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President-elect Biden inauguration to feature virtual, nationwide parade

President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration will include a "virtual parade across America" consistent with crowd limits during the coronavirus era, organisers announced on Sunday

Best of BS Opinion: Chinese military, Biden as US President, and more

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

Biden will inherit strong levarage over Beijing than before, courtsey Trump

Biden will be sworn in as president after Trump's administration spent years ramping up pressure on China, including levying tariffs on $370 billion in imports

Biden announces his climate and energy team to enact 'ambitious' plan

Biden touted his team's experience and diversity, describing it as "barrier-busting," and said his nominations signified the seriousness

It's official: Joe Biden confirmed as president-elect by Electoral College

Biden reached the milestone with California's 55 votes. After Hawaii then added its tally, Biden reached 306 votes. Current US President Donald Trump received 232

Joe Biden after victory confirmation: 'Will be President for all Americans'

It is time to "unite, heal and turn the page" on the US election, President-elect Joe Biden told Americans, hours after the Electoral College affirmed his victory over Republican President Donald Trump, who has refused to concede his loss and filed a litany of legal challenges to overturn the poll results. The members of the 538-member Electoral College on Monday pushed Biden past the 270-vote threshold to win the race for the White House, one of the final steps required for the 78-year-old Democrat to take office in January next year.

Trump says Attorney General Barr resigning, will leave before Christmas

Barr went Monday to the White House, where Trump said the attorney general submitted his letter of resignation

Biden nominates Katherine Tai as top trade rep, says China key priority

Tai currently serves as the chief lawyer on trade on the House Ways and Means Committee, and prior to that she served in the USTR's Office of the General Counsel

Obama, the best-selling author, on empathy, reading and grind of writing

Obama spoke about the experience of writing his new book and the formative role that reading has played, since his teenage years, in shaping his thinking, his views on politics and history

Biden vows to reopen most schools in US after first 100 days as President

Joe Biden has pledged to bring the coronavirus pandemic under enough control to open most of the nation's schools during his first 100 days as president

President-elect Biden announces new health team to manage Covid-19 in US

US President-elect Biden announced key members of his incoming administration's health team, which includes Indian-American doctor Vivek Murthy, who will be responsible for managing Covid-19 pandemic

Biden facing growing pressure over who he chooses as defence secretary

President-elect Joe Biden is facing escalating pressure from competing factions within his own party as he finalises his choice for secretary of defence

Power and pomp: What Donald Trump liked about being US President

He preferred the parts of the job that combined pomp, splendor and a world amenable to his decisions. In other words, he always seemed to genuinely enjoy pardoning turkeys

Twitter to hand over @POTUS account to President-elect Biden on Jan 20

The current tweets posted during the Trump administration will be archived, and the account will be reset to zero tweets.

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris's victory in US elections: Is it good for India?

Will Joe Biden be good for India? Well, Joe Biden has been a strong proponent of closer India-US ties since his days as a senator in the 1970s. He had played a key role in getting the approval of the Senate for the civil nuclear deal between the two countries in 2008 and even co-sponsored several legislations on countering terrorism. As Biden is set for a new inning as US President, we take a look at how this change is going to impact US-India relations in the future.

Joe Biden pro-India, will have much closer ties with the country: Chatwal

Indian-American businessman Sant Chatwal expressed joy at Democratic presidential candidate Biden's victory in US Presidential polls and said Biden was pro-India

Joe Biden wins US Presidency after long, bitter contest with Trump

Trump sought to undermine the outcome, baselessly accusing Democrats of trying to steal the election and claiming victory before the race was called

Trump's nominee Barrett says Supreme Court 'can't control' a president

Barrett sidestepped questions from senators on the ability of presidents to evade efforts to hold them accountable

Donald Trump paid $750 in tax in US, $145,400 in India, says report

The US president paid no tax at all for 10 years, according to an NYT report that analysed his returns for 20 years

Package addressed to Donald Trump containing poison ricin intercepted

All mail for the White House is sorted and screened at an offsite facility before reaching the White House