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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy expresses commitment to deepen India-US ties
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy welcomed Indian Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu to the US in California & expressed his firm commitment & support for deepening the India-US partnership. He said he looks forward to Speaker's visit to strengthen the India-US relationship fu
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reiterates for stronger India-US ties
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy on Friday (local time) welcomed India's envoy Taranjit Singh Sandhu at a reception hosted by eminent diaspora members Nachhattar and Susana Chandi at Indian Wells in California and re-conveyed his support for stronger I
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Nepal parliamentarian's mother succumbs to burns in LPG cylinder blast; MP
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Member of the House of Representatives of Nepal, Bhandari has sustained 25 per cent burns while his mother has sustained about 80 per cent burns, according to a release from Nepal's Kirtipur Hospital where the two are admitted.
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China plans to triple nuclear warheads to 900 by 2035: Report
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The blueprint, prepared by the People's Liberation Army, has been approved by Chinese President Xi Jinping, head of the military, who has been eager to strengthen Beijing's deterrence against Washington.
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US' Resolve Tibet Act has intensified tiff between China, Tibet: Report
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to Tibet Press, known as the Resolve Tibet Act, the bill will make it official US policy that China must resume dialogue with the envoys of the Dalai Lama, as the conflict between Tibet and China remains unresolved.
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US will stand with Ukraine "as long as it takes," says Biden
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Delivering his first major speech to a divided Congress after Republicans took control of the House of Representatives, Biden said, "We're gonna stand with you -- as long as it takes," addressing the Ukrainian ambassador to the US, who was in attendance.
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US will act to protect sovereignty if threatened by China: Biden
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Biden while delivering his first major speech to a divided Congress after Republicans took control of the House of Representatives, said, "If China threatens our sovereignty, we will act to protect our country. Let's be clear, winning the competition with China should unite all of us. We
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Biden says US economy better positioned to grow than any 'on Earth'
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"The pandemic disrupted our supply chains and Putin's unfair and brutal war in Ukraine disrupted energy supplies as well as food supplies," said Biden to Congress."But we're better positioned than any country on Earth right now," he said in his State of the Union address.
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Indian-American Pramila Jayapal named Ranking Member of US Immigration Sub
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"As the first South Asian woman elected to the US House of Representatives and one of only two dozen naturalized citizens in Congress, I am honoured and humbled to serve as the Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement," Jayapal said in a pr
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US Representatives introduce Bill promoting Taiwan's IMF membership
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The United States House of Representatives introduced a Bill calling on Washington to support Taiwan's participation in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a member, Focus Taiwan reported.
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Odds of US military's conflict 'very high' with China: Top Republican
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
While giving the interview to Fox News Sunday, the new chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the US House of Representatives Michael McCaul said, "We have to be prepared for this and it could happen I think as long as Biden is in office projecting weakness as he did with Afghanistan t
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US House passes resolution banning sales from strategic petroleum reserve
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
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.
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