The White House has offered to work with New Delhi to help it reduce its reliance on imports from Moscow.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discussed regional objectives, particularly the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Ukraine and joint efforts in which all governments' sovereignty and territorial integrity are respected.

'Every country has to decide where they want to stand, where they want to be as we look and the history books are written,' White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday.

This was the first high-level discussion between the officials of the two countries after the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan on August 31.

Vaccines to India could not be sent because the Indian government is yet to clear the necessary legal hurdles for such emergency import, the State Department spokesperson said.

In his address to the nation, Biden reiterated that his administration would remain alert to the threat of terrorism.

India has said it desires normal neighbourly relations with Pakistan in an environment free of terror, hostility and violence and that the onus is on Islamabad to create an environment free of terror and hostility.

According to a 2018 report, 93% of approved applicants for H-4 employment authorisation were born in India.

Lloyd Austin said he will continue elevating the US's defence partnership with India.

He had also previously promised an immigration overhaul within 100 days of taking office.

Waheed Baloch, the former speaker of Balochistan provincial Assembly, said that Karima Baloch was "politically assassinated in Toronto by Pakistani military and ISI operatives".

Many Indian Americans are directly affected as they have family members and ancestral land in Punjab and are concerned for the well-being of their families in India, the lawmakers said.

On November 4, the US formally withdrew from the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change, a decision originally announced by President Donald Trump in 2017.

The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission said in its latest annual report to Congress that the Chinese Communist Party has been employing its armed forces as a coercive tool during peacetime.

She had held several senior roles, including as the White House Communications Director and the State Department Spokesperson under then-Secretary of State John Kerry.

A bipartisan resolution recognising the cultural and religious significance of an autonomous Tibet was also passed by the House.