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US and India team up against China, thanks to NDAA

The Senate voted 81-13, and the House 322-87 to override Trump's veto earlier last week. SHASHIDHAR NANJUNDAIAH As the US Congress overrode President Donald Trump’s veto on the defense bill of $740 billion, it implied a condemnation of China’s aggression...

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Could Ash Kalra be California’s next Attorney General?

The California Attorney General's position would fall vacant if the Biden administration confirms Becerra as US Secretary of Health and Human Services. Ash Kalra, former San Jose Assemblyman and current California state Assemblyman representing San Jose, is aiming to replace...

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Google invests in Indian start-ups Glance and Daily Hunt

Google's investment in Indian video content mobile applications comes in an environment where local-language content market is still underserved. American multinational Google invested in two Indian short-video platforms, Glance and Daily Hunt on Tuesday. Both the platforms offer content in...

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India starts to export moringa (drumstick) powder to US

The first shipment of exported drumstick (Moringa Oleifera) powder left India for the United States on December 29.  India exported 20 tonnes (metric tons) of organic certified moringa powder as a nutritional supplement through an air consignment to the United...

H1-B, L-1 freeze extended until March 31

President Donald Trump has extended the freeze on the primary employment (H-1B) visas and other types of foreign work visas by three months to protect American workers, saying although therapeutics and Covid-19 vaccines are recently available, their effect on the...

Update: UK-India flights to partly resume next week

In a revision of its decision from last week (per our report here), the Government of India has said that beginning January 8 until January 23, it will permit 15 flights a week to the United Kingdom from Delhi, Mumbai,...

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Indian govt to act against US e-comm cos after complaints from local traders

Following complaints by the Confederation of All Traders for violating Foreign Direct Investment violations, the government of India directed its Enforcement Directorate and Revenue Bank of India to penalize Amazon and Flipkart. A dispute between e-commerce giants Amazon, Flipkart, and...