Politics
Biden Names Veteran Economic And Climate Expert Deese As Director Of National Economic Council
US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday named veteran economic and climate expert Brian Deese as Director of the National Economic Council, a top White House advisory position created in 1993 to help inform, design and coordinate the economic components...
Election 2020 Today: Barr Sees No Fraud, Senate Roadblock
Heres whats happening Wednesday in Election 2020 and President-elect Joe Biden's transition.
Not Easy To Shift Film City From Mumbai: Sena On UP CM's Visit
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said it is not easy to shift Mumbai's Film City elsewhere even though attempts have been made for it. Raut was talking to reporters amid Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's ongoing two-day visit to Mumbai...
U.S. Government Releases More Data On Millions Of Businesses That Took Pandemic Aid
The Trump administration late on Tuesday released the names of more than 10 million businesses and individuals that took pandemic aid, providing more transparency for the programs which officials say have been plagued by fraud and abuse.
Centrist Lawmakers Push $908B Plan To Break Virus Impasse
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is putting pressure on congressional leaders to accept a splitthedifference solution to the monthslong impasse on COVID19 relief in a lastgasp effort to ship overdue help to a hurting nation before Congress adjourns for the...
Nobody Can Take Film City Away From Mumbai: Maha BJP Chief
Ahead of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's meeting with Bollywood personalities in Mumbai, Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil on Tuesday said nobody can take the Film City and its glamour away from Mumbai. Adityanath is arriving la...
U.S. Supreme Court Mulls Trump Bid To Exclude Illegal Immigrants From Population Count
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday are set to consider President Donald Trump's move to exclude illegal immigrants from the population totals used to allocate congressional districts to states, a facet of his hardline stance toward immigration being pu...
People Asking Should Hyderabad Be Renamed as Baghyanagar, Says UP CM on Campaign Trail
Yogi Adityanath gave the examples of changing the name of Allahabad to Pragyaraj and others to demonstrate the possibility.
Win by Even One Vote is Ultimately a Victory, Says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav of the RJD, while participating in the debate earlier in the day, said that the NDA emerged victorious by getting only 12,270 votes and 16 seats more than what the Grand Alliance secured.
'Govt Must Investigate Cause': Rahul Gandhi Condoles Loss of Lives in Rajkot Covid Ward Fire
The fire broke out around 1 am in the ICU of Uday Shivanand Hospital in Mavdi area, where 33 patients were admitted, seven of them in the ICU. Twenty eight other coronavirus patients undergoing treatment at the hospital were rescued..
Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi Govt Can't Be Intimidated by ED, CBI Probes: CM Thackeray Hits Out at BJP
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has hit out at the BJP for indulging in "politics of vendetta" and said his Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government cannot be intimidated by the ED and the CBI probes. He said this in an interview to Sena MP Sanjay...
A Call on Diwali Meant He Had Begun to Trust You: Understanding the Mind of Ahmed Patel
The Congress will miss him. But to those of us who began our party coverage with him, the loss of a neta who was also a friend, a communicator, is irreplaceable.
Uttarakhand Govt Paying Cash Incentives of Rs 50,000 to Inter-caste, Inter-faith Couples
The amount given as inter-caste and inter-religious marital alliances can be extremely helpful in promoting the spirit of national unity, said Tehri's Social Welfare Officer Dipankar Ghildiyal said.
Nadda to Embark on 100-Day India Tour to Expand BJP Footprint, Poll-bound Assam First Stop
JP Nadda is likely to hold a separate meeting with the party MLAs, MPs and ministers in Assam. The BJP president has also lined up separate meetings with state office bearers.
Gold Dips As Mnuchin Recalls Pandemic-related Funds
Gold prices fell on Friday after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called for an end to some of the Federal Reserve's pandemic lending, sparking uncertainty about stimulus programmes that have played a key role in reassuring financial markets.
Mnuchin Rejects Renewal Of Some Fed Emergency Loan Programs
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday he will not to extend several emergency loan programs set up with the Federal Reserve to support the economy in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
