Known as the 'pharmacy of the world', India produces 60 per cent of vaccines globally. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that India's vaccine production and delivery capacity would be used for the benefit of all humanity in fighting the coronavirus crisis.
Biden is looking for Austin to restore stability atop the Pentagon, which went through two Senate-confirmed secretaries of defense and four who held the post on an interim basis during the Trump administration.
As of January 10, a reported 40,41,396 first doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine had been administered in the US, and reports of 1,266 adverse events after receipt of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine were submitted to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, according to the CDC.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took oath as the 46th President and Vice President of the United States of America respectively at the 59th Presidential inauguration ceremony. However, Donald Trump didn't attend the inauguration event. Biden's inauguration comes at a time when the world's most powerful nation is battling unending chaos due to coronavirus pandemic, a divided society, and violent threats. In his first speech as the next President of US, Joe Biden began by saying it's America's day, it's democracy's day.
Joe Biden on Wednesday became the 46th president of the United States, vowing a 'new day' for the country after four years of tumult under Donald Trump who in an extraordinary final act snubbed the inauguration.
Kamala Harris is sworn in as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as her husband Doug Emhoff holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
Two days out from the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, a militarized and jittery Washington prepared for a swearing-in that will play out under extraordinary security.
First lady Melania Trump bids farewell to the nation in a recorded video she posted on Twitter on Monday. She thanked Americans for the “greatest honor of my life," but she made no mention of the incoming Joe Biden administration.
More National Guard soldiers and airmen are pouring into Washington, DC to enhance security ahead of the Wednesday inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
Responding to warnings of potentially violent demonstrations, governors across the nation are calling out National Guard troops, declaring states of emergency and closing their capitols to the public ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week.
US investors will have to divest their stakes in Chinese companies on the military list by November this year, according to an executive order signed by Trump in November.
President Donald Trump was impeached by the US House for a historic second time on Wednesday, charged with incitement of insurrection over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol.
Air passengers are required to get a viral test within the three days before their flight to the US, and provide written documentation of their laboratory test result to the airline or provide documentation of having recovered from COVID-19.
The previous Obama Administration had previously removed from this designation, which subjects Cuba to sanctions that penalise persons and countries engaging in certain trade with it, restricts US foreign assistance, bans defence exports and sales, and imposes certain controls on exports of dual-use items.
The US has lifted the "self-imposed restrictions" on contacts between American and Taiwanese diplomats and officials, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced, ending a long-standing policy to "appease" China.
US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday nominated Indian-American Vanita Gupta to be the associate attorney general and roped in Judge Merrick Garland for the position of attorney general.
The pro-Trump protesters barged into the Capitol Hill by surpassing, avoiding barricades that were being handled by under-staffed cops and ransacking, damaging building's property with slogans stop the steal... this is our House... our country.
The US blocked USD 63 million in funds of designated terrorist groups, including Pakistan-based outfits, in 2019 as part of its crackdown on foreign terrorist organisations, according to an annual report by the treasury department.
Scientists in the U.K. believe the variant is more contagious than previously identified strains. The vaccines being given now are thought to be effective against the variant, Colorado health officials said in a news release.
As per the Johns Hopkins University's data, more than 19.2 people tested positive for the coronavirus and over 334,000 died. The average daily cases per 100k in the last seven days are at 54.5 as the US continues to be the worst affected country by the pandemic.
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