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Best of BS Opinion: Structural weakness, the mirage of self-reliance & more
Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Friday
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Joe Biden to amend Trump's China blacklist, target key industries
Order takes aim at China's defence, surveillance tech sectors
 "Joe Biden to amend Trump's China blacklist, target key industries")
'Get a shot and have a beer': President Joe Biden to Americans
Biden said his administration will continue encouraging people to get vaccinated with incentives and fun rewards.
Biden to begin Covid-19 vaccine donations abroad as variant threat looms
The White House, which has faced pressure from a range of countries to share its vaccines, has settled on its plan and an announcement is imminent, according to the people, who discussed the matter
Looking closely at retaliation over ransomware attack: Prez Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden said that his administration was "looking closely" at whether to retaliate against Russia for a recent ransomware attack
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US President Biden suspends oil leases in Alaska's Arctic refuge
This reverses a drilling program approved by the Trump administration
'Democracy itself is in peril', says Biden, commemorates America's war dead
US President Joe Biden said that Democracy itself was in peril in the US and around the world
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Trace origin of Covid-19 or face 'Covid-26', 'Covid-32' : US experts
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden called for a renewed investigation into the virus's emergence and ordered the agencies to "redouble their efforts" and report to him again in 90 days.
 "Trace origin of Covid-19 or face 'Covid-26', 'Covid-32' : US experts")
Tracing Covid-19's origin: Five ways US is pressing China to solve mystery
In the past few weeks, the United States has pressed China on tracing the origin of the virus.
For Prez Joe Biden, a deeply personal Memorial Day weekend observance
Joe Biden marked his first Memorial Day weekend as commander in chief by honoring nation's sacrifices in a deeply personal manner as he paid tribute to those lost while remembering his late son Beau
Outright economic boom is missing from the Joe Biden revival budget
Economic growth is strong in 2021 and 2022 - but strong enough only to return the economy to its pre-pandemic trend line, not to surge above the trajectory it was on throughout the 2010s
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Joe Biden's fossil fuel moves clash with pledges on climate change
The clash between Mr. Biden's pledges and some of his recent decisions illustrates the political, technical and legal difficulties of disentangling the country from the oil, gas and coal
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Joe Biden's $6 trillion budget: Social spending, taxes on business
Biden has already described, in general terms, major plans on infrastructure and he won a major victory on Covid-19 relief earlier this year
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Social spending, business tax hike drive $6 trillion Joe Biden budget
President Joe Biden's USD 6 trillion budget proposal for next year would run a USD 1.8 trillion federal government deficit despite a raft of new tax increases on corporations and high-income people
Ind-Uzbek ties set to grow as Biden shuffles geopolitical order in Eurasia
India and landlocked Uzbekistan are set to reboot ties, taking advantage of Iran's likely accommodation in the international mainstream and the rapidly approaching political transition in Afghanistan
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India supports call for detailed studies on origins of coronavirus
India on Friday supported the renewed global call for a comprehensive study by the WHO into the origins of coronavirus
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China has no allies, the US has many: American Defence Secretary Austin
That the US has many allies around the world gives it greater capacity and greater capability, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin told lawmakers
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Global Covax supply hit due to India coronavirus crisis: USAID to lawmakers
There are many parts of the world where one shot has been dispensed to health workers or frontline workers and the second shot has not been forthcoming, a top Biden administration official said
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Biden to propose $6-trillion budget to boost middle class and infra
This would push federal spending to its highest sustained levels since WW-II
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Jaishankar arrives in Washington DC for dialogue with Biden administration
A review of the progress made in bilateral ties in the first 100 days of the Biden administration is on the agenda
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