JULY 11, 2020
The fourth cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation 2018, results of which were declared to the nation on Global Tiger Day last year by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has entered the Guinness World Record for being the world’s largest camera trap wildlife survey.
Terming this achievement a great moment, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, in a tweet...
JULY 11, 2020
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Border Dispute
As India and China attempt to lower weeks of border tension in eastern Ladakh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said a disengagement and de-escalation process has been agreed upon between the two countries and it is "very much a work in progress".
"What just happened is that we...
JULY 11, 2020
Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) during the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on Assessing the Impact of Turkey's Offensive in Northeast Syria on Tuesday, October 22, 2019. - Photo by Jack Gruber, USA TODAY
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, strongly criticized President Donald Trump's commutation for longtime friend and former campaign aide Roger Stone, calling it...
JULY 11, 2020
Top US companies to Trump: Leave DACA alone. - Getty Images
A coalition of major companies and trade groups that represent more than half of American private sector workers wrote to President Trump on Saturday urging him to leave the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in place.
More than 140 companies and trade associations signed onto the...
JULY 11, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci, right, listens as President Donald J. Trump speaks with the coronavirus task force during a news conference at the White House, March 20, 2020 in Washington.
As President Donald Trump threatens to cut funding to schools that don't reopen in the fall and continues to host mega-rallies as cases of coronavirus increase, there appears to be a growing rift between the...
JULY 10, 2020
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 25, 2019 Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to US President Donald Trump, throws up peace signs outside court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. - US President Donald Trump communted the 40-month prison sentence of longtime ally Roger Stone on July 10, 2020, the White House said. (Photo by Joshua Prezant...
JULY 10, 2020
Roger J. Stone Jr. had been sentenced to more than three years in prison. T.J. - Kirkpatrick/NY Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime friend Roger J. Stone Jr. on seven felony crimes on Friday, using the power of his office to help a former campaign adviser days before Mr. Stone was...
JULY 10, 2020
James Baldwin WFG British GT Championship. - Motoring Research
Video game superstar James Baldwin is ready to make the leap to real-world racer in this year’s British GT Championship.
The 22-year-old British driver had seen his motorsport debut delayed due to COVID-19. However, the changes have worked in his favour, with an expanded calendar for his first season.
Baldwin...
JULY 10, 2020
Sasikala Family Will Have No Place in AIADMK or Govt, Party's Stand Consistent: TN Minister
AIADMK senior and Tamil Nadu fisheries Minister D Jayakumar on Friday said Sasikala, a close aide of late J Jayalalithaa, or her family will have no place in the party or in the government.
As Tamil Nadu's political landscape hots up over...
JULY 10, 2020
Hong Kong police searched the office of an independent political pollster on Friday, more than a week after Beijing imposed sweeping national security legislation that has sent a chill across the former British colony.
Robert Chung told Reuters authorities arrived at his office late in the evening and he "negotiated" with police to try to understand the basis...
