US Senate Republicans have unveiled the text of their latest alternative healthcare bill intended to repeal Obamacare, before starting a debate and voting that may extend into Friday. The legislation, dubbed “skinny bill” because only amendments in the few areas where there is consensus will be put to vote, was presented on Thursday night by […]
A day after Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister at the head of a JD-U-BJP government after dumping the Grand Alliance, he is confident of proving his majority in the assembly on Friday, party leaders said here. The Janata Dal-United leaders said Nitish Kumar was “calm and cool” and spent the early morning […]
The Executive Council of Dubai and China’s Huawei Consumer Business Group sealed on Wednesday a partnership that will see “Dubai Font” as a standard pre-loaded font in the mobile operating system (OS) from the Chinese giant. The signing was attended by Ahmad bin Amer Al Mahri, Assistant Secretary General of Dubai’s Executive Council and Jiao […]
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics on Thursday reported a second quarter net profit of 11 trillion won ($9 billion), up 89 per cent year-on-year, the company said in a statement here. Samsung’s operating profit reached a record level of 14.1 trillion won, up 72.7 per cent. Its turnover also hit a record high, achieving […]
Clocking over two billion monthly active users (MAUs), Facebook has posted a net income of $3.89 billion in second quarter of 2017 — up 71 per cent from the same quarter last year. Riding on increased mobile video ad sales, Facebook stocks hit record high as total revenue was up 44.8 per cent to $9.32 […]
A campaign for California state’s secession from the US has got the approval to start collecting signatures for its ballot initiative, officials confirmed. The state attorney general issued an official ballot measure title and summary on Tuesday, permitting the campaign to collect signatures. The document was released not on the state attorney general office’s official […]
The key Indian equity market indices on Thursday opened higher after the US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 32,382.46 points on Wednesday, opened higher at 32,519.44 points. Minutes into trading, it was quoting at 32,500.09 points, up by 117.63 points or 0.36 per […]
A small batch of 602 pilgrims left here on Thursday to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra. “This is the smallest number of pilgrims leaving Jammu for the yatra so far this year,” officials said here. “They left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas at 3 a.m. in an escorted convoy of 19 vehicles for the Kashmir Valley.” […]
Indian Media Baron, Satish Reddy becomes the first Indian to be appointed as the International Ambassador of Foreign Relations for USA’s next presidential candidate for 2020 elections. Mr. Satish Reddy will be instrumental in strengthening global ties of USA and Foreign Countries and plans to strengthen the political interests of India on global platform 25th […]
Local organisations and councils across the state are being encouraged to celebrate the enormous contribution seniors make by holding an event during the 2018 NSW Seniors Festival. Minister for Ageing, Tanya Davies, today announced the opening of grant applications for a share in $200,000, for events or activities that will support the festival’s 60th year. The […]