MARCH 7, 2021
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2021. - The US Senate approved the $1.9 trillion rescue package that President Joe Biden vows will revive the country's pandemic-stricken economy. Passed by 50 votes to 49 in a party line vote, the sweeping legislation now heads back to the Democratic-majority House of Representatives, where it is...
MARCH 6, 2021
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has asked the health ministry to exclude the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Covid-19 vaccination certificates being issued to beneficiaries in poll-bound West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.
Citing its standing instructions of December 24, 2004 asking for removal of images of living political functionaries on government advertisements that...
MARCH 6, 2021
Infidelity has always been a contested topic in India, both legally and morally. But the rules have often been different for men and women. Until recently, men in India could prosecute other men for having an affair with their wives and could also be prosecuted for conniving in the same. Over two years after the decriminalization of...
MARCH 6, 2021
Brief Scorecard: India 365 (Pant 101, Sundar 96, Stokes 4-89) beat England 205 (Stokes 55, Patel 4-68) and 135 (Lawrence 50, Ashwin 5-47, Patel 5-48) by an innings and 25 runs
Axar Patel and Washington Sundar put on a partnership for India in the first session, stretching India's first innings lead to 155 runs. (BCCI)
Washington Sundar left stranded...
MARCH 6, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Democrats passed President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package Saturday by the slimmest of margins, following an intraparty standoff over unemployment benefits.
The Senate approved the package along party lines, 50-49, after deliberating all of Friday and into Saturday morning. The package now heads back to the House, which must approve the Senate-revised legislation...
MARCH 5, 2021
Reporters reach out to Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., as he arrives for votes on President Biden's cabinet nominees, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. Manchin, chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said today he will vote in favor of New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland to serve as interior secretary, clearing...
MARCH 3, 2021
The United States Capitol Police seal appears on the side of a bus parked near the federal law enforcement agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 19, 2021. - Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
U.S. Capitol Police officials said Wednesday they have "obtained intelligence that shows a possible plot to breach the Capitol by an identified militia group on Thursday,...
MARCH 2, 2021
Neera Tanden, nominee for director of the Office and Management and Budget, has been accused of abrasive and overly partisan rhetoric. - Pool, Getty Images
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden's controversial pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, withdrew herself from consideration Tuesday after her confirmation collapsed last week, dealing Biden his first major...
MARCH 2, 2021
Over 5 million people signed up and close to 150,000 people from the general public received coronavirus vaccines on Monday, the first day the drive was opened up beyond health care and frontline workers, leading to a rush of registrations and crowds of hopeful recipients at hospitals across the country.
The Union health ministry said nearly 3 million...
MARCH 1, 2021
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Feb. 26. - Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg
Senate Democrats are jettisoning a proposal to use the tax code to penalize corporations that don’t raise the minimum wage for their lowest-paid workers in an effort to keep President Joe Biden’s broader stimulus plan on track for quick passage, according to two people familiar with...
