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India ready to share strengths and successes with the world: Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu

WASHINGTON: India, the current G-20 president, is ready to share its strengths and successes with the world, its envoy here has said, asserting that the India-US partnership will not only benefit the two countries, but its rewards will be reaped around the globe. India assumed the year-long presidency of the G-20 in December last year […]

Fraud cannot be obfuscated by nationalism: Hindenburg on Adani ‘loot’

NEW DELHI: US short seller Hindenburg Research has rejected Adani Group’s charge that its report was an attack on India, saying a “fraud” cannot be obfuscated by nationalism or a bloated response that ignored response to key allegations. Commenting on the 413-page response Adani Group released late on Sunday evening in response to its report, […]

Rupee is not sliding, dollar is strengthening, says India’s Finance Minister in US

WASGINGTON: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the rupee has not weakened but it is the dollar that has strengthened, as she defended the 8 per cent slide in the value of Indian currency against the greenback this year. Speaking to reporters after attending the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and […]

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to travel to India

WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen here on Tuesday announced to travel to India next month to attend the ninth edition of US India Economic and Financial Partnership, asserting that the US-India relationship is critical to addressing the world’s most important global economic challenges. I am glad to announce today that in November ahead of […]

India conveys its objections to US over American Envoy’s visit to Pak-Occupied Kashmir

NEW DELHI: India has conveyed its objections to the US over the recent visit to Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir by US Ambassador to Islamabad Donald Blome, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday. India also objected to the ambassador holding some meetings there. “Our objection to the visit and meetings in Pakistan-Occupied Jammu […]

India, Pakistan both partners with different points of emphasis, says US

NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan are both partners of the US with different points of emphasis, the Biden administration said Monday, a day after visiting External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar questioned the rationale behind the latest American F-16 security assistance to Islamabad. Referring to the argument made by the US that F-16 sustenance package is […]

US lawmakers call for strong ties with India, hail Indian-Americans’ help

WASHINGTON: Top Senators and influential Congressmen have advocated for a strong India-US tie and underscored the contribution of the Indian-American community in this matter. At the Indian Independence Day celebrations event at the US Capitol on Wednesday, Senator Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, recalled his visits to India and seeing “the greatness of the […]

USA says India is a bit shaky in terms of dealing with aggression of Russia

WASHINGTON: India is a bit shaky in terms of showing support against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, US President Joe Biden has said asserting that most American friends and allies have presented a united front in terms of dealing with Vladimir Putin’s “aggression”. On February 24, Russian forces launched military operations in Ukraine, three days […]

Elon Musk activates Starlink internet service in Ukraine

Elon Musk said Saturday his company SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband service had been activated in Ukraine, after a Kyiv official urged the tech titan to provide his embattled country with stations. “Starlink service is now active in Ukraine,” Musk tweeted, adding “more terminals en route.” The tweet came some 10 hours after Ukrainian Minister of […]

India engineering goods exports jump to $82 billion during April-December 2021

NEW DELHI: Exports of Engineering Goods jumped to USD 81.8 billion during April-December 2021 (Provisional) as compared to USD 52.9 billion during same period in the previous year (2020), registering a stupendous growth of 54%. Engineering Goods sector constitutes the largest, more than 27%, share of India’s total exports basket during the period. As compared […]

Joe Biden nominates Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as his envoy to India

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as his ambassador to India. If confirmed by the Senate, Garcetti, 50, would replace Kenneth Juster, who served as India’s Ambassador to the US during the Trump administration. Early this week, Juster was appointed as distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign […]

Joe Biden signs competition order targeting big business

By Aamer Madhani and Marcy Gordon WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday targeting what he labelled anticompetitive practices in tech, health care and other parts of the economy, declaring it would fortify an American ideal that true capitalism depends on fair and open competition.” The sweeping order includes 72 actions and […]

Thousands of Indian youth face deportation in US, seek White House’s help

WASHINGTON: A group of Indian youngsters from across America, facing imminent prospects of deportation, has met senior Biden administration officials at the White House and influential lawmakers, appealing them to “let us stay in the US”. There are 200,000 such young Americans, who have spent their entire childhood and teenage in the US, who are […]

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