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  The first Homeland Security Dialogue between India and the United States took place in 2011 while the second one was held in Washington DC in 2013. The US President Joe Biden administration has decided to re-establish the Homeland Security Dialogue with India which was earlier discontinued by the former President of US Donald Trump. The decision comes a day after the Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas spoke to the Ambassador of India to US Taranjit Singh Sandhu on March 22, 2021. The Homeland Security Secretary expressed his desire to further strengthening the partnership between the department and India. The first Homeland Security Dialogue between India and the United States took place in 2011 while the second one was held in Washington DC in 2013, between the then Home Minister of India Sushil Kumar and Ms Napolitano. Talks between Mayorkas and Sandhu: During the discussion, both the ministers highlighted positive engagement that has already taken place during the J

  Dr. Vivek Murthy will serve as a 21st Surgeon General of the United States. The United States Senate on March 22, 2021, voted to confirm the Indian- American Dr. Vivek Murthy to be US President Joe Biden’s surgeon general. With this, US Senate handed the administration one of its top public health officials amid the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. The US Senate voted 57-43 and confirmed the Indian-American as Joe Biden’s surgeon general. Republican Senators Susan Collins (Maine), Bill Cassidy (La.), Roger Marshall (Kan.), Rob Portman (Ohio), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Dan Sullivan (Alaska), and Mitt Romney (Utah) had joined Democrats during the vote to support Vivek Murthy’s nomination. Dr. Vivek Murthy had earlier served as the surgeon general under the administration of Barack Obama but was fired in 2017 by former US President Donald Trump. In a tweet, Dr. Vivek Murthy mentioned that he is deeply grateful to be confirmed by the US Senate to serve once again as the Surgeon General. He a