Joe Biden wants to withdraw troops from Afghanistan before 20th anniversary of 9/11
World | April 14, 2021 10:29 ISTDonald Trump had struck a deal with the Taliban in 2020, agreeing to withdraw all US and international troops from Afghanistan.
Donald Trump had struck a deal with the Taliban in 2020, agreeing to withdraw all US and international troops from Afghanistan.
US President Joe Biden led his country in greeting Indian Americans, South Asians and Southeast Asians on the eve of their New Year.
Speaking on COVID-19 vaccination, United States President Joe Biden said his country became the first country to administer 150 million shots and fully vaccinate 62 million people.
The president warned that "new variants of the virus are spreading and they are moving quickly. Cases are going back up, hospitalizations are no longer declining.”
The new record is against his initial target of 100 million shots in 100 days. Biden has now set the goal of getting 200 million vaccines to his fellow countrymen in the first 100 days of his administration.
President Joe Biden was set to announce Tuesday that he is shaving about two weeks off his May 1 deadline for states to make all adults eligible for coronavirus vaccines.
Since Biden took office, his administration has rejoined the World Health Organization, re-engaged with the UN Human Rights Council, returned to the Paris climate accord and on Friday started talks aimed at returning to the Iran nuclear deal.
The plan invests USD 620 billion in transportation infrastructure, which will modernise 20,000 miles of highways, roads and main streets.
If confirmed by the US Senate, Judge Puttagunta would be the first Asian American and Pacific Islander woman to serve on the US District Court for the District of DC, the White House said.
The german shepherd only just returned to the White House last week, along with his sibling Champ, after causing a minor injury to an employee of the U.S. Secret Service on March 8.
US President Joe Biden has announced that 90 per cent of the adults in the US would be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination by April 19 and the final 10 percent no later than May 1.
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering are the other two leaders from South Asia to be invited for the two-day mega conference on climate change.
North Korea on Friday confirmed it had tested a new guided missile, as President Joe Biden warned of consequences if Pyongyang escalates tensions amid stalled nuclear negotiations.
US President Joe Biden has said, as he referred to his recent meeting with leaders from Quad countries involving Australia, India and Japan.
President Joe Biden on Thursday said he would likely seek reelection in 2024, but the 78-year-old Democrat left open the possibility of stepping aside after one term.
US President Joe Biden on Thursday (local time) announced a new vaccine goal of 200 million shots in arms in his first 100 days in office.
Indian doctors held a demonstration outside Congress last week demanding the removal of the country quotas to expedite their green cards,
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. Technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.
Rana, a childhood friend of David Coleman Headley, was re-arrested on June 10 in Los Angeles on an extradition request by India for his involvement in the Mumbai terror attack in which 166 people, including six Americans, were killed. He has been declared a fugitive by India.
Rajnath Singh invited the US defence industry to take advantage of India's liberalised FDI policies in defence sector.
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