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MP records 1,357 new coronavirus cases, ten deaths

Protective gear for medical workers begins to run low again in US

11:52 pm July 7, 2020

Washington: The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the US is running low again as the virus resumes its rapid spread and the number of hospitalised patients climbs. A national nursing union is concerned that gear has to be reused. A doctors association […]

US group opposes Biden admin's steps on H1B visas

Trump considering suspending H1B, other visas: report

12:22 pm June 12, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump is considering suspending a number of employment visas including the H-1B, most sought-after among Indian IT professionals, in view of the massive unemployment in America due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a media report. The proposed suspension could extend into the government’s new fiscal year beginning October 1, when […]

N Korea test fires missiles; Seoul slams it as inappropriate

3:09 pm March 21, 2020

Seoul: North Korea on Saturday fired two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea’s military said, as it continues to expand military capabilities amid deadlocked nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration and a crippling global health crisis. Himachal reports first two coronavirus cases South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the projectiles were […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Senators urge Trump Admin to ask India reduce hike in soda ash import duties

7:09 pm February 7, 2020

Washington: A bipartisan group of six Senators has urged the Trump administration to work with the Indian government to reduce its import tariff on US soda ash from 7.5 per cent to 5.5 per cent. In a letter to US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, the Senators said that thousands of US jobs relied on the […]

Ex- National Security Council official Fiona Hill testifying to Congress

Ex-National Security Council official testifying to Congress

9:43 pm October 14, 2019

WASHINGTON: Fiona Hill, a former top National Security Council expert on Russia, was testifying to Congress behind closed doors Monday, the latest former Trump administration official to be subpoenaed as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Hill wouldn’t comment as she arrived on Capitol Hill, but her attorney said she had […]