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

The Biden administration, she said, is now working to extend that assistance to other South Asian countries that have been impacted by COVID

20 May 2021 10:22 AM

US President Joe Biden tells Netanyahu he backs 'ceasefire' in Israel: White House

Biden has so far resisted joining other world leaders and much of his own Democratic party in calling for an immediate ceasefire in Israel

18 May 2021 12:28 PM

US to send COVID-19 supplies worth $100 million to India

The first shipment includes 960,000 rapid tests, which can detect Covid in 15 minutes, and 100,000 N95 masks for frontline health workers

29 Apr 2021 9:44 AM

Biden promises supplies to help India beat COVID-19

Prime Minister Modi thanks Japan PM for providing assistance to India for combating the pandemic in 'summit phone talk'

27 Apr 2021 6:59 AM

Brazil sees record-high ICU occupancydue to COVID-19 surge

The South American country has the world's second-largest COVID-19 outbreak after the US, with 340,776 deaths and 13,193,205 infections

08 Apr 2021 2:55 PM

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

No new proclamation was issued by Biden till Wednesday mid-night, resulting in the automatic end to the ban on issuing of fresh H-1B visas

01 Apr 2021 11:05 AM

Trump plans social media return with his own platform

Twitter last week said it would seek public input on when and how it should ban world leaders, saying it was reviewing policy

24 Mar 2021 2:29 PM

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 Mar 2021 11:48 AM

Colorado supermarket shooter kills 10, including police officer

Police said the suspected gunman was believed to be the only individual with serious injuries who survived the bloodshed

23 Mar 2021 11:20 AM

US, China spar over world order during their first meeting under Biden

The relations between the US and China are at an all-time low

19 Mar 2021 3:31 PM

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Georgia massage parlor shootings leave 8 dead

Four of the victims who died were women of Korean descent, as a 21-year-old man suspected in the shootings was taken into custody

17 Mar 2021 2:53 PM

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 Mar 2021 11:23 AM

Satya Nadella, US lawmakers appalled by ongoing acts of hate against Asian Americans

More than 3,000 incidents of abuse against Asian Americans were reported between March and December 2020

13 Mar 2021 12:43 PM

Biden announces all Americans to be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination by May 1

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 29,150,068 and 529,102, respectively

12 Mar 2021 10:01 AM

Judge OKs 3rd-degree murder charge for ex-cop in Floyd death

Floyd was declared dead on May 25 after Chauvin, who is white, pressed his knee against the Black man's neck for about nine minutes

11 Mar 2021 11:53 PM

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US will share COVID-19 vaccine if it has surplus: Biden

We are going to start off making sure Americans are taken care of first but we are then going to try to help the rest of the world, he said

11 Mar 2021 10:37 AM

US warns China ahead of Quad’s first leaders’ summit in virtual format

The common denominator in what we talked about China is that we will engage it from a position of strength

11 Mar 2021 9:03 AM

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

Legislation on H-1B visas introduced in US Congress

Given that the Democrats have a majority in the House of Representatives, the bill has little chance to be passed

04 Mar 2021 12:15 PM

Will ensure that America not China sets the international agenda: White House

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

04 Mar 2021 11:44 AM

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