The White House said the virtual meeting of the countries known as the Quad would show the importance Biden placed on the Indo-Pacific region and focus on ways to fight the coronavirus, cooperate on economic growth and the climate crisis

In January, the then President Donald Trump had extended the ban on issuing of new H-1B visas till March 31 arguing that the country is having a very high unemployment rate and the US cannot afford to have more foreign workers

The 3rd Test match between India and England will be played there. Players from both teams have been training at the newly built stadium

Up to 4 million Australians are expected to be inoculated by March, with Morrison among a small group receiving the first round of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Indian tech industry body Nasscom hopes the new US administration will bring changes to regulatory policies hurting IT companies while working to find solutions to the STEM skills gap

NASSCOM said that Indian technology industry makes significant contributions to the US economy and workforce including local investments and job creation, workforce development and upskilling US employees

In the backdrop of farmers' protest, countries like India have a huge lesson to learn from the US. Socio-economic vulnerabilities of the people should be addressed expeditiously without leaving a chance for trouble makers to tap such uncertainties for their personal benefits

The Prime Minister also congratulated Kamala Harris on being sworn in as first lady, black, and South Asian US Vice President, saying he looked forward to interacting with her to make India-US relations more robust

The Department of Telecom (DoT) also said that the process for spectrum allocation for 4G services to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on pan-India basis, including Delhi and Mumbai, has been initiated and funds have been provisioned in FY2020-21

Billed as India's largest coastal defence exercise, it will involve all the 13 coastal states and Union Territories along with other maritime stakeholders, officials said

Asked about Twitter's decision, Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said the operators of social media platforms 'bear great responsibility for political communication not being poisoned by hatred, by lies and by incitement to violence'

Trump praised and egged on supporters before they laid siege to the Capitol, where lawmakers were certifying the Electoral College vote for Biden

Racial abuse at SCG: The cricketer, who is also the captain of the IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore, called this incident \"absolute peak of rowdy behaviour\"

Prime Minister Modi has 64.7 million followers as of now whereas Trump had 88.7 million followers before Twitter removed his account

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US Capitol violence: The Capitol building was locked down and police moved in with guns drawn as Vice President Mike Pence and lawmakers were evacuated to secure locations

Many Indians express anger as a person holding Indian Tricolour was seen among thousands of protestors during violent clashes at Capitol Hill in the US

The developers, who take benefit of the 50 per cent waiver in premium in construction projects for the next one year will have to pay the entire stamp duty amount on behalf of customers

Trump's Twitter account was banned for next 12 hours while Facebook said this is an emergency situation and it is taking down the US President's page for 24 hours