All you need to know about 'super-talented' Indian American Vedant Patel
World | April 08, 2022 7:48 ISTBorn in Gujarat, Vedant Patel was raised in California. His family moved to the US in 1991.
Born in Gujarat, Vedant Patel was raised in California. His family moved to the US in 1991.
“We do not think India should accelerate or increase imports of Russian energy & other commodities even as, obviously, those decisions are made by individual countries,” White House Press Secy Jen Psaki told reporters.
Russia and Ukraine initially said the Istanbul meeting had made progress, but the Kremlin on Wednesday played down hopes of a breakthrough.
Shefali Razdan is a San Francisco Committee member of Human Rights Watch, a member of the Wake Forest University Leadership and Character Council, and served on the National Board of Directors for Emily’s List.
US President Joe Biden announced that they are ordering heavy financial sanctions against Russian banks and oligarchs, declaring that Moscow had flagrantly violated international law in what he called the “beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.”
In a fast-moving political theater, US President Joe Biden in a national address announced sanctions against Russia saying they were to cut off Moscow from Western financing but adding there is still time for diplomacy. EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said the package approved Tuesday “will hurt Russia, and it will hurt a lot.”
Kremlin said it is too early to organise a summit between Putin and Biden after Paris announced the possibility of a meeting to calm tensions over Ukraine.
White House Press Secy Psaki said that window for a potential Russian attack on Ukraine remains open and warned a fabricated pretext for an incursion could include reports like the one about mass graves in the Donbas region.
During the Melbourne summit, foreign ministers of the countries had discussed the destabilising role of China in the Indo-Pacific region and Russian aggression in Ukraine.
The White House has released an Indo Pacific Strategy which outlines President Joe Biden's vision to firmly anchor the country's position in the Indo-Pacific, strengthen the region and support India's rise and regional leadership.
The strategic report, released on Feb 11, is the Prez Joe Biden-led administration's first region specific report. It outlines the president's vision to firmly anchor US' position in Indo-Pacific, strengthen the region and support India's rise and regional leadership in the process.
The restrictions, imposed last month, were meant to blunt the spread of the COVID omicron variant. The Nov. 29 ban barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who had recently been in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi.
The move is aimed at global energy markets, but also at voters who are coping with higher inflation and rising prices ahead of Thanksgiving and winter holiday travel. Gas prices are at about $3.40 a gallon, more than double their price a year ago, according to the American Automobile Association.
Addressing a press briefing on Friday, Psaki said that one of the purposes of this engagement is to also discuss areas where "there are strong concerns and disagreement".
On January 6, in an unprecedented assault on democracy in America, thousands of angry supporters of ex-president Trump stormed the US Capitol and clashed with police, resulting in casualties.
On Sunday, the Bangladeshi Hindu diaspora organised a protest in front of the Embassy of that country to protest large-scale violence leading to the destruction of Hindu homes and temples during Durga Puja festivities across Bangladesh.
The Biden Administration believes that a leader-to-leader engagement is essential and is an important part of its effort to responsibly manage the competition, Jean-Pierre said.
On Day 2 of his US visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the White House to meet American President Joe Biden for the first time since the latter assumed office in January this year.
The booster plan marks an important shift in the nation's vaccination drive. Britain and Israel are already giving a third round of shots over strong objections from the World Health Organization that poor countries don't have enough for their initial doses.
President Joe Biden, the three prime ministers -- Narendra Modi, Scott Morrison from Australia and Yoshihide Suga from Japan -- are to attend the first-ever in-person meeting of the Quad leaders in the East Room of the White House on Friday afternoon.
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