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Joe Biden has no plans to call his predecessor Trump: White House

There's no call planned, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at a news conference on Thursday

Biden makes Covid-19 test, quarantine mandatory for people entering US

"In addition to wearing masks, everyone flying to the US from another country will need to test before they get on that plane, before they depart, and quarantine when they arrive in America"

World loves Joe Biden but is losing faith in America, says survey

President Joe Biden is popular across much of the world and expected to provide greater U.S. leadership on issues such as fighting Covid, terrorism and climate change, a new multi-nation survey shows

Liberated to speak freely on risks of Covid-19 under Biden: Anthony Fauci

Fauci is one of the few holdovers in the Biden administration from former President Donald Trump's Coronavirus Task Force

Kamala Harris as vice president further cements India-US relationship: WH

President Joe Biden, who was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States a day earlier, respects the long bipartisan successful relationship between the two countries

National Guard troops head home after helping secure Biden inaugural

The National Guard Bureau said on Thursday that of the nearly 26,000 Guard troops deployed to DC for the inaugural, just 10,600 remain on duty

Best of BS Opinion: Sensex hits 50K-mark, Biden's presidency starts & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Joe Biden seeks five-year extension of New START arms treaty with Russia

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that US lawmakers have been briefed on Biden's decision, which is likely to be made public later on Thursday

Biden launches sweeping Covid-19 changes on first full day in White House

The Biden administration is aiming at a coordinated federal coronavirus response to the 10-month pandemic, focused on boosting vaccines, increasing testing, reopening schools

Joe Biden moves to undo most damaging aspects of Donald Trump's Legacy

Biden signed 17 executive orders, memorandums and proclamations from the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon

Joe Biden playbook grips markets: Green up, defence and prisons down

South Korea's OCI Co, a solar equipment maker, rose as much as 9 per cent on and Japan's West Holdings gained 4.5 per cent

India's tech industry hails Joe Biden's stand on immigration, H-1B rules

Trump admin had placed several curbs and made unfavourable changes to the H-1B visa rules. Biden has either withdrawn or frozen some of these provisions

Facebook's oversight board to decide if Donald Trump should stay suspended

Trump will remain suspended while the board, a recently created body that can overrule the company's decisions on content, reviews the decision

Back to the future

Joe Biden's presidency starts on a challenging note

Wall Street hovers near record highs after Biden bounce; Ford Motor up 3%

President Joe Biden is expected to launch an array of initiatives during his initial days in office, including ramping up testing and vaccine rollouts.

Amazon offers to assist President Biden with US Covid vaccine distribution

Amazon is offering its colossal operations network and advanced technologies to assist President Joe Biden in his vow to get 100 million COVID vaccinations to Americans in his first 100 days in office

President Biden puts forth virus strategy, requires mask use to travel

President Joe Biden is putting forth a national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks

Biden to direct agencies to use Defense Production Act in Covid-19 fight

Biden will issue an executive order on Thursday directing agencies to use the Defense Production Act (DPA) and other powers

World leaders laud US return to climate fight under Biden administration

World leaders breathed an audible sigh of relief that the United States under Biden is rejoining the global effort to curb climate change

Germany's Merkel stands by Russia pipeline that United States opposes

This is likely to be an irritant in generally improved relations with the new Biden administration