The White House has announced a comprehensive plan to reorganise the US federal government, including reforming the food stamp programme and merging the departments of education and labour so as to bring education and job training together. The reform is aimed to improve and streamline the federal government but will not be in a type […]
The Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) has voted to allow the press to create political satire about candidates in the October general elections, as well as to express itself in favour or against the politicians. This rule had been included in a change of electoral laws in 2009, but this was suspended by the STF in […]
The two Koreas held talks on Friday where they discussed organising a reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War and other humanitarian issues, according to Seoul’s Unification Ministry. The talks started at around 10 a.m. at a hotel on Mount Kumgang on the North’s scenic east coast, reports Yonhap News Agency. South Korea’s […]
A policeman injured in a militant attack here in Jammu and Kashmir on June 15 succumbed to critical injuries in a hospital on Friday. Police said head constable Habibullah who was injured along with another policeman and two civilians in a militant in Kaka Sarai area has succumbed to injuries in the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of […]
A woman was injured on Friday during a gunfire exchange between the security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Police said she sustained the gunshot injury in the Srigufwara village gun battle site. Authorities have suspended mobile Internet services in the district to check spread of any kind of rumours. Earlier, the […]
A United Nations report published on Wednesday said in 2016, an estimated 4.2 million people died as a result of high levels of ambient air pollution. “In 2016, 91 per cent of the urban population worldwide were breathing air that did not meet the World Health Organization Air Quality Guidelines value for particulate matter (PM […]
Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray has requested the US to immediately reunite a girl with Down’s syndrome and her brother with their family. Mexico on Wednesday demanded that the Donald Trump administration take all necessary action to ensure an immediate reunion of the child and her brother with their mother and the family, Xinhua news […]
Algeria has turned off its internet nationwide during high school exams in a bid to tackle cheating. Blackouts will continue throughout the exam season, till June 25. Internet service, both mobile and fixed line, is to be off for an hour after the start of each high school diploma exam to stop any leaks, the […]
The government’s Brexit bill has passed through Parliament after Theresa May saw off a revolt by Tory MPs. Peers accepted the amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill sent to them from the House of Commons, meaning the bill now goes for Royal Assent, becoming law. Earlier, the government won the vote 319 to 303, after […]
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday led hundreds of yoga enthusiasts as they practiced ‘asanas’ on the fourth edition of the International Yoga Day here. Hundreds had flocked to the sprawling Raj Bhawan that opened its gates to commoners to participate on the occasion. […]