The White House believes the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) needs a "fresh start" with new leadership free of the agency's long-standing cultural issues, a White House official said on Tuesday.

White House calls for fresh start at FDIC amid sexual harassment scandal

The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), on a bipartisan basis, gave approval to a resolution which reaffirmed the status of Arunachal Pradesh as an 'integral part' of India.

US Senate Committee calls Arunachal Pradesh an ‘integral part’ of India

Former Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti's nomination as US ambassador to India was approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a 13-8 vote. The nomination will now head to the Senate floor for a full vote.

Eric Garcetti, Biden's choice for ambassador to India, approved by key Senate committee

The Senate has passed a budget resolution on Friday which has lent a step forward for the much-awaited $1.09 trillion coronavirus relief bill in the US. After a marathon of votes on various amendments, the Democrats passed the budget resolution with a vote of 51-50 with the newly-elected US Vice President Kamala Harris casting her first tiebreaking vote.

Senate approves budget bill for Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief aid; Harris casts tiebreaking vote

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte plans to declare a nationwide public health emergency following confirmation of the country's first community transmission of the disease, the presidential aide said on Saturday.

Philippines' Duterte to declare public health emergency to combat coronavirus