a major men’s tournament for the first time in Qatar. Three female referees and three female assistant referees were announced Thursday by FIFA among 129 officials selected for World Cup duty, including one man who caused controversy when refereeing a chaotic African Cup of Nations game in January while suffering with heatstroke. French referee Stéphanie Frappart already worked men’s games in World Cup qualifying and the Champions League, after handling the 2019 Women’s World Cup final. She also refereed the final of the men’s French Cup this month.
Indian Americans
Indian Diaspora launches ‘Indo American Votes Matter’ campaign for 2022 election
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): With Indian Americans making about 4.5 million people in the United States, an Indian Diaspora group has launched a campaign to encourage more participation in mid-term election to augment their influence on […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Karthik Nemmani is the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
DALLAS, TX(TIP): 11th year in a row, an Indian American has emerged victorious in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Karthik Nemmani, 14, an eighth grader at Scoggins Middle School of McKinney, Texas, has won the […]
As I See It
Darkness at noon, felled by the judiciary
The most flagrant abuse of the UAPA, and constant rejection of bail applications of those accused as a means of silencing opposing voices, can be seen in the Bhima Koregaon cases, including Fr. Swamy’s case, […]
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