NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra modi on monday i spoke with the president of the united states Joe biden and said both leaders are committed to a rules-based international order. The prime minister said on Twitter that he spoke with Biden and conveyed his best wishes for the president’s success. …
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Kamala Harris is of Indian and Jamaican descent (archive) Kamala Harris made history Wednesday by taking the oath of office as the first woman, the first black and the first Asian American vice president of the United States. The former California senator’s first tweet from her US government account as …
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PESHAWAR: A Hindu temple in Pakistan destroyed by a Muslim mafia this week will be rebuilt using provincial government fundshis Information Minister said on Friday. About 1,500 people descended on the temple Wednesday in a remote northeast town Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province – after protesting against renovations being carried out in …
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The United States, the country most affected by the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), has not been proactive in sequencing cases to verify genetic changes, according to a global database on coronavirus genomes. The GISAID Initiative said the United States ranks abysmally low, at 43rd. The report released last week …
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China seemed poised for an average economic growth of 5.7% per year between 2021 and 2025. London: China will overtake the United States to become the world’s largest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to the two countries’ contrasting recoveries from the COVID-19 pandemic, an expert …
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In a letter, they express “serious concern” over “ongoing civil unrest” in India. A group of seven US lawmakers, six Democrats and one Republican, have written to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about the farmers’ protest, expressing “serious concern” over “ongoing civil unrest” in India. The letter asks Mr. …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was awarded the Legion of Merit medal by US President Donald Trump, tweeted Tuesday that “I am deeply honored,” adding that the honor recognizes the efforts of the people of both countries to improve the bilateral relations. Prime Minister Modi also reiterated the “firm commitment” …
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Meanwhile, the United States said it is not yet certain whether the new variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain is more contagious, but it is conducting studies to learn more. Moncef Slaoui, chief advisor to the Operation Warp Speed vaccine program, added that he hoped laboratory experiments would show …
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New UK variant looks 70% more transmissible (Representational) Washington: The United States is monitoring the emerging new strain of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom, several US officials said Sunday, adding that it was unclear whether the mutated variant had made its way to the United States. “We don’t know yet. …
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