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Obama's tweet in response to Charlottesville breaks record

Washington: Former US President Barack Obama’s response to the weekend’s violence in Charlottesville in US state of Virginia, has broken the record for most Twitter likes, with a number of over 3 million on the social media platform. “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin or his background […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Trump to sign climate-change order

Washington: US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday aimed at unravelling climate-change policies of his predecessor Barack Obama, a media report said. The order represents a clear difference between how Trump and former President Barack Obama view the role the US plays in combating climate change, and dramatically alters the government’s approach to […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
`Indo-US ties back on rails as Modi, Obama take ownership'

India's relationship with the US is back on the rails with the US president Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking its ownership, former Indian ambassador Meera Shankar has said and noted that the outcomes during Obama's visit last month were marked by pragmatism as well as convergence

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
Obama for higher share for India in IMF

New Delhi: US President Barack Obama today affirmed his commitment to enhancing India’s ‘voice and vote’ in global financial institutions like IMF. Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised the importance of strengthening international financial institutions, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said a joint statement issued after a meeting between the two leaders here. […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
Obama condemns deadly Taliban attack on Pak school

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday committed America's support for Pakistan's struggle against violent extremism as he denounced the "horrific" Taliban attack on a military-run school in Peshawar

  • Sunday, 27 June 2021
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Obama provides legal status to five million illegal immigrant

US President Barack Obama on Friday bypassed Congress to announce the most sweeping immigration reform in a generation that will protect 5 million illegal workers from deportation and may benefit hundreds and thousands of Indian techies seeking legal permanent status

  • Sunday, 27 June 2021
Obama vows to dismantle 'network of death' of ISIS

President Barack Obama on Wednesday vowed to dismantle the "network of death" perpetuated by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and said the US will use its military might to roll back the terror group as he asked the Muslims to "explicitly and forcefully" reject their ideology

  • Saturday, 26 June 2021
World united in fight against ISIL: US Prez

As he continues to galvanise the world for a broad coalition against the Islamic State, US President Barack Obama today said the international community is united in its fight against the dreaded terror group, which has gained control over large parts of Syria and Iraq

  • Saturday, 26 June 2021
Obama blames Russia-backed separatists for plane tragedy

President Barack Obama on Friday said the US believes that a Malaysian jetliner was shot down by surface-to-air missiles from an area inside Ukraine that is controlled by Russia-backed separatists and sought a credible international probe into the global tragedy that claimed 298 live

  • Saturday, 26 June 2021
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Obama congratulates Modi; invites him to visit US

President Barack Obama last night congratulated Narendra Modi for his electoral victory during a telephone call and invited him to visit the US to further strengthen bilateral ties

  • Friday, 25 June 2021
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Am looking forward to work with the next Indian govt: Obama

US President Barack Obama has said he is looking forward to working "closely" with the next government in India to make the coming years "equally transformative" for the two countries

  • Friday, 25 June 2021
Obama taps Indian Americans to fix things at home and abroad

President Barack Obama, with the largest number of Indian Americans in his administration, keeps dipping into the expanding talent pool of the three million-strong Indian American community, to take care of issues ranging from combating terrorist propaganda abroad to nation's health at home

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
Obama calls for unity against violent extremism

US President Barack Obama on Thursday echoed his Wednesday's call for Muslim communities around the world to resist the notion that the West was at war with Islam in his final speech at the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
'Not at war with Islam, but those who perverted Islam'

Washington, Feb 19 (IANS) Asserting that not religion but people are responsible for violence and terrorism, President Barack has declined to call the war against Islamic State terror group in Iraq and Syria as a war against a religion. “We are not at war with Islam, we are at war with those who have perverted […]

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Senate approves India-friendly Ashton Carter as new defence chief

The US Senate has confirmed President Barack Obama's nominee for defence secretary Ashton B. Carter who has vowed to prioritise the steady growth of India-US strategic partnership

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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