Two US planes carrying oxygen cylinders, rapid testing kits and N95 masks that are the first consignment of COVID-19 assistance totally worth $100 million arrived in India on Thursday night, according to US and Indian officials

The US opposes incitement to violence on social media while supporting freedom of expression, according to State Department Spokesperson Ned Price

The US State Department has denied it has issued new guidance to American citizens in India to leave the country

India has turned down the UN's offer of assistance from its integrated supply chain saying that it has its own "robust" system to manage the logistics of getting material for the dealing with the COVID-19 surge, according to a UN spokesperson

The US help to India to meet the COVID-19 surge is unconditional and does not expect political favours in return, State Department spokesperson Ned Prince has declared

A senior US official has said that the government was diverting its own supply of COVID-19 vaccine-manufacturing materials to India “as the most effective and rapid step” to help it

Having lifted the ban on the supply of vaccine raw materials and COVID-fighting products for India, President Joe Biden assured Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a conversation that the US will work closely with India to fight the pandemic

US President Joe Biden's administration is “working round the clock” to immediately send India raw material needed for making Covishield and products needed in the fight against the COVID-19 surge overtaking the nation, according to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan

Anthony Fauci, the chief US expert on the COVID19 pandemic and President Joe Biden's medical adviser, has said that the “dire situation” in India shows that no country is safe from a global pandemic and climate and youth are no protections against it

US President Joe Biden has said that the climate partnership with India will be “a core pillar” of relations between the two countries