Conservative economic analyst Larry Kudlow has accepted the job of White House National Economic Council director to replace the outgoing Gary Cohn, the White House has said. “Larry Kudlow was offered, and accepted, the position of Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council,” White House press secretary Sarah […]
The White House “did” inform Rex Tillerson about US President Donald Trump’s decision to sack him as Secretary of State beforehand, a top official has said. White House Spokesperson Raj Shah said Tillerson was informed earlier on last Friday. US Under Secretary of State Steve Goldstein, however, had said on Tuesday that Tillerson “is unaware […]
India has shared with other countries its insights on empowering rural women and girls at an event on the sidelines of the meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women drawing on its many programmes. Leaders, diplomats and activists heard about how India was combating domestic violence, trying to right the unbalanced sex ratio, […]
Expressing solidarity with the UK, US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, has warned that if concrete measures were not initiated, “Russia will use chemical weapons here in New York or in cities of any country that sits on this Council”. Haley said the Donald Trump administration “stands in absolute solidarity with Great Britain” following […]
WhatsApp has signed a public commitment with Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) not to share users’ personal data with Facebook until data protection concerns are addressed. Facebook-owned WhatsApp signed an “undertaking” wherein they have given a public commitment not to share personal data with Facebook until they can do so in compliance with the upcoming […]
National carrier Air India on Thursday said that it has “restored” its official Twitter handle after it was hacked. According to a senior airline official, Air India has commenced its investigation into the matter. “The official Twitter handle has been restored (after it was hacked). We have commenced our investigation into the matter,” the official […]
Former UP minister and one of the most popular faces in the state capital, Begum Hamida Habibullah passed away here on Tuesday morning. She was 102, family sources said. Daughter of the late Nawab Nazir Yar Jung Bahadur, Chief Justice of the Hyderabad High Court, Begum Hamida was a front-ranking social worker known to the […]
New York’s Metropolitan Opera on Monday fired its music director emeritus, James Levine, after an investigation that turned up “credible evidence” that he had engaged in sexual harassment during his career. The investigation “uncovered credible evidence that Levine engaged in sexually abusive and harassing conduct both before and during the period when he worked at […]
In an unusual move, US President Donald Trump blocked Singapore-based Broadcom’s $140 billion bid for rival US chipmaker Qualcomm on grounds of national security. In a presidential order on Monday, Trump claimed that “credible evidence” had led him to believe that if Broadcom were to acquire control of Qualcomm, it “might take action that threatens […]
Republican Senator Jeff Flake slammed President Donald Trump’s newly signed tariffs on steel and aluminium imports while introducing a bill that would nullify them completely, the media reported. “Tariffs are bad enough on their own. Tariffs married with uncertainty are even worse,” CNBC News quoted the Arizona lawmaker as saying on the Senate floor on […]