Biden is under significant pressure to turn his pledges of unity and competence into results - and swiftly
He said he would also seek to deepen and broaden the defense cooperation between India and the US through the Quad security dialogue and other regional multilateral engagements
He will reach out to all Americans, and call on every citizen to be part of meeting the extraordinary challenges facing fellow Americans, his advisors said Tuesday on the condition of anonymity
Blinken said that India has been a bipartisan success story of the US successive administrations, adding that there are "many ways in which we can deepen that corporation"
Harris said she hopes Americans emerge from the ordeal of the pandemic "with a new wisdom - to cherish simple moments"
Earlier, Trump had announced that he will not be joining Biden at the inauguration
Biden flew on Tuesday on a private aircraft, yet another change in a protocol on the eve of his inauguration, CNN reported
Biden will arrive in Washington on Tuesday, where Trump isn't expected to give him a meeting, according to people familiar with the matter
The most controversial of the group may be Lloyd Austin, the recently retired Army general whom Biden selected to lead the Pentagon.
Biden, 78, and Harris, 56, are due to take over the reigns of the country on January 20
The pick comes as Democrats are eyeing ways to provide student loan relief to millions of Americans as part of a Covid-19 relief package
"We''re going into Wednesday knowing that we''re ready to do the work, and we''ve got a lot of work to do. It''s not going to be easy," Harris told reporters
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were joining Martin Luther King Jr. Day service projects on Monday
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Monday officially resigned from her Senate seat, ending her four-year innings in the upper chamber of the United States Congress.
With the confluence of crises confronting Joe Biden's administration, Kamala Harris is expected to have her say in all aspects of Biden's agenda
Chopra, an ally of Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, had been considered a top candidate for the job
Harris will be the first Black woman and first woman of South Asian descent to serve as vice president of the US.
Harris, who will script history as the first female, first Black and first South Asian US vice president, will be sworn in by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic justice in US Supreme Court
The traditional in-person meeting between the outgoing president and the president-elect has not happened. Same is the case with the outgoing vice president and his successor
Kamala Harris' cover photograph on Vogue has lit up the internet with duelling interpretations of how she is represented