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Oct 13, 2021 03:29 PM IST While the United States is facilitating this meeting, we don't view this solely as a US initiative. Indeed, we're bringing other countries together, a senior administration official said.
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Oct 09, 2021 07:23 AM IST The inordinate delay in the procession of hundreds and thousands of talented Indian technology professionals, at times running into several decades, is one of the major issues of concern among the Indian-Americans and their dependent children living here.
- Oct 09, 2021 07:18 AM IST
In less than a fortnight after the Modi-Biden in-person bilateral meeting, there has been a flurry of high-level visits between the two countries and several Cabinet-level visits are in the pipeline in the next few weeks.
- Oct 05, 2021 09:43 AM IST
The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is hosting the event that will discuss critical applications of quantum computing, which is expected to operate millions of times faster than today’s advanced supercomputers.
- Sep 29, 2021 07:55 AM IST
Psaki made the comment in seeking to clarify an apparent difference between President Joe Biden’s insistence that there was no split among his military advisers about the withdrawal and a top general’s statement that the U.S. military wanted to leave a contingent of troops in that country.
- Sep 28, 2021 12:54 PM IST
Prime Minister Imran Khan during recent interviews to the American media has complained that a "busy" President Biden has not bothered to speak to him though Washington was seeking Pakistan's support in stabilising Afghanistan.
- Sep 24, 2021 09:59 PM IST
Meeting in the White House, Biden and the leaders of Australia, India and Japan were to discuss their Covid vaccines drive, regional infrastructure, climate change and securing supply chains for the vital semiconductors used in computer technology.
- Sep 23, 2021 07:18 AM IST
The meeting will be hosted by Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese, the Commerce Department said earlier this month. Topics will include the impact of the coronavirus Delta variant on chip supplies and how to better coordinate between chip producers and consumers.
- Sep 22, 2021 06:17 PM IST
The Treasury Department sanctions are aimed at kneecapping the economic infrastructure of a ransomware threat that has surged over the last year, crippling corporations, schools, hospitals and critical infrastructure, including a major fuel pipeline.
- Sep 20, 2021 09:39 PM IST
Biden will also meet Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide, the White House said as it released the president's weekly schedule.
- Sep 11, 2021 07:50 PM IST
The president has proposed more than $3 trillion worth of revenue increases, primarily through higher taxes for corporations and the country's richest households as well as greater IRS enforcement that would target the wealthy.
- Sep 03, 2021 07:50 AM IST
“The world is united in what they expect the Taliban to do, which is allow people who want to depart the country to depart. And China has to decide where they are in that effort,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at her daily news conference on Thursday.
- Aug 24, 2021 08:37 AM IST
Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook and Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Satya Nadella will also attend the White House cybersecurity event, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing sources.
- Aug 12, 2021 08:15 AM IST
.The Biden administration asserted that the Afghan national forces, which has been trained by it for two decades now, has the capabilities and equipment to fight back.
- Jul 26, 2021 09:39 PM IST
The decision, which comes after a senior level White House meeting late Friday, means the long-running travel restrictions that have barred much of the world's population from the United States since 2020 will not be lifted in the short term.
- Jul 13, 2021 07:52 AM IST
The pact could include countries such as Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.
- Jun 26, 2021 12:12 PM IST
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Friday said that the US took a range of steps to help India to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Jun 23, 2021 09:40 AM IST
They said the administration is poised to meet the target for adults 27 and older on July 4, U.S. Independence Day, but will fall short of Biden's goal for adults 18 and older.
- Jun 22, 2021 12:03 PM IST
Their conversation will also be about how they can work together to continue to implement humanitarian assistance, other assistance that the United States remains committed to, even as the US works to draw down its troops from Afghanistan.
- Jun 20, 2021 08:06 PM IST
On June 19, US President Joe Biden announced that Champ, the older of his dogs, passed away peacefully at home. The White House has been home to many pets of various Presidents of the United States through the years. Here's a look at some of these pets that made the White House their home.
- Jun 20, 2021 08:32 AM IST
"President Rivlin's visit will highlight the enduring partnership between the United States and Israel and the deep ties between our governments and our people," White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement.
- Jun 19, 2021 10:58 PM IST
The Bidens got Champ from a breeder after Biden was elected vice president in 2008. Champ was a fixture at both the vice presidents residence at the Naval Observatory and now the White House.
- Jun 09, 2021 07:43 AM IST
In March, leaders of the Quad -- comprising Australia, India, Japan and the United States –during a virtual summit had committed themselves to provide a billion vaccines to Southeast Asia.
- Jun 04, 2021 12:19 PM IST
Anne Neuberger, the deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technologies, wrote that the Biden administration was working with partners “to disrupt and deter” attacks that deployed the ransomware, a form of malware that encrypts data until the victim pays.
- Jun 02, 2021 07:18 PM IST
Speaking from the White House, Joe Biden is set to update the nation on the vaccination rollout and his plans to get 70% of adults partially vaccinated by Independence Day — essential to his goal of returning the nation to a pre-pandemic sense of normalcy this summer.
