➡️@neeratanden, Director of the Office of Management & Budget, will be the first woman of colour & South Asian American to hold this influential position at the White House.
➡️@vivek_murthy, the US Surgeon General the 43-year-old Murthy will lead Biden’s COVID task force.
➡️@vanitaguptaCR - Associate Attorney General, she played a crucial role in challenging Facebook, Google last year.
➡️@UzraZeya - The Indian-American diplomat has been nominated as Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, & Human Rights.
➡️#MalaAdiga, Policy Director for Jill Biden, she previously served as a senior advisor to Dr. Jill Biden.
➡️#GarimaVerma, Digital Director of the Office of the First Lady, Indian-Origin Verma served as audience development and content strategist on the Biden-Harris campaign.
Two Kashmiri women, Sameera Fazili and Aisha Shah, bag senior position.
➡️#AishaShah will be Partnerships Manager at the office of Digital Strategy.
➡️@sameerafazili is appointed as Deputy Director of National Economic Council
➡️@sabrinasingh24, Deputy Press Secretary. She served as a Press Secretary to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on the Biden-Harris campaign.
➡️@BharatRamamurti, the Harvard graduate been appointed as Deputy Director of the NEC for financial reform and consumer protection.
➡️Gautam Raghavan (@gauragDC) returns to the White House as Deputy Director of the Office of Presidential Personnel.
➡️#VinayReddy, Director of Speechwriting. Reddy has served as chief speechwriter for Biden in the Obama-Biden cabinet’s second term.
➡️Vedant Patel (@vedantpatel90), Assistant Press Secretary will be the third-ever Indian American to be part of White House press shop.
➡️Tarun Chhabra (@ChhabraT), crucial post in National Security Council, appointed as Senior Director for Technology and National Security.
➡️#SumonaGuha, Senior Director for South Asia. Guha was co-chair of the South Asia foreign policy working group on the campaign.
➡️#ShanthiKalathil, Coordinator for Democracy & Human Rights. She has also served as a senior democracy fellow at the US Agency for Intl. Development.
➡️#SoniaAggarwal, Senior advisor for climate policy and innovation. The energy and climate expert has led America’s Power Plan.
➡️#VidurSharma, Policy Advisor for Testing. In the Obama-Biden admin, Sharma served as a health policy advisor on the Domestic Policy Council.
➡️#NehaGupta has been appointed as Associate Counsel.
➡️#ReemaShah as Deputy Associate Counsel in the White House Counsel.
@SanchDash#JackMa made a virtual appearance where he met 100 rural teachers in #China through a video call.
@SanchDash#JackMa, the Chinese billionaire was under scrutiny by the government of #China, had not been seen in public for several weeks, this had led to speculations that Ma could be missing.
#BudgetInsider | “Expecting to have a lot of stability and rebuilding of relationships. Expect attention to be on leadership going forward”: @CSIS' @RichardRossow on what US is looking at with the change of guard
#BudgetInsider: "US-India defence relations will continue on from the Obama administration. Governments have had a contentious relationship when it comes to trade. Both sides are taking protectionist measures": @CSIS' @RichardRossow
@wef@SanchDash The World Economic Forum Global Risk Report cautions the world against the next imminent dangers. In 2020, the risk of a global #pandemic became reality, and the World Economic Forum (@wef) report has been warning the world about it since 2006.
@wef@SanchDash The report called the human and economic cost of #COVID19 ‘severe’. While governments around the world have promised $12 trillion in stimulus, experts said that it shouldn’t be seen as a cost but as an investment for the future.
3. #RishabhPant becomes the fastest Indian wicketkeeper to score a 1,000 runs. The previous record was held by MS Dhoni who took 32 innings to reach the milestone