Top US official makes rare stop in Taiwan

Last Updated: Thursday, December 1, 2011, 21:48

USAID chief Rajiv Shah on Thursday became the highest-ranking US official to visit Taiwan since 2006.

USAID `has not put any funding for Pak HEC on hold`

Last Updated: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 12:37

Reports said the USAID has put USD 250 million project in Pakistan on hold.

USAID chief says threatened in Pakistan, leaves

Last Updated: Sunday, August 29, 2010, 00:24

Indian-American US aid chief Rajiv Shah was threatened by extremists.

USAID chief visits relief camp run by JuD arm?

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 21:50

Conflicting claims were made on Wednesday about the visit of USAID`s Indian-origin chief Rajiv Shah to a relief camp, run by a front organisation of Jamaat-ud-Dawah, in Pakistan`s flood-hit Sindh province.

USAID programme for Pak makes little headway: Report

Last Updated: Friday, January 29, 2010, 15:28

An American aid programme worth USD 45 million has failed in its mission, according to the audit, a media report said on Friday.

Hillary calls USAID chief Shah a transformational leader

Last Updated: Friday, January 8, 2010, 10:28

Rajiv Shah has been officially sworn in on Friday as the administrator of US Aid for International Development (USAID), making him the highest ranking person of Indian origin in any presidential administration.

Senate confirms Rajiv Shah`s nomination as USAID chief

Last Updated: Friday, December 25, 2009, 09:00

The United States Senate on Friday approved the nomination of Rajiv Shah to head the US Agency for International Development (USAID), making him the highest ranking Indian-American in the administration.

Obama names Indian American Rajiv Shah as USAID chief

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 11:22

President Barack Obama has named Rajiv Shah, an Indian American official at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to head USAID, an agency charged with spurring development around the world.