US President Barack Obama has warned Donald Trump he should be willing to stand up to Russia as president and also talked about his expectations for the president-elect’s actions concerning key US policies and international commitments. Speaking from Berlin on Thursday at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during his final trip […]
US President-elect Donald Trump’s name is being removed from three New York City apartment buildings at the tenants’ request. More than half of the residents of three luxury high-rises located on the banks of the Hudson River on Manhattan’s Upper West Side signed a petition on Wednesday for the gold letters spelling out the name […]
About 50 protesters have invaded the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies causing chaos and forcing lawmakers to suspend the congressional session. The protesters, who had been demonstrating against social budget cuts outside the chamber on Wednesday, managed to get through the door and into the lower house itself after deceiving security agents tasked with restricting access, […]
As the rest of the country remains in a turmoil due to the demonetisation of the 500 and 1,000 rupees currency notes, people in Kashmir have accepted the move without any panic. “No common Kashmiri keeps large amounts of cash at home because of the disturbed situation,” said Elizabeth Maryam who teaches economics in Kashmir […]
Hillary Clinton urged supporters “not to give up” in her first public appearance since she suffered a shocking defeat to Republican Donald Trump in the November 8 Presidential election. “I know many of you are deeply disappointed about the results of the election,” she said to the crowd on Wednesday night at the Children’s Defence […]
Indian Army on Thursday denied Pakistan’s claim of killing its soldiers after Pakistani Army Chief Raheel Sharif said 11 Indian soldiers were killed in cross border firing on November 14. “No fatal casualties due to Pak firing on 14, 15 or 16 Nov. Pak Army Chief claim of killing Indian soldiers on 14 Nov false,” […]
The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Thursday revoked the six-year expulsion of senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav. The decision was taken by SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. Ram Gopal would also continue to be the leader of the SP parliamentary group in the Rajya Sabha and also remain the national general secretary […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to explain the steps it has taken or will take to deal with the chaos outside banks and ATMs following the demonetisation move and observed that people should not suffer. Asking the Centre to file reply without formally issuing notice, the bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur […]
Indelible ink will henceforth be used, as is done during elections, to prevent people from making cash withdrawals more than the permissible limit from bank counters, the government announced on Tuesday. Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das told the media that Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a second review meeting on demonetisation with officials of the […]
The government’s decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 rupee notes has changed the market dynamics for Paytm, which is adding million-plus subscribers a day, says the company’s founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma. “Not just this, what we are more excited about is number of transactions active subscribers — people who are actively transacting,” Sharma […]