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Biden announces 2 executive orders including one on aid for low-income Ame
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 23 (ANI): US President Joe Biden has announced two executive orders on Friday including one related to raising the minimum wage to USD 15 for the federal workforce and the other focused on expanding food assistance and delivering stimulus checks to very low-income Am
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Coronavirus expected to kill over 6,00,000 people in US: Biden
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Washington [US], January 23 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic is expected to kill more than 600,000 people in the United States, President Joe Biden said on Friday.
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US Senate confirms retired general Austin as Pentagon chief
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 23 (ANI): United States Senate on Friday confirmed retired General Lloyd Austin as the new secretary of defence.
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India aims to strengthen global strategic partnership with US under Biden'
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New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): India will work with the United States to further enhance the bilateral ties to consolidate the vibrant and multi-faceted relations and collaborate on global challenges of common interest, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday after Joe
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Top Republicans urge Biden to hit back at China over sanctions on US offic
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 22 (ANI): Top Republicans have urged US President Joe Biden on Friday to take tougher action against China after Beijing announced sanctions on outgoing American officials just minutes into Biden taking office, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP).
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Cardi B quips she was set to perform 'WAP' at Biden's inauguration ceremon
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 22 (ANI): American rapper Cardi B, who never shies away from speaking her mind, recently joked on Twitter that she was supposed to be among the performers at Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony.
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Trump's Diet Coke button seems to have left Oval Office when he did
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 22 (ANI): It appears that US President Joe Biden has removed the 'Diet Coke' button installed on the presidential desk by his predecessor Donald Trump, who was devoted to the soda drink.
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Incoming Surgeon General Murthy calls for speeding administration of COVID
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 22 (ANI): The US needs to do more to help speed the administration of Covid-19 vaccines, Vivek Murthy, President Joe Biden's pick for US surgeon general, said on Thursday (local time).
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Urdu Bulletin: End to Muslim travel ban, farmer unions rejecting Centre's
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New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): Various Urdu newspapers in their Friday editions have given prominent display to the US President Joe Biden's ending of the Muslim travel ban imposed by the previous regime. The news of protesting farmers unions rejecting Centre's offer to keep the farm l
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Kamala Harris as US VP further cements importance of India-US ties: White
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Washington [US], January 22 (ANI): The relationship between India and the United States has been further cemented with Kamala Harris becoming the Vice-President of the United States, the White House said.
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Feels liberated to speak freely on risk of COVID-19 under Biden administra
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Washington [US], January 22 (ANI): US President Joe Biden's top medical advisor on COVID-19, Anthony Fauci, on Thursday, said there were aspects of former President Donald Trump's response to the pandemic that were "not based on scientific fact."
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US House approves waiver for Biden defence secretary pick Lloyd Austin
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Washington [US], January 22 (ANI): The United States House on Thursday approved a waiver to permit retired General Lloyd Austin to serve as the secretary of defence in the Biden administration.
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