The United States has denied any involvement in Israel's recent strikes against Iran, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio stating that the operation was unilateral and undertaken by Israel.
For decades, the United States has represented the ultimate academic and professional frontier for Indian students.
The world No.2 becomes the first American to win the Roland Garros singles title since Serena Williams in 2015, and the youngest American since Serena Williams in 2002.
In a troubling turn of policy, the United States has moved to halt student visa appointments and tighten its social media scrutiny of international applicants.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will be on a three-day visit to the United States starting Tuesday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Monday.
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.
Moncef Slaoui, the chief advisor to Operation Warp Speed, the military-led US effort for vaccines, told reporters that US trials and assessments would be complete for approval "sometime in early April."
The US is the first nation to authorize the two-dose regimen from Moderna, now the second vaccine to be deployed in a Western country after the first, developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
In a statement issued this week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo designated Pakistan, Iran, China, Nigeria, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Myanmar and Eritrea as countries that engage in or tolerate “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom” under the country’s International Religious Freedom Act.
Laid low by the consequences of a deadly virus that was first reported at about this time last year in China, and convulsed by a bitter election fought in the United States whose effects will really begin to be felt with the change of guard early in 2021, the world’s economies have gasped for breath, with no ventilators around to rescue nations hit by increasing joblessness, fall in demand and disrupted supply chains.
