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M.K. Bhadrakumar
Takeaways from Biden-Putin Summit
18 Jun 2021
The summit’s main outcome was to restart strategic dialogue and to address cyber issues.
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55 Big US Corporations Paid $0 Income Tax but Spent $450 Million on Political, Policy Lobbying: Report
10 Jun 2021
These ‘tax-avoiding’ companies across sectors enjoyed almost $40.5 billion in US pre-tax income in 2020, according to their annual financial reports. They also received $3.5 billion in tax rebates,…
Reynard Loki
Forests Are Crucial to Combating Climate Change—Will Biden Rise to Challenge?
09 Jun 2021
Unsustainable logging by the forest products industry is driving massive carbon emissions.
Associated Press
San Jose Shooting: Employee Opens Fire in California Railyard, Kills 8 Colleagues
27 May 2021
A database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University shows that the San Jose attack is the 15th mass killing in the US so far in 2021, all of them shootings.
PTI
Bharat Biotech's US Partner Ocugen Submits ‘Master File’ to FDA on Covaxin
25 May 2021
The US pharma firm is currently awaiting additional data from Bharat Biotech from the ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial for a EUA submission, it said in a regulatory filing.
PTI
Biden Appoints Special Envoy for N Korea After Talks with South Korean President
22 May 2021
Both US and Korea said they share willingness to engage diplomatically with DPRK, to take pragmatic steps that will reduce tensions as we move toward denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Biden-Putin Summit is on
22 May 2021
There is an impasse today, as the West’s efforts at isolating and sanctioning Russia are not getting anywhere.
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Hindu Sect Under US Scanner for Allegedly Subjecting Dalit Workers to Inhuman Working Conditions
12 May 2021
The men, largely Dalit workers, were said to have been brought into the country as skilled craftsmen. They were paid about $1 an hour and survived on a diet of lentils and potatoes.
Associated Press
Talks 'Intensify' on Bringing US Back to Iran Nuclear Deal
07 May 2021
At the fourth round of high-level global talks in Austria, both sides signalled a willingness to work out the major stumbling blocks, say reports.
Richa Chintan
COVID-19: US Statement on TRIPS Waiver Welcome, Rocky Road Still Ahead
07 May 2021
Even if all the details are worked out, it remains to be seen whether some conditions are imposed on technology transfer due to pressure from the pharma industry, and what impact that would have on…