Prakash Gogoi
Prakash covers news and politics for Vision Times.
Supreme Court Upholds Catholic Foster Agency’s Right to Refuse LGBTQ Couples
On June 17, the Supreme Court ruled in a 9 to 0 decision that the Catholic Social Services (CSS) in the state of Pennsylvania has the right to refuse placing children with same-sex couples on...
Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare, Dismisses Republican States’ Request to Overturn
In a lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, from 18 states led by Texas and two individuals, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ACA in a 7 to 2 ruling....
How Chinese Spies Steal American Seeds and Agricultural Technologies
A 2017 report by the U.S. Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property (IP Commission) called China “the world’s principal IP infringer” and estimated that the American economy loses up to 600 billion dollars...
US Court Supports FCC’s Right to Impose Subsidy Exclusion on Huawei
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has the right to bar recipients of its “Universal Service Fund” subsidies from using equipment or services from companies deemed...
Georgia to Remove Over 100,000 Obsolete Voter Files From State Voter Rolls
Georgia Secretary of State Republican Brad Raffensperger has announced the removal of 101,789 obsolete and outdated voter files from the state’s voter rolls. This is the first major voting list maintenance task undertaken by Raffensperger...
The Majority of American Physicians Remain Unvaccinated
A survey conducted by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) has found that 58 percent of physicians are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The AAPS survey comes on the back of another survey...
Commerce Department Revokes Trump’s TikTok Restrictions
The U.S. Commerce Department recently announced that it was revoking a prohibited transactions list with Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat issued in September 2020. On Aug. 6, 2020, President Trump signed Executive Orders 13942 and...
COVID-19 Surge: Flights From Shenzhen to Beijing Suspended
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has suspended direct flights from Shenzhen to Beijing until at least July 1 following a surge in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections. Although direct flights to Beijing are canceled, people...
Nigeria Moving Away From China for Railway Project Loans
The Nigerian government is reportedly in talks with non-Chinese sources to fund its future railway projects. Nigeria has one of the most extensive rail networks in Africa, only trailing behind South Africa in terms of...
Grammy Award-winning Hip-Hop Artist Charged With Acting as Foreign Agent for Beijing
Grammy Award-winning Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, a 48-year-old former hip-hop artist, and 39-year-old Malaysian Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, have been charged with attempting to expel a Chinese dissident in the U.S. who...
Guangdong COVID-19 Outbreak Casts Scrutiny on Chinese Vaccines
Since May, a fresh outbreak of coronavirus cases has put the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on alert, with officials announcing hundreds of cases but citizens suspecting many more. The outbreak has brought Chinese-made COVID-19...
Chinese Military-Linked Researchers ‘Humanized’ Mice to Test Coronavirus Prior to Pandemic
Researchers in communist China worked on a project where mice with human-like lungs were used to test the infectiousness of various viruses, including the COVID-19 virus or SARS-CoV-2. Such Chinese experiments have even received funding...