Tag: Vice President
Kamala Harris Accepts Democratic Party's VP Nomination
California Senator Kamala Harris has formally accepted her nomination as the Democratic Party's Vice Presidential candidate, becoming the first woman of South Asian descent to be nominated to a major US party's presidential ticket.....
Indian-Americans See Kamala Harris' Win As Proof Of Land Of Opportunity
Indian-American organisations and leaders are seeing the announcement of the election of Kamala Harris as the next US Vice President as a vindication of the dream of America as the land of opportunities and look forward to working with her and Joe Biden as President in healing the national divide. ....
US Vice President Mike Pence To Take Coronavirus Vaccine Publicly
US Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence will publicly receive a Covid-19 vaccine on Friday to promote the safety and efficacy of the vaccine and build confidence among the American people. ....
VP Naidu Unveils Telescope Mirror Polishing Facility In Bengaluru
Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday unveiled the mirror polishing facility for the 30-metre telescope project at the Centre for Research and Education in Science and Technology (Crest) of the state-run Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) on this tech city's outskirts. ....
Pelosi, Schumer, Republican Congressman Join Calls To Oust Trump From Office
Reeling from the mob attack on Congress, the nation's two highest-ranking Democrats and a Republican Congressman have demanded that Vice President Mike Pence act to remove President Donald Trump from office. ....
Centre-farmers' Standoff Will Resolve Through Dialogues: Vice President
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said that the current standoff between the protesting farmers and the Centre will resolve only through dialogues. ....
The Kamala Harris Saga Continues With Another Biography
"Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you are not the last," the US Vice President-elect's mother Shyamala Harris told her once, says this revelatory and inspiring biography of the female icon of the moment, to be released on the day she takes office on January 20. ....
Joe Biden Inaugration: Fearful Washington Hunkers Down; Fire Disrupts Inauguration Rehearsal
The Capitol area of Washington hunkering down under a pall of fear was put in a lockdown on Monday when a fire broke out in a camp of homeless people near the site of Wednesday's inauguration of Joe Biden as President and Kamala Harris as Vice President. ....
Joe Biden was sworn-in as President and Kamala Harris as Vice President in a historic ceremony to take the leadership of a nation ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic and riven by deep political hostility. The daughter of Shyamala Gopalan became the first Indian American, the first woman, and the first African American to be sworn in as the Vice President, putting her a heartbeat away from the presidency. Biden declared after being swearing in, "Democracy has prevailed."....
Trump Who? Joe Biden And Kamala Harris Inauguration Day Highlights
In the span of about about 120 minutes, between the hours of 10.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. on Wednesday, the rituals of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris inauguration and the smiles all around, even among Bidens opponents, marked a remarkable shift for American politics. ....
