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New Delhi: In a message to China on getting a wider footprint in the Indo-Pacific region, India invited Australia to take part in an annual naval drill — Malabar Exercise — in the Indian Ocean region along with the US and Japan to which Australia has agreed. The Indo-Pacific region is seen from the west […]

Washington: A Covid-19 vaccine could be available to “all Americans” by early April 2021, US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar said. “By the end of January, enough vaccine for all of our seniors as well as our health care workers and first responders,” Xinhua news agency quoted Azar as saying in a […]

New Delhi: India and the US on Tuesday began a high-level dialogue aimed at further ramping up their overall defence and security ties and boost strategic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific at a time China is attempting to expand its economic and military clout in the region. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath […]

Washington: The US has registered a new record for the highest number of single-day Covid-19 cases since the onset of the pandemic in the country, with a total of 81,599 people testing positive for the virus in a span of 24 hours, health authorities said. Thursday’s figure is the third time that the daily caseload […]

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 45.4 million, while the deaths have surged to 1,187,020, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Saturday morning, the total caseload and death toll stood at 45,477,552 and 1,187,023, respectively, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update. […]

Washington: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported a record-high 80,000 average daily increase of Covid-19 cases in the country, a new record of average daily cases since the onset of the pandemic. The seven-day average daily cases and deaths have been on a rise since late September, and stood […]

Las Vegas: At least four people were killed in a shooting in the US state of Nevada, authorities said, adding that one of the victims was a possible suspect. The shooting took place on Tuesday in Henderson, a city located about 25 km from Las Vegas, reports NBC News. Addressing reporters, a city police official […]

Washington: The 2020 US presidential election has recorded the highest voter turnout in 120 years, a prominent electoral expert has said. According to preliminary estimates of the US Election project, a nonpartisan site that tracks voting, an estimated 239 million people were eligible to vote this year, of which nearly 160 million exercised their right […]

New Delhi: In the days to come, the foreign and economic policies of Democratic nominee and former vice-president Joe Biden, who once believed in having greater “engagement with China,” will be keenly watched by the US as well as the rest of the world. The closely contested elections reflected that a large number of Americans […]

Washington: The United States has recorded more than 20,000 infection cases of coronavirus variants, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The majority of those variants…

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 […]

Washington: The US has designated Pakistan and China among eight other countries that are of particular concern for violation of religious freedom, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Pakistan and China along with Myanmar, Eritrea, Iran, Nigeria, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan were placed in the list for engaging in or tolerating […]

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 […]

New Delhi: India has become the fastest Covid-19 vaccinating country in the world with a daily average of 30,93,861 vaccine doses, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. With this,…

Washington: Observing that India is a major player on a global stage, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry on Wednesday said that decisive action from the country now…