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US Senate confirms Kathleen Hicks as Biden's Deputy Defence secy
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): The US Senate on Monday (local time) confirmed Kathleen Hicks as Deputy Defense Secretary, making her the first woman to be confirmed by the Senate to the post.
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Modi, Biden agree to support freedom of navigation in Indo-Pacific, strong
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], February 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden during a phone conversation on Monday agreed to continue close cooperation to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific region, including support for freedom of navigation, and a stronger regional archit
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Modi, Biden resolve to uphold rule of law, democratic process in Myanmar
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], February 9 (ANI): Days after the military coup in Myanmar, US President Joe Biden during a phone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday resolved that rule of law along and democratic process must be upheld in Burma.
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PM Modi, Biden have ambitious agenda for cooperation in future: Indian env
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden had a very 'warm, wide-ranging' conversation and have an ambitious agenda for cooperation in future, said Indian Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Tuesday.
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PM Modi invites US President Biden, First Lady to visit India
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed his warmest congratulations to US President Joe Biden during a telephonic conversation and also took the opportunity to invite him and First lady Dr Jill Biden to visit India at their earliest convenience.
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Biden reaffirms US-India cooperation to combat COVID-19, terrorism in conv
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): US President Joe Biden spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday and committed that the United States and India will work closely to combat COVID-19, climate change, rebuild the global economy and stand together against global terrorism.
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Biden won't spend much time on Trump's impeachment trial, says White House
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): US President Joe Biden will not be spending too much time on former President Donald Trump's upcoming second impeachment trial, the White House said on Monday (local time).
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Committed to rules-based international order: PM Modi speaks to Biden
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to US President Joe Biden while expressing their commitment to a rule-based international order, discussed their shared priorities in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Reversing another Trump withdrawal, US moves to rejoin UN Human Rights Cou
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 8 (ANI): Three years after former US President Donald Trump's administration withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council, his successor Joe Biden has moved to rejoin the human rights body, marking it as another reversal by Biden of Trump's policies.
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Does Erdogan truly want to mend ties with US?
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], February 8 (ANI): While Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is supposed to be trying to mend ties with the United States, his Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu last week told Hurriyet newspaper that "it is blatantly clear that the US is behind the (failed coup of) July
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Amanda Gorman honours COVID-19 heroes during 2021 Super Bowl
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 8 (ANI): American poet-activist Amanda Gorman, who grabbed many eyeballs when she recited her poem 'The Hill We Climb' at US President Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony, honoured the COVID-19 heroes in a moving performance at Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida.
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House Democrats to introduce USD 3,000 child benefit legislation as part o
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 8 (ANI): Democratic leaders from the US House of Representatives will unveil legislation on Monday that would provide millions of families at least USD 3,000 per child, advancing a key provision in President Joe Biden's USD 1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package.
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