President Joe Biden has indicated that the US is unlikely to meet the May 1 deadline set by his predecessor Donald Trump to get US troops out of Afghanistan

The Quad summit “got the Chinese attention” on their seriousness in holding Beijing accountable for its actions in the Indo-Pacific region, according to US President Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden wants Congress to act on  immigration reform that would allow Indian doctors and other South Asian professionals to expeditiously get their green cards, according to his spokesperson Jen Psaki

The US Senate has confirmed Vivek Murthy as the surgeon general, the second time he will be holding the position.On Tuesday, he became the first Indian American nominee of President Joe Biden to receive Senate approval

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin is on his way to New Delhi for discussions on deepening strategic ties between the two democracies affirming India's role as a key partner in President Joe Biden's focus on the Indo-Pacific to meet China's challenge

On the heels of the Quad summit, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit India next week to confer with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh as the US focuses on China as an emerging threat, according to a Pentagon official

Leaders at the first Quad summit committed Friday to harness India's vaccine  manufacturing prowess in what Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a “landmark” partnership to deliver a billion doses to the Indo-Pacific region and beyond as the four-nation group eyes a broader cooperation agenda centred around their common democratic ethos

“The Quad has come of age,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared on Friday at the summit of their leaders to take the group to a next level of enhanced cooperation between the four countries - the US, Australia, Japan and India

US Vice President Kamala Harris will also be participating in the first Quad summit with President Joe Biden and Prime Ministers Narendra Modi of India, Scott Morrison of Australia and Yoshihide Suga of Japan on Friday, according to the White House

India's leadership in providing the COVID-19 vaccine will be high on the agenda of the first Quad summit on Friday as the leaders of the four country's look for ways to build the group as a benevolent force for the region extending its role beyond the strategic as they confront China's growing hard and soft powers.