Varghese, 43, is the first Indian-origin person to hold the post of director, White House Military Office, and is among at least 55 Indian-Americans in the Biden administration.
Indian-American Neera Tanden, who led the liberal Center for American Progress for nearly a decade, is President Joe Biden’s first cabinet-level nominee to fail to reach confirmation.
In Biden's immigration reform bill sent to Congress, White House has proposed elimination of country-quota in allocation of green cards, a major demand of Indian IT professionals.
India plays important role in US' Indo-Pacific strategy, which aims to maintain America’s ‘strategic primacy’ in region, thereby checking China's ‘influence’, declassified report says.
The US President will hold a three-hour indoor summit, followed by discussions of how the vaccines were developed and how they’ll be regulated, distributed and administered.
Historians argue that Trump's actions since losing the election, unrestrained by truth & facts, have heightened concerns he will destroy records of ‘potential malfeasance & crimes'.
The IGST component of total import duty collections is growing faster than that from Customs duty. And states enjoy a larger share in the rapidly growing pie of IGST on imports.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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