Trump thanks his children at send-off ceremony: They did a fantastic job
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As he began his remarks at Joint Base Andrews, President Trump focused on his family, who were in attendance to the side of the stage.
He recognized his children, saying, “People have no idea how hard this family worked. They could have had a much easier life, but they just, they did a fantastic job.”
He also recognized his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, before calling up first lady Melania Trump to make brief remarks.
Melania Trump took the podium briefly, saying, “Being your first lady was my greatest honor.
Biden names temporary VA leadership as his secretary nominee awaits Senate debate January 20 President-elect Joe Biden, right, and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, left, look on as former Obama White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough delivers remarks after being introduced as Biden’s nominee to head the Department of Veterans Affairs at the Queen Theater on Dec. 11, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Veterans Affairs’ data and technology expert will serve as acting secretary for the entire department as the Senate considers the nomination of Denis McDonough to serve in the permanent Cabinet post. Officials from the new administration of President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that Dat Tran, principal deputy assistant secretary for VA’s Office of Enterprise Integration, will serve as acting secretary until McDonough’s confirmation process concludes.
UPI transactions by volume and value hit new high in December
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When UPI captures 59% of the payment market share by volume, projected transactions are expected to be at 99 billion by volume and ₹128 trillion by value, said PwC.
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UPI had a 17% market share in 2018-19 and is expected to reach 59% by 2024-25
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Unified Payment Interface (UPI) transactions have been rising consistently, making a new high every month for the past six months. The trend holds for the number of transactions (volume) and for the transacted amount (value), too.
UPI transactions had taken a hit in April due to covid-19 pandemic. But it started recovering from May onwards. From July, it went back to making new highs month on month.
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President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden are joined by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff during a COVID-19 memorial event at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON Hours from inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden paused on what might have been his triumphal entrance to Washington Tuesday evening to mark instead the national tragedy of the coronavirus pandemic with a moment of collective grief for Americans lost.
His arrival coincided with the awful news that the U.S. death toll had surpassed 400,000 in the worst public health crisis in more than a century a crisis Biden will now be charged with controlling.
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National Mall illuminated with pillars of light and Field of Flags for the Americans who can t attend the inauguration.
National Mall illuminated with pillars of light, Field of Flags for Americans who can t attend Biden s inauguration ANI | Updated: Jan 20, 2021 09:47 IST
By Reena Bhardwaj
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): Thousands of US flags have been placed at the National Mall in honour of the nearly 200,000 Americans who cannot be present for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on January 20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The display called the Field of Flags is made up of 191,500 US flags and 56 pillars of light.