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January 24, 2021

Trump impeachment trial in Senate to begin on Feb 8

The January 6th insurrection at the Capitol, incited by Donald J Trump was a day none of us will ever forget., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said.

January 23, 2021
US television personality Larry King dies at 87

He had been hospitalized at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for more than a week, CNN reported.
January 22, 2021
US Senate confirms Lloyd Austin as first African-American chief of Pentagon

Biden is looking for Austin to restore stability atop the Pentagon, which went through two Senate-confirmed secretaries of defense and four who held the post on an interim basis during the Trump administration.
January 22, 2021
China reports new strains of swine fever; illegal vaccines likely cause

The new strains could proliferate globally through contaminated meat, infecting pigs that are fed on kitchen waste.
January 21, 2021
Biden's immigration bill proposes to eliminate per country cap, to benefit Indian IT professionals

The bill makes it easier for graduates of US universities with advanced degrees, in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) stay in the US and eliminates other unnecessary hurdles for employment-based green cards.
January 21, 2021
Kamala Harris breaks barriers as America's vice president

Kamala is the first woman, the first Black American and the first Asian American to hold the second highest US office.
January 21, 2021
Oxford scientists preparing vaccine versions to combat emerging virus variants

The team behind the vaccine from Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc is undertaking feasibility studies to reconfigure the technology.

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Trump impeachment trial in Senate to begin on Feb 8

US television personality Larry King dies at 87

US Senate confirms Lloyd Austin as first African-American chief of Pentagon

China reports new strains of swine fever; illegal vaccines likely cause

Biden's immigration bill proposes to eliminate per country cap, to benefit Indian IT professionals

Kamala Harris breaks barriers as America's vice president

Oxford scientists preparing vaccine versions to combat emerging virus variants

Prez Biden looks to galvanize COVID-19 fight, vaccinations as he takes office

President Biden makes first moves, rolls back Trump policies on wall, climate, health, Muslims

Biden sworn in as 46th US president, takes helm of deeply divided nation