Tag: US
US Attorney General Files Suit Against Trump
State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed suit seeking to block US President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily banning foreign refugees, media reports said.....
Trudeau Reassures Canadian Muslims After Mosque Attack
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the millions of Muslims living in Canada that "this is your home", following the bloody attack on a Quebec mosque that left six dead and several wounded.....
Highest Capital Outlay For Railway Modernization
President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the highest capital outlay of Rs 1.21 lakh crore has been provided for railway modernization with major emphasis on track development in the northeast.....
UP May Turn Into Kashmir: BJP MP
BJP MP Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday warned of a "Kashmir-like" situation in Uttar Pradesh if proper action was not taken to stop what he said was an Hindu exodus.....
Economic Survey Moots Formation Of Public Sector Asset Rehabilitation Agency
The Economic Survey 2016-17 tabled in Parliament on Tuesday by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has mooted the formation of a centralised public sector asset rehabilitation agency (PARA).....
JuD Protests Against Hafiz Saeed's House Arrest
Members of the Jamaat ud-Dawa (JuD) staged protests across Pakistan after the group's leader Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai terror attacks, was placed under house arrest.....
Can Trump Make The Whole Earth Green Again?
In the barrage of criticism against US President Donald Trump for his utterances on refugees and Muslims, what has been missed is that he has an "open mind" on environmental issues. He should now again see with an open heart the image of the "whole Earth" taken by the Apollo 17 mission commanded by Eugene Andrew Cernan (who died on January 16, four days before Trump assumed office). That may trigger action to make not only America, but the entire Earth, great again.....
Apparel Industry Key To Creating Jobs, Pushing Exports: Economic Survey
The Economic Survey for 2016-17 tabled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in parliament on Tuesday said that apparel, leather and footware industries have enormous potential for creating jobs as well as for exports.....
President Pranab Mukherjee arrived at the Parliament House in a traditional coach-and-six from Rashtrapati Bhavan to address the joint sitting of Parliament.....
H-1B Reform Bill Introduced In US House Of Representatives
A legislation that calls for doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to $130,000 from the current minimum wage of $60,000, has been introduced in US the House of Representatives -- a move that could impact Indian techies. ....
