
Dave Chokshi, the Indian-American Health Commissioner of New York City, said that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and warned that the disease "continues to circulate in our communities, and all of us are potentially exposed to the virus"....

Former US President Donald Trump's trade war on China was a failure in every possible way, a news report said....

The US Senate voted to approve Pete Buttigieg as President Joe Biden's transportation secretary. The 86-13 vote has made Buttigieg the first openly gay individual confirmed to lead a Cabinet department in US history, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday....

The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 103.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.25 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University....

A group of House Democrats and former President Donald Trump's lawyers respectively filed legal briefs in an impeachment case....

The US Senate voted to confirm Alejandro Mayorkas as President Joe Biden's secretary for homeland security....

A racial gap has appeared in the Covid-19 vaccination drive in the United States, with African Americans lagging behind in terms of receiving jabs, according to a recent analysis by a media outlet....

Don Heflin, Charg d'Affaires of the United States in India, said on Tuesday that the United States is committed to strengthening its partnership with India and deepening military-to-military relationships and cooperation....

US Democratic leaders have filed a joint budget resolution for fiscal year 2021 that could pave the way for Congress to quickly pass President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief proposal, with or without help from the Republicans. ...

NASA has named Indian-American Bhavya Lal, who oversaw the agency's transition under the administration of US President Joe Biden, as the space agency's acting chief of staff....