US government
- India
US Judge asks govt to answer questions on Indian academic’s detention
New York: A judge has given the US government a day’s notice to come up with answers regarding the detention of an Indian academic whose deportation was temporarily blocked. Federal Judge Patricia…
- India
Govt forms committee to review US reciprocal tariffs, report by March 15
New Delhi: As the US plans to impose reciprocal tariffs across trading countries by April 2, the Indian government has formed a high-level committee which is tasked to review tariff relief on…
- World
Trump’s classified documents trial postponed indefinitely
Washington: The official start of the trial against former US President Donald Trump in the affair surrounding the retention of secret government documents has been postponed indefinitely. The previously planned start of…
- World
Seen reports of Indian media outlet’s ties with China: US
Washington: The US has seen reports about the alleged ties of an Indian media outlet with China but cannot comment on the veracity of the claims, a senior American official said. “We…
- Andhra Pradesh
Cop’s shameful comments: YSRCP urges MEA to raise issue with US
Amaravati: The YSRCP parliamentary party leader V. Vijayasai Reddy on Thursday urged External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to raise with the US government the issue relating to callous comments by a US…
- World
US shuts controversial $125 mn wildlife virus hunting programme over safety
New Delh: The US government has quietly dropped its $125 million five-year flagship project for hunting viruses among wildlife to prevent human pandemics, over safety concerns, according to a report. Known as…
- World
Donald Trump loses immunity shield in defamation lawsuit
Washington: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that former President Donald Trump should not be entitled to immunity for the comments he made about a woman who has accused him…
- World
Indian Consulate in San Francisco attacked again; US condemns arson
Washington: Two men dressed in dark clothes walked up to the gate of the Indian consulate in San Francisco on July 2, poured some kind of inflammable liquid on it from a…
- Technology
US govt confirms MOVEit cyber attack hit several federal agencies
Washington: President Joe Biden’s administration has confirmed that several US federal agencies have been hit by a cyber attack, apparently executed by Russia-linked ransomware group Clop, which exploited a critical security vulnerability…
- Hyderabad
Misinformation threatens democracies, says US government official David Moyer
Hyderabad: “It was imperative for Citizens to be aware of the misinformation ecosystem and counter it through truthful information. Misinformation threatens democracies across the world, as there is a divergence of opinion and no shared understanding…
- Technology
US government questions Tesla over Musk’s full self-driving tweet
San Francisco: The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has asked Tesla about a tweet by its CEO Elon Musk that the electric car-maker will remove the driver monitoring warning from…
- Middle East
Iran says, US ‘sanction madness’ rapidly infecting Canada
Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman condemned Canada’s move to impose new sanctions against Iranian media outlets as following “US government’s sanction madness”. “The US government’s sanction madness has turned into a virus…
- World
DOJ, intelligence officials feel delaying Trump investigation harms national security
Washington: Any further delay in delaying criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump and the records he kept at Mar-a-Lago Florida residence could put America’s national security at risk, says the US…
- Automobile
Hyundai Motor chief visits US amid new EV tax break law
Seoul: Hyundai Motor said on Wednesday that its Chairman Chung Euisun was visiting the US amid growing concerns over a new law excluding electric vehicles (EVs) built outside the country from tax…
- World
US halts talks with Taliban on freeing Afghan assets
Kabul: The US government has decided against unblocking the Afghan central bank’s foreign reserves of around $7 billion, a leading American newspaper said. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday the US…
