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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (AFP file image)

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Top US lawmakers urge Biden to prioritise Tibetan issue, to meet Dalai...

The lawmakers advocated for a US policy towards Tibet that protects the rights, autonomy and dignity of the Tibetan...

15 Dec 2021 5:41 AM GMT

The second India-US Homeland Security Dialogue was held in Washington DC in 2013, between Napolitano and the then Home Minister Sushil Kumar. (Representational image: AFP file photo)

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India, US agree to re-establish Homeland Security Dialogue

An initiative of the Obama administration, the first India-US Homeland Security Dialogue was held in May 2011

24 March 2021 6:18 AM GMT

Biden also shrugged off claims that his dismantling of former president Donald Trumps tough stance had encouraged the surge, pointing out that there had been similar surges in 2019 and 2020. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

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Biden tells migrants 'don't come' as criticism grows

Republican critics say Biden's policies caused a sharp increase in migrants seeking to cross into the US illegally

17 March 2021 5:53 AM GMT

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)

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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...

5 March 2021 6:18 AM GMT

It lays out a vision for how the United States can seize what we view as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to renew Americas advantages at home and abroad, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at her daily news conference. (AP/Evan Vucci)

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Will ensure that America not China sets the international agenda:...

The comments were made in the Biden administration's Interim National Security Strategic Guidance released on Wednesday

4 March 2021 6:14 AM GMT

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Saeed Naqvi | Syria is still in the eye of the storm even after 10...

The free run the US and regional allies like Saudi Arabia had to alter the ground realities in Syria ended when the...

8 April 2021 10:56 PM GMT

Biden had promised to lift the suspension on H-1B visas, saying Trumps immigration policies were cruel. (AP/PTI)

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Indian IT professionals to benefit as Biden lets Trump era H-1B visa...

No new proclamation was issued by Biden till Wednesday mid-night, resulting in the automatic end to the ban on issuing...

1 April 2021 5:35 AM GMT

$\Weve sent seven air shipments, including health supplies, oxygen, oxygen supplies, and 95 masks, rapid diagnostic tests and medicine\, said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. (AP/Evan Vucci)$ World

US has provided over USD 500 million in COVID relief to India, says...

The Biden administration, she said, is now working to extend that assistance to other South Asian countries that have...

20 May 2021 4:52 AM GMT

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a delegation level meeting, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | India must avoid getting entangled in US...

It was a warning that despite PM Modi's right-wing bias, too close a relationship with the US is not in India's...

3 Aug 2021 6:29 AM GMT

Taliban fighters gather along a street during a rally in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

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US, Pakistan face each other again on Afghanistan threats

American officials accused Pakistan of playing a double game by promising to fight terrorism while cultivating the...

25 Sep 2021 7:25 AM GMT

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, center, participates in a media conference with Finlands Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, left, and Swedens Foreign Minister Ann Linde, right, at NATO headquarters in Brussels. (AP/Olivier Matthys)

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US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worry

Biden held an 80-minute video call with several European leaders on the Russian military buildup and potential responses...

25 Jan 2022 5:29 AM GMT

The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise in specialised fields.

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Biden administration proposes massive hike in immigration fees...

The application for the H-1B visa increases from USD 460 to USD 780, and L-1 from USD 460 to USD 1,385

5 Jan 2023 7:30 AM GMT