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India's leadership in the G-20 further broadens its capacity to stand as a force for good in the world, the official said.          US President Joe Biden is looking forward to travelling to India in September this year (File) Washington: US President Joe Biden is looking forward to travelling to India in September, his administration's point person for South and Central Asia has said, observing that 2023 is going to be a "big year" for the India-US relationship. India's leadership in the G-20 further broadens its capacity to stand as a force for good in the world, the official said. "This is gonna be a big year. Of course, India is hosting the G-20. This year, the United States is hosting APEC. Japan is hosting the G7. We have lots of our QUAD members who are taking on leadership roles. And it provides opportunities for all of us to bring our countries closer together," Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Donald Lu, told news agency...

Biden's remarks come after a person killed six people, including three children at Covenant School in Nashville.                           "It's Just Sick": US President Joe Biden On Nashville School Shooting  Washington: US President Joe Biden on Monday (local time) termed the school shooting at Nashville which claimed the lives of six people as "sick" and said that the US has to do more about gun violence and stressed that "it's ripping the soul of this nation." Biden's remarks come after a person killed six people, including three children at Covenant School in Nashville. He also called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban and said that the shooter in Nashville reportedly had two assault weapons and a pistol. While addressing the Small Business Administration Women's Business Summit, Biden said, "It's just sick. You know, we're still gathering the facts of what happened and why. And we do know that, as o...

  Humanitarian corridors have opened in several Ukrainian cities to allow non-combatants to leave, officials say. An apartment building is damaged following shelling in Ukraine's second largest city of Kharkiv Ukraine  is evacuating civilians through six “humanitarian corridors”, including from Mariupol, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk says after Russia declares a temporary ceasefire. The European Commission announces a plan to cut Russian gas imports by two-thirds this year. United States President  Joe Biden  bans imports of Russian oil and gas, while the United Kingdom says it will phase out Russian energy products by year’s end. Ukrainian President  Volodymyr Zelenskyy  calls for more Western action against Moscow as Russian advance continues.

  Kyiv  residents awoke Wednesday to an air raid alert urging them to get to bomb shelters as quickly as possible over fears of incoming Russian missiles, while the strategic port city of Mariupol remained encircled as a humanitarian crisis grew. Moscow said it was ready to provide humanitarian corridors on Wednesday for people fleeing the capital and four other Ukrainian cities. Mikhail Mizintsev, head of Russia's National Defence Control Centre, said that Russian forces would "observe a regime of silence" from 10 am Moscow time to ensure safe passage for civilians wishing to leave Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Mariupol. Follow our live blog for the day’s latest developments. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky  US  President Joe Biden  announced a ban on US imports of oil from Russia in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The UK also said they would phase out Russian oil imports by the end of the year.  The UN said the number of refugees fle...

Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said in a statement late Wednesday night that Russia’s military operation in Ukraine brings the “need to expel the current” leadership in Moscow “into sharp focus.” The statement was issued soon after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a military operation in Ukraine, following weeks of speculation about a potential invasion.  Committee Chair Bob Menendez (D-N.J.)  “This unprovoked attack has brought into sharp focus the need to expel the current Kremlin leadership from the international community,” Menendez said. “Today must mark a historical shift in how the world views and deals with the despot in Moscow.” Putin, in a televised address Thursday morning Moscow time, said the military operation was meant to protect Ukraine from what he called a “regime.” Russia incrementally amassed up to 190,000 troops at the Ukrainian border in recent weeks, stoking fear in the U.S. and among allies of a large-scale offensi...