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Jan 27, 2021 03:07 PM IST Judge Drew Tipton granted a 14-day temporary restraining order until the case could be further examined, following a request by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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Jan 27, 2021 02:48 PM IST The emphasis on climate change has become a greater focus within companies and among investors, who piled into the stocks of sustainable companies en masse — driving up the values of companies like Tesla
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Jan 27, 2021 12:09 PM IST After reviewing the current vaccine supply and manufacturing plans, Biden on Tuesday announced that his administration will increase overall weekly vaccination distribution to states and tribal territories from 8.6 million doses to a minimum of 10 million doses.
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Jan 26, 2021 06:31 PM IST The recommendations covered a number of issues ranging from reconstituting business relations with India as well as creating a new digital partnership under the headship of Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Jan 26, 2021 06:10 PM IST As of 2019, the U.S. government owned 645,000 vehicles that were driven 4.5 billion miles consuming 375 million gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel. Of U.S.-government vehicles, just 3,215 were electric vehicles as of July 2020.
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Jan 26, 2021 02:24 PM IST US India Business Council (USIBC), on the occasion of India’s 72nd Republic Day, also recommended to the Biden Administration to restructure the US-India Strategic Energy Dialogue to include Climate and Sustainable Growth and create a US-India Scholars Endowment to support higher education exchanges.
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Jan 26, 2021 12:46 PM IST Joe Biden's stainless steel Rolex Datejust "is a far cry from the Everyman timepieces that every president not named Trump has worn conspicuously in recent decades," The New York Times wrote, referring to just-departed head of state Donald Trump.
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Jan 26, 2021 11:21 AM IST Joe Biden won’t confront Beijing right away, economists say, because he wants to focus on the coronavirus and the economy. However, Biden looks set to renew pressure over trade and technology grievances that prompted President Donald Trump to hike tariffs on Chinese imports in 2017.
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Jan 26, 2021 08:07 AM IST The White House also barred those from South Africa from entering the US due to emergence of a new variant of coronavirus in that country.
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Jan 25, 2021 11:09 PM IST Wall Street's main indices rose at the open on November 3 after Joe Biden was declared the winner in one of the most divisive presidential races in US history. Now that Biden took oath amidst a raging pandemic, this edition will look at how the Street will fare under his presidency. Find out here.
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Jan 25, 2021 10:51 PM IST While California’s overall case numbers have been on the decline, hospitals in Southern California are still overwhelmed, and experts worry that new variants of the virus — including one that researchers recently found in more than half of samples collected in Los Angeles — could threaten progress curbing COVID-19’s rampant spread.
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Jan 25, 2021 10:11 PM IST The White House said in a statement said that transgender service members will no longer be subject to the possibility of discharge or separation on the basis of gender identity
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Jan 25, 2021 05:16 PM IST Among the most important national security issues now facing President Joe Biden is how to contend with the threat that China poses to the US military in space and, by extension, terrestrial forces that rely on the overhead platforms
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Jan 25, 2021 04:51 PM IST Prominent among the executive orders include a strict enforcement of procuring products made inside the country by federal agencies. This is very significant given that contracting alone accounts for nearly USD 600 billion in federal spending.
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Jan 25, 2021 02:51 PM IST Donald Trump had passed an order announcing that the US government would not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve “in any capacity” in the military.
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Jan 24, 2021 01:17 PM IST Newly inaugurated US President Joe Biden's Oval Office includes nods to leaders in civil rights and labour, his Catholic faith and space exploration. Take a look at how the 46th US president's new work space looks like
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Jan 24, 2021 01:00 PM IST With favourable H-1B visa regime in the offing under Joe Biden administration, ramp up in hiring by tech firms and salary increments, there is no good time to be a techie than now
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Jan 24, 2021 07:39 AM IST A new trade agreement between the allies is a higher priority for UK PM Boris Johnson than it is for US President Joe Biden. The UK regained control over its national trade policy at the start of the month following the end of a post-Brexit transition period.
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Jan 23, 2021 12:38 PM IST US President Joe Biden has said that “things are going to continue to get worse before they get better” and offered “the brutal truth” that it will take eight months before a majority of Americans will be vaccinated.
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Jan 23, 2021 09:54 AM IST Equities in emerging markets, particularly in Asia, may thrive if Biden's presidency brings stable foreign and international trade policy. This would create a better business environment for companies that thrive on certainty.
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Jan 22, 2021 10:57 PM IST While the transmission of the article launches the trial proceedings, the schedule ahead remains uncertain as the Senate, now in Democratic control, is also working to swiftly confirm President Joe Biden's Cabinet nominees and tackle the new administration's legislative priorities.
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Jan 22, 2021 10:29 PM IST The vote was an overwhelming 90-2 in the 100-member chamber, far more than the simple majority needed.
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Jan 22, 2021 07:13 PM IST Key provisions of the $900 billion aid package passed by Congress last month will lapse in mid-March, well before economists expect mass vaccinations to help the economy rebound
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Jan 22, 2021 06:22 PM IST Disclosed in December, the hack struck eight federal agencies and numerous companies, including software provider SolarWinds Corp. U.S. intelligence agencies publicly attributed it to Russian state actors. Moscow has denied involvement in the hack.
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Jan 22, 2021 05:10 PM IST Friday's vote on Yellen's nomination may reveal the level of Republican opposition to the Democratic president's plans, for which he is seeking bipartisan support.