US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order banning many categories of immigration to the US for 60 days but it does not apply to H1-B professional visa-holders
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IMF projects India to be fastest-growing major economy despite global slump
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55 years later, India returns favour to US, emerges as humanitarian force
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Trump says he'd be surprised if Modi didn't allow hydroxychloroquine export
While India has lifted its ban on exports of hydroxychloroquine to the United States, President Donald Trump has said that he would be surprised if Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not allow it
Trump calls Modi for drug, Modi says both countries will fight pandemic in 'full strength'
US President Donald Trump has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for hydroxychloroquine and the Indian leader has agreed to bring the "full strength" of India-US partnership to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Hydroxychloroquine is in short supply in the US after Trump promoted it as a preventive and a therapy for COVID-19
