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G7 agrees to boost climate finance, plans to meet $100 bn a year target

But climate groups said the promise made in the summit's final communique lacked detail and the developed nations should be more ambitious in their financial commitments

India gets wide support on TRIPS waiver for Covid-19 vaccines at G-7 meet

Cyberspace should not be a venue for subverting democratic values: PM

America is back at the table, says Joe Biden as G7 summit concludes

US might be able to donate 1 bn more vaccines to the world in coming years, says president; calls for probe to find whether virus leaked from Chinese lab

America's Covid battle, revisited

Book review of THE PLAGUE YEAR: America in the Time of Covid

How might lab-leak hypothesis matter?

Until the Chinese archives are opened, a decisive answer may not be obtained on whether the hypothesis is true or false

Order in space

International agreement will boost India's space capabilities

Why the poor are leaning right

How support for left and right-leaning parties is changing in social composition

US lawmakers introduce bills to curb powers of big tech companies

US media outlets are reporting the legislation could force the tech giants to overhaul their business models.

Some Indian govt actions raised concerns on democratic values: US official

Some of Indian government's actions, including restrictions on freedom of expression, have raised concerns that are inconsistent with the country's democratic values, a top US official has said

US Covid-19 vaccine surplus grows by the day as expiration dates loom

Demand for the Covid-19 vaccine has slowed down so much that they have given millions of doses back to the federal government, even though less than half of their total populations are vaccinated

Aiding India just like it helped during last yr's Covid surge: US official

United States is helping India in its time of need amid a raging second wave of Covid just like it extended help when the hospitals here were strained due to the pandemic

US dismantles Trump-era govt office for victims of immigrant crime

The Joe Biden administration said on Friday it has dismantled a Trump-era government office to help victims of crimes committed by immigrants

Putin says not worried when asked about Biden calling him 'killer'

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he is not worried about being called "killer" by his US counterpart Joe Biden

Internet firms to fight misinformation in India while respecting rights: US

The Joe Biden administration seeks to work with the Indian government and Internet businesses to ensure that freedom of expression is respected, a senior US official has told lawmakers

US states warned over scaling back on reporting key Covid-19 data

Only about half of US states still provide daily updates on key Covid-19 metrics such as new cases, deaths, hospitalizations and vaccinations, a trend that worries some public health experts

India to receive Covid vaccines under US global distribution strategy soon

A State Department official said the number of doses and the timeline are still being worked out

The virus unravels

The hunt for the origin of coronavirus shows science, democracy and sense of inquiry can overcome politics, ideology and omerta codes

Reality always catches up in a pandemic: Albright Stonebridge's Mehul Mehta

He spoke to Anjuli Bhargava about the second wave of the pandemic, how the US managed its vaccine rollout better than India, and where India needs to go with its genomics sequencing capabilities

BJP most popular party among Indian diaspora in the United States: Survey

However, a majority is critical of government policies: study

Oil prices rebound after knock from United States driving season data

Brent crude oil futures were up 18 cents, or 0.25%, at $72.40 a barrel by 1024 GMT,