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Advertisement Amid an unfolding COVID-19 catastrophe in India, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke over telephone on April 26. The call came a day after the United States embarked on a large-scale campaign to assure India, a vital security partner, that it stands by the country amid a tsunami of new cases that has pushed India’s creaky healthcare system to its breaking point. Over the last couple of weeks as the pandemic raged on, significant and influential sections of the Indian public not only lashed out at the Biden administration’s silence on the is...

US Defense Production Act does not mean 'export ban', clarifies White House ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 23:49 IST Washington DC [US], April 26 (ANI): After facing a barrage of criticism for denying essential COVID supplies to India, the United States on Tuesday defended the Defense Production Act (DFA), a US policy under which the supplies were reportedly withheld. Tim Manning, the White HouseCOVID-19 Supply Coordinator, in a series of tweets explained how the US diverted its pending orders of vaccine filters to India's vaccine manufacturing effort. Defe...

Shining Much‐​Needed Light on the Defense Production Act SHARE Ever since the pandemic began, the little‐​known, cold war‐​era Defense Production Act has played a prominent role in the U.S. government’s response to COVID-19. At the vigorous urging of a bipartisan swath of politicians and commentators, both Presidents Trump and Biden repeatedly invoked the DPA, which confers upon the executive branch broad powers to compel (Title I) or subsidize (Title III) private actors in the United States on “national security” grounds, in order to expand the domestic production a...

Amid Second Virus Wave, the World Responds to India’s Distress Call Countries, companies and powerful members of the diaspora have all pledged to pitch in, but it likely won’t be enough to stop the unfolding catastrophe. A man receiving oxygen outside a Sikh house of worship in Delhi on Sunday.Credit...Atul Loke for The New York Times April 26, 2021Updated 4:52 p.m. ET NEW DELHI — Oxygen generators from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Raw material for coronavirus vaccines from the United States. Millions in cash from companies led by Indian-American businessmen. As a second w...

Government Executive Get the latest workforce news delivered to your inbox. email Coronavirus Roundup: Smithsonian Announces Reopening; OMB and Oversight Panel Offer Guidelines on Payment Integrity of Relief Funds  There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advisory committee voted on Friday to recommend lifting the pause on Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine. The committee also advised adding a warning of increased chances of getting rare blood clots for some rec...