Kamala Harris

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Harris is the first woman to serve as vice president of the United States; no woman has ever been president in the country's nearly 250-year history. (AP Photo)

Harris became first woman to be acting US President as Biden underwent colonoscopy

Presidential power has been transferred to the vice president before, when President George W. Bush had colonoscopies in 2002 and 2007

20 Nov 2021 3:41 PM

Prime Minister Modi with American Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photo: Twitter/PMO)

PM gifts Harris copy of notifications related to her grandfather, chess set

Noting that the PM had a 'very successful' bilateral meeting with Harris, the sources said he gave very special gifts to the American VP

24 Sep 2021 6:27 PM

PM Narendra Modi and United States VP Kamala Harris met in Washington DC. (Photo: Twitter/PMO)

PM Modi meets US Vice President Kamala Harris; discusses bilateral ties, Indo-Pacific

This is the first meeting between the two leaders, Harris had earlier spoken with Modi over the phone during the COVID-19 crisis in India

24 Sep 2021 11:51 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi departs from New Delhi for his visit to the USA, where he will take part in a wide range of programmes, hold talks with world leaders including POTUS. (PTI Photo)

Modi to take stock of Indo-US ties

Mr Modi said regional and global issues of mutual interest would be discussed at the bilateral meeting with the US President

22 Sep 2021 11:54 PM

Harris had earlier spoken with Modi over the phone during the COVID-19 crisis. (Photo: PTI)

US Vice-President Kamala Harris to meet PM Narendra Modi on September 23

This will be the first meeting between the two leaders

21 Sep 2021 10:52 AM

Harris' Asia trip carries new urgency after Afghan collapse

A longtime district attorney and former senator, Harris is largely untested in international diplomacy and foreign policy

20 Aug 2021 10:56 AM

Kamala Harris on Thursday made her first phone call to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inform him the decision of the Biden Administration to send tens of thousands of doses of life-saving COVID-19 vaccines to India. (Photo: AFP)

Kamala Harris dials PM Modi on US decision to send vaccines to India

According to the White House, the sharing of millions of US vaccines with other countries signals a major commitment by the US government

04 Jun 2021 1:03 AM

US President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks during a virtual call to congratulate the NASA JPL Perseverance team on the successful Mars landing, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC on March 4, 2021. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

Indian-Americans taking over US, says Biden at NASA meet

The Biden administration has for the first time appointed such a large number of Indian-Americans in the first 50 days of his administration

05 Mar 2021 11:48 AM

$Mr Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris inherit a fractured nation ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic, economic turbulence and cultural fissures caused by deep racial divisions. (Photo:AFP)$

Amid turbulence, Biden’s US will re-engage world

Biden will be tasked with reuniting a nation fractured by the misrule of Donald Trump

20 Jan 2021 12:00 AM

The 78-year-old Democratic leader and his 56-year-old Indian-origin deputy will be inaugurated on January 20, it was announced after the constitutional process was finally completed by a joint session of Congress. (Photo:AFP)

Biden wins amid chaos...

Congress seals Biden-Kamala win after Trump supporters breach

08 Jan 2021 4:37 AM

PM Narendra Modi with then Vice President Joe Biden

PM Modi dials US President-elect Joe Biden, vows to strengthen bilateral ties

This was the first interaction between the two leaders after Democrat Biden defeated incumbent president Donald Trump

18 Nov 2020 12:58 PM

Modi, Kovind congratulate Biden, Kamala as India gets set to work with new US order

India had on Friday said the Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership between both nations has “very strong bi-partisan support”

08 Nov 2020 11:32 PM

The incoming President and Vice President of the US

Democrat Joe Biden is 46th President of the United States of America

His running mate, Senator Kamala Harris has become the first Indian-American to become the Vice-President of the United States.

07 Nov 2020 10:24 PM

US Democratic vice presidential nominee and Senator from California, Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris set to be new US Vice President: What would it mean for India?

Kamala has not been shy of embracing her connection with her roots

07 Nov 2020 5:11 PM

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden arrives with his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris. (AP)

Confident of victory, Biden appeals for national unity

Biden delivered a late-night address with the tone of a president-elect and vowed to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic

07 Nov 2020 11:54 AM

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden smiles after speaking at a drive-in rally at Broward College, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, in Coconut Creek, Florida. (AP)

Over 70% of Indian-Americans support Biden

With Kamala Harris, the Indian-origin Democratic party vice-presidential nominee, US Americans are now opening up more to the idea of India

30 Oct 2020 11:56 AM

US Democratic vice presidential nominee and Senator from California, Kamala Harris gestures as she speaks during the vice presidential debate in Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah on October 7, 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah. (AFP)

Kamala Harris describes Trump administration's handling of as 'greatest failure'

President Trump, who tested positive for COVID-19, is facing criticism over his handling of the health crisis and downplaying the threat

08 Oct 2020 9:01 AM

Mill Creek Hotshots set a backfire to protect homes during the Bobcat Fire on September 13, 2020 in Arcadia, California. California wildfires that have already incinerated a record 2.3 million acres this year and are expected to continue till December. The Bobcat Fire, burning in the San Gabriel Mountains, has grown to about 32,000 acres and is only 6% contained. (AFP)

Trump and Harris head for California as US wildfires ignite political row

The history-making blazes have now burned through nearly five million acres (two million hectares) across the US West

14 Sep 2020 1:41 PM

Indian people would be voting for me: Trump

The Trump campaign believes that Indian Americans can play an important role in the election, especially in the battleground states

05 Sep 2020 9:01 AM

US President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka. (AP)

Kamala Harris 'not competent' to be US president, Ivanka is better: Trump

This was Trump's first election rally after he formally accepted the nomination of the Republican Party for the presidential election

29 Aug 2020 1:04 PM

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