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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Joe Biden meets in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Washington. (PTI Photo)

PM Modi raises issue of H-1B visas with President Biden: Foreign...

The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and...

25 Sep 2021 6:34 AM GMT

President Joe Biden speaks during the Quad summit in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Washington. Seated clockwise from left, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Quad leaders pledge to work together for peace and prosperity in...

Opening the summit, President Biden said the four democracies have come together to take on common challenges from...

25 Sep 2021 4:49 AM GMT

US President Joe Biden participates is a virtual press conference on national security with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the East Room of the White House. (Photo: AFP)

US rules out adding India or Japan to security alliance with Australia...

On September 15, Joe Biden, Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson jointly announced the formation of AUKUS

23 Sep 2021 6:22 AM GMT

Passengers enter the Delhi International Airport. (Photo: PTI/File)

Vaccine certification for travel must meet 'minimum criteria', says UK

Indian travellers to the UK will continue to be treated as non-vaccinated and therefore required to quarantine for 10...

23 Sep 2021 4:30 AM GMT

A nurse prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at the Cecilia Rivadeneira Foundation in Quito. (Photo: AFP)

FDA backs Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for seniors, high-risk

Under the FDA authorization, vaccinated Americans are eligible for a third dose six months after receiving their second...

23 Sep 2021 3:50 AM GMT

A health worker prepares a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus at a vaccination centre in Ahmedabad. (Photo: AFP)

UK adds Covishield to approved vaccines list in updated travel...

The move follows widespread condemnation of the SII-manufactured vaccines not being included in a list of eligible...

22 Sep 2021 9:00 AM GMT

Bulgarias President Rumen Radev is seen on video screens as he addresses the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly remotely, Sept. 21, 2021 at U.N. headquarters. (Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)

Racism, climate and divisions top UN agenda as leaders meet

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, more than two dozen world leaders appeared in person at the U.N....

22 Sep 2021 7:34 AM GMT

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of World Health Organization (AFP)

WHO chief thanks India for resumption of COVID vaccine export

Ghebreyesus also said that the move will help WHO to reach its goal of 40 per cent vaccination in all countries by the...

22 Sep 2021 5:30 AM GMT

SAARC nations unveil emergency stimulus packages to tackle COVID-19 economic fallout. (PTI Photo)

SAARC foreign ministers meeting cancelled as Pakistan demands Taliban...

Taliban have nominated their spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan's UN ambassador after being asked to address world...

22 Sep 2021 5:04 AM GMT

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid (AP)

Taliban appoint deputy ministers, no woman representation in...

The list of deputy ministers signals that the Taliban have not been swayed by the international criticism

21 Sep 2021 7:50 AM GMT

Municipal workers in personal protective equipment look on as passengers from United Kingdom arrive at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, in Mumbai (PTI)

COVID: Vaccinated passengers from India, other nations can travel to...

The US announced that strict protocols will be in place from early November to curb the spread of COVID-19 from...

21 Sep 2021 6:22 AM GMT

In this Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 file photo, Barbie H. leads a protest against the six-week abortion ban at the Capitol in Austin, Texas. Dozens of people protested the abortion restriction law that went into effect Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

Texas doctor who defied state's new abortion ban is sued

Former attorneys in Arkansas and Illinois filed separate state lawsuits Monday against Dr. Alan Braid

21 Sep 2021 6:22 AM GMT