ashington, Mar 21 (PTI): US President Joe Biden intends to nominate Indian-American Nisha Desai Biswal to a top administrative position in the US International Development Finance Commission, the White House said Monday. Biswal, who served as Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia during the Obama Administration, brings over 30 years of work experience ...

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WASHINGTON —   The Senate confirmed former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as U.S. ambassador to India on Wednesday, ending a nearly two-year fight over his nomination. Senators voted 52 to 42 to confirm Garcetti to the post. He lost the votes of three Democrats but convinced seven Republicans to cross the aisle, winning him the job. The outcome was ...

China’s Xi Jinping Takes Rare Direct Aim at U.S. in Speech Leader blames Washington-led ‘containment, encirclement and suppression’ for challenges at home A new House committee focused on China held its first hearing on Feb. 28, calling for a concerted government response to the threat it says the Chinese Communist Party poses to the U.S. Photo: J. ...