Biden has nominated close ally Eric Garcetti to be US Ambassador to India
Covid third wave in India: Alarming figures from Kerala shed clues US President Joe Biden has nominated Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, his close political ally and a former Navy intelligence officer with Indo-Pacific experience, to be the ambassador to India. The White House also announced on Friday that Biden was nominating a career diplomat, Peter Haas, as the ambassador to Bangladesh. Both of them will have to be confirmed to their posts by the Senate. Garceti tweeted, "Should I be confirmed, I'll bring this same energy, commitment, and love for this city to my new role and will forge pa...