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Trump era visa ban expires today, relief for H-1B visa hopefuls
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 1 (ANI): President Joe Biden plans to provide relief for H-1B visa hopefuls, who have faced the pandemic related visa ban enacted by former US President Donald Trump's executive order. The restriction that was imposed last June for certain temporary workers is set t
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Hong Kong does not warrant special US status as China dismantling its free
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 1 (ANI): The Biden administration on Wednesday reaffirmed a determination of the Trump administration that Hong Kong does not warrant preferential treatment under US law owing to the erosion of its autonomy at the hands of Beijing.
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Biden unveils USD 2 trillion package to overhaul American physical infrast
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 1 (ANI): US President Joe Biden unveiled a USD 2 trillion package to upgrade and overhaul American physical infrastructure on Wednesday (local time).
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US special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry to visit India next w
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 1 (ANI): US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, will be visiting India next week, as part of his first Asia tour, for consultations on increasing climate ambition ahead of US President Joe Biden's Leaders Summit on Climate .
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Biden administration declares Chinese actions in Xinjiang as 'genocide'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 31 (ANI): Amid escalating tensions with Beijing, the Biden administration on Tuesday (local time) declared Chinese actions against the Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang as 'genocide'.
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Biden makes first judicial nominations including an Indian American
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 30 (ANI): President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) announced his intent to nominate 10 individuals to serve as Federal Circuit and District Court judges, that includes an Indian American and one individual to serve as a Superior Court Judge for the District of Colum
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White House to investigate if Trump interfered in scientific research
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 30 (ANI): US President Joe Biden's administration would investigate former President Donald Trump's political interference in science across the government, the first step in what White House officials described as a sweeping effort to rebuild a demoralized federal wor
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90 pc US adults will be eligible for COVID vaccines by April 19, says Joe
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 30 (ANI): US President Joe Biden yesterday announced that 90 per cent of the adults in the United States will be eligible for coronavirus vaccines by April 19.
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India, US agree to revamp strategic energy cooperation
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 29 (ANI): India and the United States on Monday have agreed to revamp the strategic energy partnership to reflect the new priorities of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden with a focus on promoting clean energy with low-carbon pathways and acceler
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China should be transparent about COVID-19 outbreak: Blinken
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US] March 29, (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Beijing should be transparent about the COVID-19 outbreak and there is a need for "accountability".
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Joe Biden condemns bloodshed in Myanmar calls it 'absolutely outrageous'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US] March 29, (ANI): US President Joe Biden condemned the violence unleashed by the Myanmar military on protesters who have returned to the streets of Yangon and Mandalay in further defiance of the junta as at least 100 people have been killed in a single day.
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Trump says may visit US southern border in next few weeks
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], March 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Former US President Donald Trump told Fox News that he was planning to visit the US southern border -- the site of his landmark wall project -- within the next few weeks.
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