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Trump leaves note for Biden in White House: Reports
World | Jan 20, 2021, 09:39 PM ISTOutgoing presidents leave a letter for the incoming presidents, usually containing congratulatory words and messages of support as well as best wishes for their tenure.
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Prayers, celebrations in Harris' ancestral village
News | Jan 20, 2021, 08:40 PM ISTA tiny, lush-green Indian village surrounded by rice paddy fields was beaming with joy Wednesday hours before its descendant, Kamala Harris, takes her oath of office and becomes the U.S. vice president.
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Donald Trump: We pray for new administration’s success
News | Jan 20, 2021, 07:47 PM ISTPresident Donald Trump released a farewell video address Tuesday, posted on a White House twitter account. He also thanked Vice President Mike Mence, chief of staff mark Meadows and 'all of the incredible people across our administration who poured out their heart and soul to fight for America.'
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Holding Melania's hand, Trump leaves White House for the last time
World | Jan 20, 2021, 09:52 PM ISTTrump emerged from the building Wednesday morning and strode across the South Lawn to board Marine One. He said, “It’s been a great honor, the honor of a lifetime.”
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Trump to make Mar-a-Lago estate his permanent home after leaving White House
World | Jan 20, 2021, 04:06 PM ISTMoving trucks were seen arriving at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach as he embraces his final day in the White House, The New York Post reported.
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Trump’s exit: President leaves office with legacy of chaos
World | Jan 20, 2021, 01:54 PM ISTTrump will be the first president in modern history to boycott his successor’s inauguration as he continues to stew about his loss and privately maintains the election that President-elect Joe Biden fairly won was stolen from him.
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13 women among 20 Indian-Americans roped in by Biden for key White House positions. Take a look
World | Jan 17, 2021, 04:53 PM ISTUS President-elect Joe Biden has nominated at least 20 Indian-Americans, including 13 women, to key positions in his incoming administration, a record for the small ethnic community that constitutes one per cent of America's population.
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Indian tricolour spotted during US Capitol attack. Here's how leaders, netizens reacted
India | Jan 07, 2021, 05:21 PM ISTThe 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.
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Professor Harsh Pant on why America is facing a political trouble
News | Jan 07, 2021, 04:52 PM ISTThe rioters were egged on by Trump, who has spent weeks falsely attacking the integrity of the election and had urged his supporters to descend on Washington to protest Congress’ formal approval of Biden’s victory.
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Joe Biden announces WH digital strategy team; Kashmir-born Aisha Shah bags senior position
World | Dec 29, 2020, 12:16 PM ISTShah has been named as Partnerships Manager at the White House Office of Digital Strategy, which would be headed by Rob Flaherty, Director of Digital Strategy, according to an announcement by the Biden transition team.
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Joe Biden names Indian American Bharat Ramamurti as National Economic Council member
World | Dec 21, 2020, 10:23 PM ISTUS President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named Indian American Bharat Ramamurti as one of the three new members of the National Economic Council that coordinates domestic and international economic policymaking process for the administration.
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Biden names Indian-American Vedant Patel as Assistant White House Press Secretary
World | Dec 19, 2020, 10:32 AM ISTPatel is one of the 16 appointments announced by Biden to his White House communications and press staff. He is currently the senior spokesperson of the Biden Inaugural and has been a part of the Biden Campaign as well where he served as Regional Communications Director.
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'Mahatma Gandhi should be respected': White House on desecration of statue
News | Dec 16, 2020, 11:44 AM ISTWhile addressing a press conference in Washington, D.C. on December 16, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany spoke on desecration of Mahatma Gandhi statue during a protest against new farm laws.
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'Appalling': US reacts to desecration of Mahatma Gandhi's statue outside Indian embassy
World | Dec 16, 2020, 10:17 AM ISTA violent group of Khalistani separatists on Saturday desecrated Mahatma Gandhi’s statue outside the Indian embassy in Washington during a demonstration by Sikh-American youths in support of farmers protesting against the recently enacted agriculture laws in India.
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Trump rejects early COVID-19 vaccinations for White House staff
World | Dec 14, 2020, 04:07 PM ISTUS President Donald Trump has said that White House staffers should not be among the first in the country, currently the hardest-hit by the pandemic, to receive the coronavirus vaccinations.
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Joe Biden unveils his health team, Indian-American Dr Vivek Murthy named Surgeon General
World | Dec 07, 2020, 11:03 PM ISTUS President-elect Joe Biden unveiled his health team on Monday, naming Xavier Becerra as Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Indian-American Dr Vivek Murthy as his Surgeon General.
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White House plans holiday parties despite unabated Covid-19 resurgence
World | Dec 06, 2020, 11:02 AM ISTThe White House has planned to host a series of indoor holiday parties, despite warnings from top health officials regarding the unabated coronavirus resurgence across the country, according to media reports.
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US President-elect Joe Biden to name Indian-American Neera Tanden as White House budget chief
World | Nov 30, 2020, 10:17 PM ISTUS President-elect Joe Biden on Monday announced key members of his "crisis tested" economic team including Janet Yellen as Secretary of the Treasury, Neera Tanden as Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Wally Adeyemo as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.
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First Americans could get vaccine by December 11: Top health official
World | Nov 23, 2020, 02:29 PM ISTThe US has recorded more than 12 million cases and 255,000 deaths, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, the highest tolls registered anywhere in the world.
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Top Tibetan political leader visits White House for first time in 6 decades
World | Nov 21, 2020, 09:13 PM ISTThe head of the Tibetan government in exile has visited the White House for the first time in six decades and met the newly appointed senior US official on Tibetan issues, the Central Tibetan Administration said on Saturday.