Biden takes office at a time of deep national unease, with the country facing what his advisers have described as four compounding crises: the pandemic, the economic downtown, climate change and racial inequality

Soon after his inauguration, Biden is expected to issue an executive order to begin rejoining the 2015 climate pact, reversing a decision by climate-change skeptic Donald Trump

Zaidi is the highest-ranking Pakistani-American appointed by Biden in his administration

More than 70 world leaders were due to address the one-day virtual gathering aimed at building momentum for much steeper cuts in planet-warming emissions on the fifth anniversary of the 2015 Paris climate accord

Kerry was a senator from Massachusetts, failed Democratic presidential candidate against George W Bush in 2004, and Obama's second secretary of state from 2013 to 2017

The prime minister said that India is following the same principle in the 'Reform-Perform-Transform' strategy to move forward and taking inclusive development efforts that are participative

Noting that the bilateral trade relationship has been strained under the Trump administration, Sohini Chatterjee said that Biden is well aware of the importance of the US- India trade relationship

Trade relations and strategic partnership of India and the US have, in the last two decades, received consistent bipartisan support from lawmakers on both sides

Biden, 77, has not won the presidential elections yet, but is inching closer to be declared the winner by garnering 253 electoral votes out of the required 270

The row is part of a wider dispute between the two sides, with Beijing repeatedly accusing Washington of \"unilateralism\", bullying and failing to meet its global obligations while emphasising its own multilateralist credentials

Trump-Biden presidential debate: This is not the first time Trump has blamed India and China for not doing enough on climate change. He has said that the regions have air that is impossible to breathe

Speaking to his cheering supporters at an elections rally in the key battleground State of North Carolina on Thursday, Trump said the US under his administration has achieved energy independence while protecting its pristine environment

 The United States has already closed 304 out of the 530 coal fired power plants and 80 of them have been closed in Europe, said Bloomberg

Indian business leaders at Davos say they expect the economy to recover in two to three quarters

WEF 2020: Trump, who has repeatedly expressed scepticism about climate change, is set to give the first keynote address of Davos 2020

Jeff Bezos in India: The Amazon CEO said that the 21st century belongs to India at the Amazon SMBhav event in Delhi

Terming climate change as a \"very complex issue\", Trump said he considers himself to be, in many ways, an environmentalist, believe it or not\"