A scouting party of 13 Queensland companies and government defence industry experts is in Adelaide this week hunting for lucrative Army contracts. Minister for State Development Dr Anthony Lynham joined the group last night (EDS: Tuesday) at the three-day Land Forces 2016 exhibition, the biggest gathering of Army contractors and defence forces buyers in Australasia. […]
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that the disdain his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, showed for voters by calling his supporters “deplorables” made her unfit to occupy the White House. “You cannot run for President if you have such contempt in your heart for the American voter. You can’t lead this nation if you have […]
Brazil’s lower house was considering whether to expel former Speaker Eduardo Cunha amid accusations that he lied about undeclared Swiss bank accounts, a media report said on Tuesday. Cunha denies wrongdoing and has said former president Dilma Rousseff’s supporters are seeking revenge, the BBC reported. He has also threatened to reveal compromising information about other […]
The US military on Tuesday flew two nuclear-capable supersonic bombers over South Korea in a show of force following North Korea’s recent nuclear test. Two B-1B Lancers, which can carry nuclear weapons, flew over the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, some 70 km south of capital Seoul, at about 10 a.m. local time, Xinhua reported. […]
Authorities imposed curfew in all the 10 districts of Kashmir on Wednesday to prevent post Eid prayer protests called by the separatists. Authorities disallowed Eid congregation in Srinagar and all others major cities and towns to avoid large scale violence. People could offer prayers only in mosques. Police constable, Rouf Ahmed, who was injured in […]
US President Barack Obama is set to veto a bill that would allow survivors and families of victims of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, the White House said on Monday. “That’s still the plan,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said when asked if the President planned to veto the […]
India has moved the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against the subsidy given by eight US states in renewable energy under American domestic content requirements, the Commerce Ministry said on Tuesday. “We have sought consultations with the US on the matter,” a senior Indian official said here. “India has requested consultations with the US under the […]
The 15th anniversary of the horrific 9/11 attacks saw President Obama’s call for unity against terrorism, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s fainting and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s only statement on social media. US President Barack Obama on Sunday led millions of Americans in paying moving tribute to the victims of the 9/11 attacks urging […]
Gunfight erupted again on Monday morning in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, the same place where four persons were killed on Sunday, police said. A senior police official told IANS that the gunfight started again from the under construction mini secretariat building in Poonch town, the site of Sunday’s firing. “The building and adjacent areas […]
Following presidential assent last week to the GST Bill, the Union Finance Ministry on Monday notified the provisions of the Constitution Amendment Act that allows for setting up the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council. “The Central Government hereby appoints the 12th day of September, 2016 as the date on which the provisions of section […]