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USD 11 billion New York rail tunnel gets key federal approval

11:10 pm May 28, 2021

New York: A planned USD 11 billion rail tunnel seen as a key to train travel up and down the northeastern US received a boost Friday with a crucial, and long sought, federal environmental approval. The record of decision announced by the Department of Transportation means the project to build a new Hudson River tunnel […]

Stronger India-US health partnership can be a ‘powerful force’ to fight global COVID pandemic: Jaishankar

11:59 pm May 27, 2021

Washington: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday emphasised that a stronger India-US health partnership can be a ”powerful force” to fight the global COVID pandemic as he met top members of America’s corporate sector and discussed India’s priorities and the importance of strengthening critical supply chains and collaboration for production of vaccines and therapeutics. Jaishankar arrived […]

Lindsay Lohan to star in Netflix’ Christmas romantic comedy

11:41 am May 25, 2021

Los Angeles: Actor Lindsay Lohan is going to play the lead role in streamer Netflix’s yet-to-be-titled Christmas rom-com movie. According to Variety, Lohan will play a “newly engaged, spoiled hotel heiress” in the film. ”She gets amnesia after a skiing accident and finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter in the days […]

Joe Biden administration promises focus on environmental justice

Time to define Indo-US relations?

2:12 pm May 20, 2021

The second wave of the coronavirus has since grown into a tsunami; India is now the global coronavirus hotspot, setting records for the world’s highest number of daily cases. Mr Rajiv Bhatia，a distinguished Fellow, Gateway House and former ambassador to Canda published a paper on Indian Express website (7th MAY).It wrote: “after intensive inter-agency consultations […]

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US officials: Anxiety drove vaccine reactions in 5 states

11:32 pm April 30, 2021

NEW YORK: It was anxiety — and not a problem with the shots — that caused fainting, dizziness and other short-term reactions in dozens of people at coronavirus vaccine clinics in five states, U.S. health officials have concluded. Experts say the clusters detailed Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are an example […]

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