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Mehul Choksi's bribery of Antigua officials exposed

Choksi has been scheming to illegally extend the court process in Antigua, by paying bribes to government officials.

2023-01-13T03:01:22.851318+00:00 IST

Special counsel named to investigate Biden classified documents

In a statement, US Justice Department said the investigation would be carried out by former career Justice Department prosecutor and former US Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert Hur.

2023-01-13T00:25:10.554733+00:00 IST

US condemns terrorist attack in Kabul that killed 5 people

The blast that took place on Wednesday killed at least 5 and injured many others, Afghanistan's TOLOnews reported. It has received widespread condemnations at international levels.

2023-01-12T23:38:17.656042+00:00 IST

'US bans sales of strategic petroleum reserve to China'

The House passed the Protecting America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act along bipartisan lines in a vote of 331-97, The Hill newspaper reported. The report said 113 Democrats joined all Republicans who voted in passing the measure.

2023-01-12T20:53:04.799738+00:00 IST

"Illinois passed historic gun violence prevention package"

Former US President Barack Obama in a tweet on Thursday said that this week, Illinois joined states across the country in passing a historic gun violence prevention package.

2023-01-12T17:40:25.864655+00:00 IST

TPF strengthining US-India bilateral relations: USTR Tai

The meeting provided the two ministers with the opportunity to review the work that has taken place, since the re-launch of the TPF in November 2021, under the Forum's working groups, and to provide their guidance on priorities to pursue as part of the TPF's 2023 work program.

2023-01-12T09:36:02.060579+00:00 IST

US welcomes India's participation in IPEF

US and India held the 13th Ministerial-level meeting of the United States-India Trade Policy Forum (TPF) in Washington, which was co-chaired by US Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai and Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal.

2023-01-12T09:24:27.981505+00:00 IST

White House denies any evidence of cyber attack on FAA outage

The overnight outage caused widespread inconvenience, with thousands of flights throughout the country delayed.

2023-01-12T03:26:21.479786+00:00 IST

US Commerce Secretary to visit India in March for trade talks

Besides this, trade talks between the US and India also featured issues concerning resilient supply chains, resolving WTO trade disputes and sustainable finance in connection with clean technology.

2023-01-12T00:55:07.506740+00:00 IST

India requests US for speedy issuance of business visas

Goyal is on an official visit to New York and Washington DC from 9-11 January to participate in India-US Trade Policy Forum. His visit included delegation-level talks and a one-to-one meeting with US Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai.

2023-01-12T00:00:33.347621+00:00 IST

India, US look to find solutions on longstanding WTO disputes

The Union Minister of Commerce made these comments after the conclusion of the 13th India-US Trade Policy Forum with his US counterpart United States Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai in Washington.

2023-01-11T23:07:01.613308+00:00 IST

US Senator requests hearing on TikTok concerns

Sullivan expressed concern about the availability of US user data from TikTok to China-based employees of parent company ByteDance. Although federal agencies and some state governments have taken steps to restrict TikTok on official devices, more needs to be done to address concerns about the app, he said.

2023-01-11T21:57:18.517578+00:00 IST

'FAA is working to resolve this issue': US Transport Secy

After all flights got grounded across the US, the Transport Secretary of the US, Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday said that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is working to resolve the issue of system outage which resulted and assured that air traffic would soon resume normal operations.

2023-01-11T16:37:37.622494+00:00 IST

California residents asked to leave homes as rains flood state

Relentless storms over the last 11 days have left no part of the city untouched, flooding towns from north to south and loading inland mountains with snow.

2023-01-11T13:17:43.642545+00:00 IST

US: Flights remain grounded due to computer system glitch

All flights across the US were grounded due to a technical glitch in the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) computer system, according to NBC News which reported quoting a source.

2023-01-11T12:08:01.198933+00:00 IST

Union Commerce Minister addresses US-India forum in Washington

Goyal took to Twitter to post, "Addressed an industry gathering at the @USISPForum reception in Washington DC, along with U.S. Trade Representative, @AmbassadorTai. Spoke about the deepening of India-US trade engagement and the tremendous opportunities that lie ahead for both nations."

2023-01-11T11:11:29.413734+00:00 IST

Pentagon reiterates importance of India-US defence relationship

India has been designated as a major defence partner of the United States. It puts India on par with the closest allies and partners of the US. India's Major Defence Partner status has been made a part of the India Amendment in the National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA), 2017 of the US.

2023-01-11T05:39:08.830961+00:00 IST

Biden paid USD 1 mn a year to teach but never taught single class

US President Joe Biden was employed by the University of Pennsylvania after leaving the vice presidency and was paid one million dollars a year as a professor but never taught a class.

2023-01-11T03:39:41.344723+00:00 IST

Succession of Al Qaeda killed leader Al-Zawahiri remains unclear

The succession of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was killed in a US drone strike in Kabul on July 31, remains unclear, according to a US intelligence official, reported Reuters.

2023-01-11T02:30:38.146722+00:00 IST

Top US Donald Lu to travel to India

During his visit to India, Donald Lu will participate in the India-US Forum set to be held on January 13-14.

2023-01-11T01:54:36.625242+00:00 IST

India and US are complementary economies: Piyush Goyal

The Union Minister addressed two roundtables on January 9 in New York: At the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR); and hosted by the U.S. - India Business Council (USIBC) at Nasdaq

2023-01-10T17:54:00.974049+00:00 IST