U.S. believes Canada-India row over Sikh activist's killing could upend strategy for countering China

The Biden administration is anxiously observing a dispute between Canada and India, with some officials fearing it could derail the U.S. strategy toward the Indo-Pacific, which aims to counter China's influence in the region and elsewhere.

Publicly, the administration has maintained...

Medicare starts price negotiations for most expensive medications. The pertinent information is listed below.

Medicare drug pricing negotiations were first announced by the Biden administration on Wednesday, along with a plan and schedule. This year, Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which authorizes the government health program for seniors and people with disabilities to negotiate lower cost...

Will the US experience a Fall COVID-19 Surge?

While many Americans continue to act as though the pandemic has passed, the Biden administration has issued a warning that the US may experience 100 million COVID-19 infections throughout the fall and winter.

Leading infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci first issued a warning in Apri...

Biden Administration’s War Against Oil and Gas Sector

The Democrats and the Biden Administration are strongly against the oil and gas industry of America. As Russia continues to expand the sector, the US government is showing a dislike towards it and wishes to pursue cleaner ambitions. US President Joe Biden has taken several measures in this regard...

Americans Divided Over Vaccine Mandate

Americans are intensely divided over the Covid-19 vaccination mandate with the Biden administration in strong favor and many Republicans opposing it.

The US Supreme Court has ruled against Biden’s compulsion for companies having more than 100 employees to enforce the vaccine manda...

US LAWMAKERS WANT BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO SEND MORE COVID-19 VACCINES TO INDIA

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• The White House recently said that it has sent COVID aid to India worth more $500 million and also sent 6 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to India

Urging the Biden administration to help India in its battle against coronavirus pandemic, many lawmakers a...

CHINA ACCUSES BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OVER COVID-19 INVESTIGATION REOPENING

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• China accuses Biden administration over COVID-19 investigation reopening.
• Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian spoke on the matter.
•  The Biden administration is joining worldwide pressure on China to be ...

AFTER RECENT COLONIAL HACK, BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO BEEF UP PIPELINE SECURITY PROTECTIONS

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• The agency said it will release more details "in the days ahead" without providing particulars

• Colonial Pipeline had issued a statement where it said that the attack affected some of its information technology systems

According to t...

THE U.S URGED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF PALESTINE-ISRAEL CONFLICT BY CHINA

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• The U.S urged to take responsibility of Palestine-Israel conflict by China.
• China has also asked the U.S to support the UNSC in promoting of easing of the situation.
• The majority of UNSC members called for an immediate ce...

US SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN VISITS DENMARK

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• Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod  said “Today America is back, and in more ways than one, and, let me tell you, America has been missed.”

• Appealing the Europeans to embrace the Biden administration’s new policies, Blinken said...

AMID THREATS FROM TALIBAN, BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PLANNING TO EVACUATE AFGHANS WHO WORKED WITH US

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• Debating on the issue, several meetings have been held by White House national security aides

• There are thousands of Afghans intend to leave Afghanistan as they fear that once US forces are gone, the Taliban will take over the country and target them a...

JAPAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION OPPOSES TEMPORARY WAIVER OF PATENT ON VACCINE

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• Japan pharmaceutical association opposes temporary waiver of patent on vaccine.
• It opposed U.S support for the temporary waiver of coronavirus vaccine patent rights.
• WTO is currently discussing the waiver of patent rights...

BIDEN ADMIN SAYS FOUR FAMILIES SEPARATED AT MEXICO BORDER TO REUNITED IN U.S. THIS WEEK

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• The Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said two of the four families include mothers, one Honduran and another Mexican separated from their children in 2017

• Mayorkas described them as children who were three years old at the time and teenag...

U.S. POLICY TOWARDS CHINA IS TOO NEGATIVE SAYS A TOP CHINESE DIPLOMAT

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• In an interview with The Associated Press, Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng said the United States appears to be highlighting confrontation and playing down co-operation

• The top Chinese diplomat also said that “To me it is hard to imagine the two...

US LAWMAKERS WRITE TO BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE TRAVEL EASIER FROM TAIWAN

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• Nine lawmakers have urged the Biden administration to establish a facility to expedite travel from the island-nation's main international airport to the US

• The lawmakers said “the airport already hosts numerous non-stop flights to the United ...

BIDEN ADMIN TO PROVIDE INDIA ACCESS TO BETTER TECHNOLOGIES TO MEET INDO-PACIFIC CHALLENGE

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• The US Defense Secretary Austin is currently in New Delhi for first-in person meeting between the newly elected Biden administration and Modi government

• US Defense Secretary after landing in New Delhi met PM Modi and India’s National Security Adv...

NORTH KOREA HAS NOT RESPONDED TO BEHIND-THE-SCENES OUTREACH BY BIDEN ADMIN: US OFFICIAL

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• This outreach also included Pyongyang’s mission to the United States said a senior Biden administration official

• Courtesy of this disclosure, a question is now lying before Biden administration, that how will it address the increasing tensions wi...

US WILLING TO RECONSIDER THE CONCERNS RAISED DURING THE REGIME OF TRUMP

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• The USCIS said it may reopen and/or reconsider adverse decisions on Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, based on three older policy memos

• Any petitioner may request that it reopen and/or reconsider adverse decisions on the basis of the thre...

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION GRANTS TEMPORARY DEPORTATION RELIEF & WORK PERMITS TO MYANMAR CITIZENS IN US

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• Two administration officials have said that as per the decision, nearly 1,600 Burmese citizens living in the US, including diplomats of the country will be eligible for Temporary Protected Status for 18 months

According to the Department of Homeland Security,...

BIDEN ADMIN IMPOSES FRESH 5G CURBS ON SOME HUAWEI SUPPLIERS

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• Sources claim this 5G ban is effective from this week itself

• These newly imposed restrictions will result in creation of a more explicit prohibition on export of several components which is inclusive of semiconductors, antennas and batteries for Huawei...