He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honour, in 2012.
Markets are assuming that by the second half of 2021, the world will be approaching some type of normalcy, points out Akash Prakash.
US President-elect Biden has a history of advocating on behalf of women in the US and around the world and the new team announcement is a continuation of that work.
What is the guarantee that another Trump will not arise and reach out to the American people directly? The fact of the matter is that Trump's support base remains the envy of any American politician, notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Leading South Asia experts, who have interacted closely with Senator John F Kerry, the chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, have hailed his appointment as the new secretary of state to succeed Hillary Clinton. Aziz Haniffa reports.
The momentous occasion came when the House of Representatives passed the $1.5 trillion (Rs 96 lakh crore) tax reform bill for the second time by 224 to 201 votes to clear the technical snag in the passage of the bill, which was passed by the Senate and House earlier.
The FBI chief said that in the last presidential elections, the Russians were not able to change the actual vote tally, but one day they might.
'China's action towards India really gives you a good insight into how the Communist Party of China is thinking these days'
The spell that Prime Minister Narendra Modi cast over US lawmakers nearly two months during his visit to the United States has still not worn off, as was manifest by the gushing nostalgia of the Modi magic by both Democratic and Republican party representatives at the Congressional Diwali celebration on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
The first phase of the trade deal includes IP protection and enforcement, ending forced technology transfer, dramatic expansion of American agriculture, removing barriers to American financial services, ending currency manipulation, rebalancing the US-China trade relationship and effective dispute resolution.
Five-time US Olympic swimming medallist was identified as being among the Donald Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol last week.
India's action is unacceptable, says US Senator Bernie Sanders.
Biden also urged Americans to stay calm and wait patiently while every vote is being counted. Biden is just shy of reaching the magic figure of 270 and win the race to the White House.
Here are some inspirational women who just made history in the polls.
The Republican-controlled United States House of Representatives has approved a legislation to ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, one of the most stringent pro-life bills to pass a Congressional chamber in a decade.
'The fact is that Democrats have obstructed the passage of this crucial agreement every step of the way,' South Carolina Republican Joe Wilson said.
Neera Tanden, 38, one of Senator Hillary Clinton's closest aides and confidantes, has joined the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama and will relocate to the campaign headquarters in Chicago this week. Sources told rediff.com that unlike Clinton's former campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle, who was pushed out of the campaign and then jumped on the Obama campaign bandwagon, Clinton backed Tanden's decision to join the Democratic presidential nominee
Even as he was being sworn in inside the Supreme Court, scores of people protested across the street at the Capitol.
Warren urged India to respect the rights of the people of Kashmir.
Senate and House negotiators from both parties did not comment on the details of the deal, saying the staff is still working on last-minute logistics.
Harris alleged that Trump lied to American people on the coronavirus pandemic.
However, Obama fell behind in the number of delegates who would support his candidature in the Republican National Convention. In all, he has 653 delegates as compared to 668 with Hillary.
The November 3 presidential poll is an "election of a lifetime" for it being held amid a pandemic and seeing the "highest participation" of India-Americans, according to eminent community leader Swadesh Chatterjee.
Most stunned, however, is likely US Senator Hillary Clinton, whose bid for the Presidency appears to have suffered a mortal wound.
About five years ago, the Democratic Party's presidential nominee learned that there are five Bidens living in Mumbai, but is probably yet to make a connection with them.
In yet another sign of deepening relationship between India and the United States, the Friends of Indian Caucus in the US Senate is holding a rare Congressional reception for the new Indian Ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar.
Trump said he may call a national emergency to build a border wall which, he argues, is essential to stop the illegal immigrants from entering the United States.
Republican Senators Scott Brown and Olympia J Snowe are the latest to announce their support to the bill.
Biden, as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has foreign policy experience in spades, making him an appealing candidate.
Supporters of Hillary Clinton say that Barack Obama should join Clinton in the November presidential polls and become vice president under the former first lady. Clinton's supporters say that Obama has, in the Democratic primaries, won states that are likely to be dominated by the Republicans in the presidential elections, whereas Clinton has won key states such as Ohio and Texas. Obama's supporters however, argue that Obama is the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination an
He has won all but two of the 12 Democratic primaries so far.
The double-digit lead that Senator Barack Obama enjoyed over Senator Hillary Clinton three weeks ago, has evaporated with both candidates experiencing a decline in their image, according to a new national poll. The tightening Democratic race reflects a modest but consistent decline in Obama's personal image rather than improved impressions of Clinton, with fewer Democrats ascribing positive qualities to Obama. Obama's unfavourable rating has risen six points.
Senator Hillary Clinton, front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, has apparently become a trifle defensive on the controversial issue of outsourcing
In a blistering attack on Donald Trump, Indian-American California Attorney General Kamala Harris has said the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has an "unstable temperament" and his dangerous policy positions make him "unfit" for holding a public office.
In the aftermath of the worst massacre of Sikhs in the history of the United States, when on August 5, 19 influential US Senators, led by California Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein, have written to US Attorney General Eric Holder, urging the Justice Department to track hate crimes against Sikhs.
Biden, 77, will be formally nominated by the Democratic party during the National Convention in Wisconsin in August.
'f America isn't racist, why did Namarata Haley feel compelled to change her name to 'Nikki'?'
US Senators want Obama administration to clarify what India's 12 agreements with Iran are all about.
Democracy is the heart of our body politic and elections are its life blood. Because there is some disease that affects it, we cannot apply leeches to drain it off, killing the body in the process, asserts Shreekant Sambrani.
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