Amarinder Singh was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Punjab on Thursday. He was administered oath of office and secrecy by Punjab Governor V.P. Singh Badnore at an impressive ceremony at the Punjab Raj Bhawan here. Amarinder, a former Army captain, took the oath in English. This is the second time that Amarinder, 75, has […]
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday won the trust vote in the Goa assembly, with 22 MLAs supporting his government. The Congress got the support of 16 legislators. Parrikar, whose BJP heads a coalition government with a slim majority, was sworn in as Chief Minister of the coastal state for the fourth time on Tuesday. […]
Commemorating women power, Air India operated around the world with an all women crew to celebrate the International Women’s Day. In Australia, AI 308 DEL/MEL was led by Captain Laxmi Nagrath. The Dreamliner left Delhi at 1.15pm on 8 March, 2017 and landed in Melbourne just before 7am today, covering around 10,215 kilometres, with 237 passengers and […]
Around $120 will be shaved off the average Green Slip for motorists across the State under the NSW Government’s fairer and more affordable CTP reforms, Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Minister for Finance, Services and Property Victor Dominello have announced. Under the new model, there will be a new safety net allowing all injured road users […]
Based on current growth trends, international student enrolments across NSW will hit 300,000 in 2017, after a record year in 2016 when enrolments grew by 11.1% to 268,500. NSW’s higher education sector saw the biggest enrolment growth nationwide in 2016 at 15.3% year on year, and remains the most popular destination with 106,160 enrolments. Minister […]
Brisk voting was reported on Thursday for the lone Uttar Pradesh assembly seat of Alapur, which was left in the polling process that ended on Wednesday. Voting for the seat, falling in Ambedkar Nagar, was deferred after the Samajwadi Party candidate Chandra Shekhar Kanaujia died after a cardiac arrest. Voting crossed 30 per cent in […]
Opposition to the Republican health care bill strengthened, as key industry groups that had supported Affordable Care Act (ACA) or the ‘Obamacare’, said its replacement could harm vulnerable Americans, the media reported. The American Medical Association, which bills itself as the largest organisation of doctors in the nation, in a letter on Wednesday, detailed its […]
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on Thursday after paying homage to five of its members, one of them sitting, who have passed away. Soon after the House met for the day after a month-long recess, Chairman Mohammad Hamid Ansari read out obituary references to former members Puttapaga Radhkrishna, P. Shiv Shankar, Syed […]
China on Thursday published a report on the human rights situation in the United States. The report, titled “The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2016”, was released by the Information Office of the State Council, in response to “The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016” issued by the US State […]