India, US reaffirm strategic partnership during bilateral UN diplomats’ meeting

India and the US have reaffirmed their strategic partnership and agreed to work together to strengthen multilateralism during a meeting between the top United Nations diplomats of the two countries.

Biden administration appoints two Indian-origin experts in key public service positions

Sonali Nijhawan has been named Director of AmeriCorps State and National while Sri Preston Kulkarni has been appointed the new Chief of External Affairs at AmeriCorps.

Farmers protests roundup: Diaspora organisations support farmers, Delhi Police file case against protest ‘toolkit’ creators

An alliance of various diaspora organisations has demanded the repeal of the three agricultural laws that have caused unrest in the country’s farming community, even as the Delhi Police filed a case against teen activist Greta Thunberg.

Trending on Twitter in India #JoeBidenIsNotMyPresident, here’s why

Trending on Twitter in India #JoeBidenIsNotMyPresident. Biden had tweeted that it is a new day in America. To this, Twitter user from India, Prayag Tiwari, replied that Biden is not his president and Trump supporter make it viral.

Indian-origin civil rights lawyer Vanita Gupta nominated to key US Justice Department post in Biden administration

United States President-elect Joe Biden yesterday formally nominated federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland as attorney general and unveiled three additional nominees, among them Indian-American civil rights attorney Vanita Gupta, to top positions at the Department of Justice.

Four dead, 52 arrested as rioters storm US Capitol building during Electoral College vote certification

A woman has died after being shot yesterday during the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of US President Donald Trump during the certification process of the US Electoral College vote, a spokeswoman for the Washington police department said.