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WASHINGTON: India has opened up its market to the American farming industry in as many as 12 different categories, a top Biden administration trade official has told lawmakers as some influential senators raised the issue of wheat and rice subsidies in India and alleged forced labour in the country’s ...

Israel-Hamas war has sent social media companies like X (previously Twitter), TikTok as well as Meta owned Facebook and Instagram into action. After pressure from the US and EU, the tech giants have announced that they have taken necessary steps to stop the spread of misinformation as well as ...

Washington, Mar 11: Republican US senators are imploring the Biden administration to reverse course and allow the transfer of Poland’s MiG fighter jets to the Ukrainians to fight the Russian invasion, a sign the Defense Department’s rejection of the offer may be running into steep resistance on Capitol Hill.Forty GOP ...

WASHINGTON — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, testifying on Tuesday before a congressional panel weighing his nomination to be U.S. ambassador to India, told lawmakers he never witnessed misconduct alleged by a former police bodyguard who claims in a lawsuit that an advisor to the mayor sexually harassed him. “I want ...

Two US senators have urged President Joe Biden to waive sanctions against India over its purchase of Russia’s S-400 air defence system, saying such a punitive measure would endanger growing cooperation.India signed a US$5.5 billion deal with Russia in 2018 for five of the surface-to-air missile systems for defence ...

India signed $5.5bn deal with Russia in 2018 for the surface-to-air missile systems for defence against long-time adversaries Pakistan and China.Two United States senators have urged President Joe Biden to waive sanctions against India over its purchase of Russia’s S-400 air defence system, saying such a punitive measure would ...

Washington: Twenty-two Republican senators have introduced a legislation in the Senate to impose sanctions on the Taliban in Afghanistan and on all the foreign governments that support the hardline Islamic group that seized power in Kabul.The 'Afghanistan Counterterrorism, Oversight and Accountability Act' was introduced by Senator Jim Risch, a ...

On July 13, the Senate Small Business Committee was unable to vote on the nomination of Dilawar Syed for deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration. All 10 Republicans boycotted the vote, denying Democrats the quorum they needed to move forward.  On July 15, the same thing happened again.  ...

Washington, Sept 17: Top Republican lawmakers have demanded that the Taliban be designated as a terrorist organisation, arguing that the government led by the hardline group in Afghanistan has several cabinet members who are UN designated terrorists.The lawmakers have also sought sanctions against the countries that recognise the government ...

Former Senator Afrasiab Khatak told the media that Pakistan is fully supporting the Taliban. Islamabad. Pakistan is celebrating the occupation of Afghanistan by the terrorist organization Taliban. Earlier, the Afghan government has been continuously claiming that Pakistan is helping terrorists. Even Pakistani soldiers were seen among the Taliban fighters. ...