US President Joe Biden and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi committed themselves to work closely on a range of issues from fighting terrorism and upholding territorial integrity to defeating the COVID-19 pandemic, rebuilding the global economy and promoting democratic values, according to the White House
US President Joe Biden has cancelled the nomination of Vijay Shanker to be a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in Washington
Biden's predecessor Donald Trump had made the Indo-Pacific region, the main theatre of confrontation, a focus of his strategy on China with the Quad – US, India, Japan and Australia – as an emerging force there, an alliance of democracies bookended by the US and India, writes Arul Louis for South Asia Monitor
India has warned against chemical weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of terrorists noting the reports of the resurgence of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria
Freedom of expression is a fundamental right, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric has said as a general enunciation of a principle in regard to India
US President Joe Biden's spokesperson has expressed concern over the destruction of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in California and condemned it
Those responsible for crimes like the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl should be held accountable for their crimes, according to Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
Pressure mounted on Pakistan to act against terrorist Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken calling up Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi about Pakistan Supreme Court quashing his conviction in the murder US journalist Daniel Pearl
New US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has “underscored India’s role as a preeminent US partner in the Indo-Pacific” during a discussion with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on expanding ties, according to State Department Spokesperson Ned Price
India is one of the world's best assets in the fight against COVID-19 because of its ability to supply the vaccines needed to fight the pandemic and the UN counts on it, according to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
