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Coronavirus pandemic's deadliest month in US ends with signs of progress

Deaths are running at about 3,150 per day on average, down slightly, by about 200, from their peak in mid-January

Budget 2021: FDI cap hike in insurance set to attract US, European firms

The country's investment promotion agency, Invest India, expects the insurance market to be worth around $250 billion by 2025

US lobby group urges India not to tighten foreign e-commerce rules

India is considering revising the rules after traders in the country raised complaints against Amazon and Flipkart

Make in America

Joe Biden's executive order raises concerns

US calls on Russia, Turkey, UAE to halt military interventions in Libya

The United States called on Russia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday to immediately halt their military interventions in Libya

Biden team slams China's territorial claims in swift calls to Asia allies

Over the weekend, China sent an early warning to the new US administration by flying 13 warplanes into the Taiwan Strait

Introductory phone call between Jaishankar, US counterpart soon: MEA

Srivastava was replying to questions on India''s engagement with the US under the leadership of Biden who was sworn in as the 46th American President on January 20

WHO team in Wuhan probing Covid-19 origins moves out of quarantine

The mission has been plagued by delays, concern over access and bickering between China and the United States

Facebook oversight board overrules company on most cases in first test

The first rulings will be scrutinized to see how independent the board appears from the world's largest social media platform

Pak SC orders release of prime suspect in US journo Daniel Pearl's murder

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of British-born al-Qaeda militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh

Combating climate change

US must ensure that developed world does its bit

Fiat to plead guilty, pay $30 mn to resolve US criminal labour probe

The automaker has also agreed an independent compliance monitor for three years

AT&T is sued for $1.35 billion over technology to synchronize smart devices

Network Apps LLC said AT&T abandoned joint development and licensing agreements for its technology in 2014

Biden to suspend federal drilling, strengthen environmental justice

Biden will also assemble a national climate change task force

Judge bars US President Joe Biden from enforcing 100-day deportation ban

US District Judge Drew Tipton issued a temporary restraining order sought by Texas

US Senate confirms Biden aide Antony Blinken as 71st secretary of state

Senators voted 78-22 to approve Blinken, a longtime Biden confidant, as the nation's 71st secretary of state, succeeding Mike Pompeo

Janet Yellen makes history, sworn in as the first female US Treasury Secy

Yellen will take the lead in the effort to win Congressional support for Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion economic rescue plan, and increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour

Biden to pause oil drilling on public land through moratorium: Report

Environmental groups hailed the expected moratorium as the kind of bold, urgent action needed to slow climate change

Stocks and futures dip on US fiscal-relief package timing; dollar up

A gauge of Asia-Pacific equities at one point slid the most in about two months, with shares in South Korea and China underperforming

Biden to reopen online health insurance marketplace, ease Medicaid rules

Biden has vowed to restore full access to the healthcare.gov site, which provides a way to get to a federal exchange offering healthcare insurance