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Biden's team says India has not allowed media questions after meet: Cong

The Congress on Friday alleged that US President Joe Biden's team has said that despite multiple requests India has not allowed media to ask questions of him and Prime Minister Narendra Modi after their bilateral meeting here. President Biden is in Delhi to attend the G20 Summit on September 9 and 10. "President Biden's team says despite multiple requests India has not allowed media to ask questions of him and Prime Minister Modi after their bilateral meeting," Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on X. "President Biden will now take questions in Vietnam on Sept 11th from the media accompanying him. Not surprising at all. This is how democracy is done Modi-style," Ramesh said. Soon after his arrival this evening, Biden held a bilateral meeting with PM Modi at his residence. Biden and many other dignitaries from across the world are in New Delhi for the G20 Summit. India currently holds the presidency of G20.

Legendary American singer Bennett dies at 96; suffered from Alzheimer's

Bennett vaulted to fame in the early 1950s with a string of emotional hits, including The Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Because of You and Blue Velvet.

American media giants NBC News, MSNBC lay off employees in 'double digits'

According to CNN, the laid off number was around 75 and the staff cuts affected across the divisions

S Jaishankar takes dig on American media for 'biased' Indian coverage

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday took a dog on the mainstream American media, including The Washington Post, for their "biased" coverage of India. "I look at the media. You know, there are some newspapers you know, exactly, what they are going to write including one in this town," Jaishankar told a gathering of Indian-Americans from across the country amidst laughter and applause. The prestigious Washington Post is the national daily published from Washington DC and currently being owned by Jeff Bezos of Amazon. "My point is there are biases, there are efforts really, to determine, . Look the more India goes its way and the people who believe that they were the custodians and the shapers of India lose ground in India the more actually, some of these debaters gonna come outside," Jaishankar said responding to a question on the increase in anti-Indian forces in this country. Such groups, he asserted, are "not winning in India." Such groups, the minister noted, will tr

Rupert Murdoch heads for his 4th divorce at 91, splits with Jerry Hall

Murdoch and the 65-year-old Hall, who got married at a mansion in central London in 2016, are yet to comment

Taiwan foreign minister invites American journalists expelled by China

The move marked the biggest crackdown on the foreign press in China in recent decades

China expels several US journalists in biggest crackdown on foreign media

Starting from Wednesday, the journalists, whose press cards were due to expire later this year, must notify the foreign ministry within four days and hand back their credentials within 10 days

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