Biden added that while his administration is on schedule to meet his new goal of distributing 200 million doses of the vaccine during his first 100 days, it will still take time for enough Americans to get vaccinated to slow the spread of the virus

The US Capitol was placed on lockdown after the incident and staff was told to not enter or exit the buildings.

In less than 50 days of his presidency, Biden has appointed at least 55 Indian-Americans to key leadership positions in his administration ranging from his speech writer to the NASA, to almost every wing of the government

Biden's working-class upbringing in Scranton, Pennsylvania, has long been a central part of his political brand. He most recently lived in a large house in the Wilmington, Delaware, suburbs

US President-elect Joe Biden has either nominated or named at least 20 Indian Americans, including 13 women, to key positions in his administration

Bharat Ramamurti is the Managing Director of the Corporate Power programme at the Roosevelt Institute

Patel is currently the senior spokesperson of the Biden inaugural committee and has been a part of the Biden campaign as well where he served as Regional Communications Director

During her interaction with the press, Dover suddenly started feeling uneasy and said, \"Sorry, I'm feeling really dizzy\"

The US on Friday allowed the emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine developed by American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech with a critical care nurse in New York receiving the first jab

Commerce Department confirmed there was a breach at one of its agencies and that they asked the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI to investigate

Hours before the FDA authorised the first Covid-19 vaccine late Friday, White House told FDA chief he could face firing if vaccine was not cleared by day's end

China became one of the last major governments to congratulate Biden. There was no explanation for the delay but some commentators suggest Beijing might want to avoid straining relations with President Donald Trump

US President-elect Joe Biden, working in his home state of Delaware, has announced a series of selections for White House posts

Women passengers will now be allowed to travel in Chennai Suburban trains during non-peak hours from Monday to Saturdayand to travel throughout the day on Sundays, a press release said

The Cabinet announcements could be released in tranches, with groups of nominees focused on a specific top area, like the economy, national security or public health, being announced at once

Biden will be sworn in as the oldest president in the US's history, displacing Ronald Reagan, who left the White House in 1989 when he was 77 years and 349 days old

The result of the six-day hand recount of the state's 5 million ballots had been widely expected, despite baseless allegations from Trump and his allies that Georgia's vote tallies were suspect because of widespread fraud

General Services Administration has still not recognized him as president-elect, preventing his team from gaining access to government office space and funding

Biden defeated Trump in the Nov. 3 election by the same 306-232 margin in the state-by-state Electoral College that Trump proclaimed a \"landslide\" when he won it in 2016

Trump, fresh off his reelection loss to President-elect Joe Biden, remains angry that an announcement about progress in developing a vaccine for the disease came after Election Day