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NASA Chief Not Ready To Continue Under Joe Biden: Media Report
NASA Chief Not Ready To Continue Under Joe Biden: Media Report

San Francisco: NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine has no intention to continue in his current position even if asked by the Joe Biden administration, said a media report. In an interview to AerospaceDaily, Bridenstine said a new chief of the US space agency under the new administration would be in the best interest of America’s space […]

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
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Over 20 Indian-Americans Named In Joe Biden's Agency Review Teams

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden has named more than 20 Indian-Americans as members, including three as team leads, to his agency review teams (ARTs) that are responsible for evaluating the operations of the key federal agencies in the current administration to ensure smooth transfer of power. Biden’s transition team said this is one of the […]

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
Donald Trump Again Refuses To Acknowledge His Defeat To Joe Biden
Donald Trump Again Refuses To Acknowledge His Defeat To Joe Biden

Washington: President Donald Trump again refused to acknowledge his defeat in the 2020 US Presidential Election by Democrat challenger Joe Biden on Monday and insisted that he “won” the November 3 presidential election. “I won the Election! Trump tweeted on Monday. The tweet was flagged by the social networking site, which said, Official sources called […]

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
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PM Modi Talks To US President-elect Biden, Reiterate Firm Commitment To Strategic Partnership

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday, and reiterate India’s firm commitment to its strategic bilateral partnership with the United States. This was the first interaction between the two leaders after Democrat Biden defeated incumbent president Donald Trump in the US presidential election. “Spoke to US President-elect Joe […]

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
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Trump Approves Facilitating Transition To President-Elect Joe Biden

New York: President Donald Trump has virtually conceded defeat to Joe Biden agreeing to begin the transition to the Democrat’s administration while also making claims that he will be the ultimate winner of the November 3 election. In a Monday evening tweet, Trump said that he was asking General Services Administration head Emily Murphy to […]

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
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'Hang On!': Joe Biden Urges Americans To Avoid Big Thanksgiving, Wait For Vaccine

New York: US President-elect Joe Biden renewed his call to Americans to “hang on!”, mask up and limit social gatherings until the coronavirus vaccine is available at population scale. “We have to try to slow the growth of the virus. We owe that to the doctors, the nurses, and the other front-line health care workers […]

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
Joe Biden Names Neera Tanden As Head Of OMB, Janet Yellen As Treasury Secretary
Joe Biden Names Neera Tanden As Head Of OMB, Janet Yellen As Treasury Secretary

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named Indian-American Neera Tanden as Director of Office of Management and Budget and Janet Yellen as his Treasury Secretary, as he announced key members of his economic team. If confirmed by the US Senate, Yellen, 74, will be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department in its […]

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
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Indian-American Vivek Murthy Tipped For Big Healthcare Role In Biden Admin

New York: Indian-American Vivek Murthy, the former US Surgeon General, is tipped for a big role in Joe Biden’s health care team, as the President-elect readies to name consequential picks to will lead the next administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Murthy currently co-chairs the Biden-Harris Transition’s Covid-19 task force. Biden is expected to announce […]

  • Thursday, 08 April 2021
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Covid-19 Vaccination In US Will Not Be Mandatory: Joe Biden

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday said that the residents on United Stated will not be forced to take Covid-19 vaccination and he is willing to get vaccinated publicly to assuage any concerns about its efficacy and safety. I don’t think they should be mandatory. I wouldn’t demand it to be mandatory, but I […]

  • Thursday, 08 April 2021
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US May Get First Ever Black Defence Secy In Biden Admin

New York:  US President-elect Joe Biden has made his case for retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to be secretary of defence, urging Congress to waive a legal prohibition against a recently serving military officer running the Pentagon. With concern rising in Congress about maintaining civilian control of the military, Biden on Tuesday suggested he felt […]

  • Thursday, 08 April 2021
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President-Elect Joe Biden Receives COVID-19 Vaccine Live On TV

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday publicly received the COVID-19 vaccine and said he was doing this to demonstrate that people should be ready to take the vaccine when it is available. Biden received the first course of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at ChristianaCare Hospital. “I am doing this to demonstrate that people should be […]

  • Wednesday, 07 April 2021
Donald Trump Finally Concedes After Congress Affirms Joe Biden's Win
Donald Trump Finally Concedes After Congress Affirms Joe Biden's Win

Washington: For the first time since the November 2020 election, US President Donald Trump on Thursday conceded against President-elect Joe Biden, saying that there would be an “orderly transition of power” on January 20, shortly after Congress affirmed the Democrat’s Electoral College victory. “Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and […]

  • Wednesday, 07 April 2021
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Twitter Permanently Suspends Donald Trump's Account

Washington: Three days after the supporters of outgoing US President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol and five people died in the violence, Twitter has announced that it had permanently suspended his account due to “risk of further incitement of violence”. The unprecedented move by the California-based social media platform comes after Trump tweeted that […]

  • Wednesday, 07 April 2021
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Donald Trump Impeached For Second Time, 10 Republicans Break Ranks

New York: Another day for the history books as exactly a week after a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol in a violent bid to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory, Donald Trump has been impeached for a second time by the US House of Representatives. As the clock struck 4.40 pm on […]

  • Tuesday, 06 April 2021
Joe Biden Names Indian-American Vidur Sharma COVID Testing Adviser
Joe Biden Names Indian-American Vidur Sharma COVID Testing Adviser

New York: US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named health policy expert Vidur Sharma as the testing adviser on his Covid-19 Response Team. Sharma, the latest Indian American nominee for a key position in the administration of Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris that takes over next Wednesday, will be joining others dealing with the […]

  • Tuesday, 06 April 2021
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