Washington The newly elected US President Joe Biden may appoint Indian-American Neera Tandon as the director of the 'Office of Management and Budget' at the top post of the White House. The job of this office is to manage the budget of the administration. This information has been given in the local media's news on Sunday. If Tandon (50 )'s name is confirmed for the post in the US Senate as well, she will be the first black woman to head the influential 'Office of Management and Budget' in the White House. Tandon is currently the CEO of the left-leaning 'Center for American Progress'. According to 'The Wall Street Journal' news, Tandon's possible appointment is part of Biden's plan to form a team of liberal economic advisors to work with potential finance minister Janet Yellen. Many news reports said that Tandon,

According to the 'Washington Post', Tandon will be pressurized to curb government spending, but will likely play an important role in preparing the Biden administration's plan to deal with the current economic slowdown. According to the news, she has been a close aide of former US Secretary of State and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. Tandon helped pass the 'Affordable Care Act' in the Obama government. "The prospect of Neera Tandon being nominated for a cabinet-level position in the next administration is another proud day for Indian Americans," said MR Rangaswamy, founder of non-profit organization IndiaSpora. Their responsibility will be very wide.

Now there is no doubt that our community has become politically strong. "According to the Washington Post news, Cecilia Rouse, an economist at Princeton University, is likely to be appointed as the chair of the Economic Advisory Council. African-American Rouse will be the first black woman to become the president of the council, who will be instrumental in advising the president on the economy. Biden also plans to nominate Adewale Valley Adeyimo as Deputy Finance Minister. Jared Bernstein and Heather Boosey are likely to be named as members of their Economic Advisory Council. These announcements are likely on Tuesday.

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake (Earthquake) has occurred in the South American country Argentina. According to the information, the earthquake came on Monday night in San Juan province of here. This information has been given by the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ). At the same time, the American Tsunami Warning System has said that no tsunami warning has been issued due to the earthquake.

However, so far there has been no news of loss of any kind of property. Northwest Argentina adjoins Chile, so tremors have been felt here as well. The US Department of Geological Survey has reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was 27.6 km southwest of Porcito. The earthquake came at a depth of 14 kilometers.

There was also an earthquake in Indonesia

Recently, there was a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia. Which destroyed many houses and buildings. The rescue operation has been intensified here. At least 81 people have died in this earthquake.

Raditya Jati, spokesperson of the National Disaster Response Agency, says that Majenu has been most affected by the earthquake on Mamuju city and Sulawesi island.

800 people injured

The spokesman says that 70 people have died in Mamuzu and 11 in Majene. Around 27,850 people are currently living in the shelter. Half of the 800 people injured are currently being treated in the hospital.

During their stay here, other facilities including water, food and electricity are also being provided. It is being said that more than 1100 houses have also been damaged by the earthquake. The assessment of the damage caused by the earthquake is still going on.