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www.desitalk.com – that’s all you need to know 18 US˨INDIA August 29, 2025 Trump Nominates Personnel Chief Sergio Gor, To Be U.S. Ambassador To India P resident Donald Trump said Friday that he will nominate his head of presidential personnel, Sergio Gor, to be the U.S. ambassador to India, naming a close adviser to helm a post that comes as relations between New Delhi andWashington reach a decades-low over the issue of tariffs and India’s purchase of Russian oil. In a Truth Social post announcing Gor’s nomina- tion, Trump called him a “great friend, who has been at my side for many years” and claimed that as direc- tor of presidential personnel, Gor hired almost 4,000 people into government roles, a figure that could not be independently verified. Gor previously ran a pro-Trump political action committee and a publishing firm that paid Trump millions of dollars for his books. The position of ambassador requires Senate confir- mation, and Trump said Gor would remain in his cur- rent role until that happens. The president also said he will name Gor special envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs. It is unclear when Gor will start that role, as it may be made by appointment. “For the most populous Region in theWorld, it is important that I have someone I can fully trust to deliver on my Agenda,” Trump said. Gor, who has worked for Trump in many capaci- ties over the years, is a relative unknown among South Asia experts. In hisWhite House role, Gor was viewed as a fire wall against foreign policy job seekers who espoused more hawkish views on military intervention than Trump, according to Justin Logan, a foreign policy expert at the libertarian Cato Institute. The Trump adviser repeatedly clashed with billion- aire Elon Musk – who formerly oversaw the U.S. DOGE Service – over recommendations for government ap- pointments, notably the president’s nomination of Musk ally Jared Isaacman to head NASA. Gor provided Trump printouts showing Isaacman’s history of Democratic donations. Trump told Musk he was pulling Isaacman’s nomination over loyalty concerns. If named as U.S. ambassador to India, Gor will be re- sponsible for managing a frosty diplomatic relationship betweenWashington and New Delhi. The United States and India seemed primed to strengthen ties when Trump returned to theWhite House, but in recent weeks, the relationship has soured after Trump levied 50 percent tariffs on India for what he cited as punishment for New Delhi’s purchase of Russian oil. The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has responded by signaling it will strengthen rela- tions with the BRICS bloc, which includes Russia, China and Brazil. The relationship has also been made more com- plicated after Trump’s repeated claims that he helped broker a ceasefire in the May conflict between India and Pakistan. Indian officials have been upset that Trump is taking credit, because it goes against their long-standing position that issues with its nuclear archival should be handled bilaterally. Pakistan thanked the president for his help and nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize. Gor previously served as spokesman for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky). The post of U.S. ambassador to India has been vacant since Eric Garcetti, the former Los An- geles mayor who was appointed to serve in New Delhi by President Joe Biden, left the role in January. -TheWashington Post By Pranshu Verma PHOTO:REUTERS/Craig Hudson/File Photo Director of White House Office of Presidential Personnel Sergio Gor poses on the red carpet during the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 23, 2025. FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Cindy Rodriguez Singh Located In India And Returned To United States AUGUST 21, 2025 F BI Dallas Special Agent in Charge R. Joseph Rothrock, the Everman Police Department, and the Tar- rant County District Attorney’s Of- fice announced on August 21 that Cindy Rodriguez Singh has been returned to the United States and is now in custody at the Tarrant County Jail. On July 1, 2025, Rodriguez Singh became the 537th addition to the FBI’s Ten MostWanted Fugitives List. She was wanted in Tarrant County, where she faces a capital murder charge in connection with the death of her young son, Noel Alvarez, who hasn’t been seen since October 2022. On March 20, 2023, at the request of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Everman Police Department officers conducted a wel- fare check on Noel. During the welfare check interview, Rodriguez Singh lied to officers when she explained that the boy was living with his biological father in Mexico and had been there since November 2022. On March 22, 2023, Ro- driguez Singh, her husband, and six other juvenile children boarded an interna- tional flight bound for India. The missing child was not present, and did not board the flight. Indian authorities located Rodriguez Singh, and the FBI transferred her back to the United States and into the custody of the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office on August 21. “The return of Cindy Rodriguez Singh from India is a new chapter in the search for answers in the disappearance of Noel Alvarez. This successful outcome resulted from international collaboration between the FBI and our domestic and global partners. It proves, once again, that justice has no borders. We hope that the residents of North Texas can rest a little easier knowing that Rodriguez Singh is in custody in the United States and will now face charges,” said FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge (SAC) R. Joseph Rothrock. SAC Rothrock would like to thank the government of India, the U.S. Depart- ment of State, the FBI’s attaché office in New Delhi, the FBI International Op- erations Division, and the FBI Criminal Investigative Division for their assistance in coordinating the transfer of Rodriguez Singh back to the United States. The fugitive investigation was con- ducted by the FBI’s FortWorth Resident Agency and the Longhorn Violent Crime Task Force. The capital murder investiga- tion is being led by the Everman Police Department and Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office, with assistance from the Northeast Tarrant County Child Ab- duction Response Team, Texas Rangers, and FBI. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Child Protective Services also provided valuable assis- tance. The FBI’s Ten MostWanted Fugitives list was established in March 1950. Since its inception, 537 fugitives have appeared on the list, and 498 have been appre- hended or located—many due to tips from citizens. Since its inception, there have been eight fugitives wanted from the North Texas region placed on the list. In addition, five fugitives that have been placed on the list were arrested in the North Texas region. The mission of the FBI is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution of the United States. For more information, visit fbi.gov. Additional information concerning Rodriguez Singh and the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives can be found by visit- ing the FBI’s website at fbi.gov/wanted/ topten. By FBI press release PHOTO:fbi.gov/wanted/topten Cindy Rodriguez Singh