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Yesterday(18th Feb.2022) US President Joe Biden said he's "convinced" that Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to launch a further invasion in Ukraine, saying he has "reason to believe" it will occur in the "coming days" and will include an assault on its capital, Kyiv. After weeks of saying the US wasn't sure if Putin had made the final decision to launch a widespread invasion, Biden said that assessment had changed. "As of this moment I'm convinced he's made the decision," Biden said. "We have reason to believe that." He cited the United States' "significant intelligence capability" for the assessment. Biden reiterated his threat of massive economic and diplomatic sanctions against Russia if it does invade, and pressed Putin to rethink his course of action. He said the US and its Western allies were more united than ever to ensure Russia pays a price for the invasion.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Washington on Wednesday (22nd Sept.2021) on an official visit to the US. During the visit, he will hold the first face-to-face meeting with President Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris, attend the maiden in-person Quad summit and address the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Modi, who is visiting the US for the 7th time after assuming office in 2014, said his visit would be an occasion to strengthen the Indo-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership and consolidate ties with Japan and Australia. "Landed in Washington DC. Over the next two days, will be meeting @POTUS @JoeBiden and @VP @KamalaHarris, Prime Ministers @ScottMorrisonMP, and @sugawitter. Will attend the Quad meeting and would also interact with leading CEOs to highlight economic opportunities in India," Modi tweeted. Read more

US President Joe Biden is going to announce a massive USD 2 trillion plan today (31st March 2021) to transform America's aging infrastructure, and position the country to out-compete China, according to officials. The American Jobs Plan, to be announced by Biden in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will create millions of good-paying jobs and rebuild the US infrastructure. This is a once-in-a-century capital investment in America, according to officials. It will also position the United States to out-compete China, they said. By investing about USD 2 trillion over the next eight years, we can transform our current and future infrastructure and fundamentally change life for Americans, officials said ahead of the presidential visit to Pittsburgh. If passed alongside President Biden's Made in America corporate tax plan, the plan would be fully paid for within the next 15 years and reduce deficits in the years after. Read more

Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States yesterday (20th January 2021), offering a message of unity and restoration to a deeply divided country reeling from a battered economy and a raging coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans. Standing on the steps of the US Capitol Biden called for a return to civic decency in an inaugural address marking the end of Trump's tempestuous four-year term. "To overcome these challenges, to restore the soul and secure the future of America, requires so much more than words. It requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy: unity," Biden, a Democrat, said after taking the oath of office. "We must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal. We can do this - if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts." Read more

The new Joe Biden administration is expected to lower the rhetoric on China but continues to deal firmly against Beijing’s aggression including backing India amid the ongoing tensions at the friction points along the Line of Actual Control. The Biden administration is widely expected to reduce the temperature in the public domain against China in contrast to the Trump regime but continues to deal firmly against Beijing’s aggression, including human rights violations, according to sources. In fact, days ahead of the polls, Biden himself had indicated strong support to safeguard India’s territorial integrity. “The Obama-Biden years were some of the best we’ve ever had between our two countries…We can and should be natural allies. That’s why if elected President, I will continue what I have long called for: Read more

As of 4:50 p.m. on 4th November, six states that will decide the next president remained uncalled, as did a handful of Senate races that will determine who controls the chamber. In the presidential race, as of 4:50 p.m. Eastern time, it is not yet known who won Alaska (3 electoral votes), Arizona (11), Georgia (16), Nevada (6), North Carolina (15), or Pennsylvania (20). With three new calls — Michigan and Wisconsin for Joseph R. Biden Jr., and Maine’s Second Congressional District for President Trump — Mr. Biden has 253 confirmed electoral votes and would need 17 more to win. President Trump has 214 confirmed electoral votes and would need 56 more to win. Five Senate races were uncalled in four states: Alaska, Georgia, Michigan, and North Carolina. A sixth race, in Maine, was called Wednesday afternoon for the Republican incumbent, Senator Susan Collins. Read more