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US President Joe Biden (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

US President Biden co-hosting 2nd COVID summit as world's resolve...

Momentum on vaccination and treatment has faded even as new, more infectious variants rise and billions across the globe...

12 May 2022 11:51 AM IST

Elon Musk (Twitter/@AFP)

Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter's ban on Donald Trump

The world's richest man Musk called the ban a 'morally bad decision,' saying permanent bans undermine trust in Twitter

11 May 2022 10:52 AM IST

Demonstrators march down the streets after protesting outside of the U.S. Courthouse in response to a leaked draft of the Supreme Courts opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade, in Los Angeles, March 3, 2022. (AP)

Abortion battles in US fire up after Supreme Court leak

Roughly half of U.S. states are expected to move quickly to ban or greatly restrict abortion if Roe is overturned

5 May 2022 1:02 PM IST

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.

US announces 1.5-year extension for some expiring immigrant work...

The move announced by the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday will go into effect from May 4, 2022

4 May 2022 10:27 AM IST

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during the fourth U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue at the State Department, in Washington, DC. (PTI Photo)

U.S. monitoring rise in human rights abuses in India: Antony Blinken

Ministers Rajnath Singh and Jaishankar, who spoke after Blinken at the briefing, did not comment on the human rights...

12 April 2022 12:12 PM IST

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar expressed grief at the killing (ANI)

Indian student shot dead in Canada, EAM Jaishankar expresses...

Vasudev received medical attention from an off-duty paramedic and was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his...

9 April 2022 11:42 AM IST

Sri Lankan government doctors sprotest against the government near the national hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (AP/Eranga Jayawardena)

US cautions its citizens against travelling to Sri Lanka

US issued the warning pointing to the fuel and medicine shortages, as well as the COVID-19 and terror threats in the...

7 April 2022 11:30 AM IST

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 6, 2022. MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

US ready to support India in diversifying its energy imports

The remarks come amid increasing disquiet in the West over India's indication to buy larger volumes of discounted crude...

7 April 2022 11:05 AM IST

The Undertaker gestures after being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Friday night.. (By Arrangement)

Undertaker immortalised in Hall of Fame

Other inductees into the 2022 Hall of fame included The Steiner Brothers Rick and Scott, Queen Sharmell, Late Shad...

3 April 2022 1:56 AM IST

US President Joe Biden (AP)

Biden says Putin considering using chemical, biological weapons in...

US President also reiterated that such an action would prompt a 'severe' but so far undefined response from Western...

22 March 2022 11:31 AM IST

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, March 18, 2022, in Washington. (AP)

'Legit energy transactions of India should not be politicised'

The US said it is in touch with India on the matter and sent a thinly-veiled message

20 March 2022 6:55 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference (AP)

U.S. Senate unanimously condemns Putin as war criminal

Russia calls its actions a 'special military operation' to demilitarise and 'denazify' Ukraine

16 March 2022 10:48 AM IST