Reports (not denied by India) that the USA had 'for the first time provided real-time details to their Indian counterparts on the Chinese positions and force strength in advance of a PLA incursion' into Tawang at the LAC in December 2022, helping India thwart China's expansionist designs, show how operationally effective the USA-India friendship has become on the ground. A engaging excerpt from Sreeram Chaulia's must-read new book, Friends: India's Closest Strategic Partners.
US President Barack Obama has been ordered to appear in court on Thursday to answer claims he is not a natural born citizen, and therefore cannot be US president.
PM Modi went to New York this time not to engage in polemics, but to find solutions to global problems. He made some progress on several matters, even on reform of the UN Security Council, when the US made a major concession for the first time that six permanent members without veto, including India, could be considered
If the amount of disinformation that spreads so rapidly in the US is disturbing our own lack of appreciation of our rich heritage is almost as troubling.
Taking to his social media platform Truth Social platform, Trump said, "It was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening," CNN reported.
A peek into the life of United States Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic presidential nominee.
With the Gateway of India looming in the background, United States President Barack Obama spoke at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai on Saturday. Obama paid tribute to victims of the 26/11 terror attacks on the first day of his visit to India. After his brief address, Obama and his wife mixed with the gathering, shaking hands with some of them and talking to the families of the victims
20 children at the Holy Name High School can't contain their excitement as they get set for a meeting with the American president.
The US president spent time with Bear Grylls, the famous survival expert, in the Alaskan wilderness, which has been made into a documentary.
Cutting across party lines, leaders strongly condemned the attack on Trump while he was addressing an election rally in Butler, which is about 56 km north of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania.
Spanish-born Canadian author Yann Martel allegedly received a handwritten letter of thanks and praise from the US president, who wrote that he and his daughter had just finished reading the novel, Life of Pi.
According to the Nobel Foundation, Obama has as President created a new climate in international politics.
According to CNN, just before Obama stepped from Air Force One, he sent a message to Cubans through Twitter.
A combative Barack Obama on Wednesday hit back at Mitt Romney, retrieving lost ground in the second of the three high-stake presidential debates, saying his Republican rival's plans on outsourcing will only result in more jobs in China and India.
"Not that I am aware of, no," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told media persons at his daily press briefing when asked if Obama has received the cheque from the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awarded him the coveted peace prize on December 10 last year.
Several worshippers at temples across the United States on Wednesday sought heavenly blessings for newly-inaugurated President Barack Obama by ringing bells, lighting sacred lamps and reciting from scriptures. The ceremonies were held in response of the Hindu American Foundation's call to Hindu religious leaders to seek blessings for the success of the new administration.
Biden, seeking a second term in the White House, stumbled and fumbled during the televised presidential debate with his predecessor Donald Trump on Thursday night in Atlanta, setting off alarm bells among top Democrats about whether he can stay atop the gruelling months ahead of the elections on November 5.
In a missive to Dr Singh dated September 23 on the day of the prime minister's arrival in New York, and made available to rediff.com, Obama said at the outset, "I am very pleased that your visit provides us with the opportunity to strengthen the US-India relationship."
Buoyed by the signs of improvement in the American economy, United States President Barack Obama has said that he deserves another term. "I deserve a second term," Obama, who is seeking re-election in the November presidential polls, told NBC News in an interview. A portion of the interview was aired during the Super Bowl on Monday and the full interview would be telecast on Tuesday.
United States President Barack Obama has announced his decision to take military action against the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons
Life has come full circle for Nobel laureate Professor Mohammad Yunus, who faced persecution during Sheikh Hasina's regime for embezzlement, is now all set to head of the interim government in Bangladesh after she resigned and fled the country.
Harris, 59, is scheduled to formally accept the Democratic Party's presidential nomination on Thursday to take on Republican rival Donald Trump, 78, in the November 5 election.
Trump's comments prompted immediate criticism.
'The consensus was that the debate was between looking backward and looking forward.' 'Trump, with his great enamourment of his own 'achievements,' was obviously looking backward, while Harris, nearly 20 years his junior, was focussing on the future, with hope,' notes Shreekant Sambrani.
The Ex-Beatle will receive the third Gershwin Prize from the US President.
We have 107 days until Election Day. Together, we will fight. And together, we will win, Harris said.
'India will have to fight its own battles. It cannot expect the US to help us fight them.'
Americans are increasingly unhappy with his administration, proof of which is the lowest-ever job approval rating of 53 per cent that he earned during the third quarter in office (July 20 through October 19).
What Barack Obama said in his historic speech:
Indian-American Republican leader Nikky Haley has endorsed her former boss Donald Trump as the party's candidate for the presidential election, delivering the message of unity after their bitter rivalry during the presidential primary.
Former United States president Donald Trump was injured after being shot in the ear during an apparent assassination attempt at an election rally in Pennsylvania after which a male attacker was shot and killed by a member of the Secret Service.
While a clear-cut answer is not available, the 46-year-old Illonis Senator who overcame an intense electoral battle against his rival Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential nomination race had reluctantly backed the legislation on the deal worked out by the Republican administration of President George W Bush.
Modi presented Obama with a richly silk-covered special edition of Mahatma Gandhi's interpretation of the Bhagvad Gita, and recordings of Dr Martin Luther King's speech when he visited India in 1959 and also a specially framed photograph of Dr King when he visited Rajghat. Modi had scrupulously researched and selected these gifts for Obama and more gifts would be presented on Tuesday during their summit for both the President and the First Family.
While United States President Barack Obama is expected to announce trade deals worth $10 billion with India, Chinese President.Hu Jintao has already signed trade deals worth $20 billion with French President Nicholas Sarkozy during his visit to the European nation.France also sought China's help during the upcoming G20 summit that will be held from Seoul from November 13. The two leaders also reportedly discussed reforms in the international monetary system.
Former United States president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Thursday refused to debate with his Democratic rival and Vice President Kamala Harris until the Democrats formally decide on their nominee, whereas the latter said that she is ready for a debate.
The White House released Barack Obama's tax return on Thursday -- the day all Americans have to file their tax returns.
Do you agree with the Nobel committee's decision? Does Barack Obama deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?
'There was considerable disappointment in the Dalai Lama's entourage when it turned out that the two officials had specially flown to Dharamshala to request the Dalai Lama not to visit Washington, DC before Obama's first visit to China scheduled for November.'
A confident and well-adjusted India would look to capitalise on an unpredictable Pakistan during Sunday's T20 World Cup match.
