JUNE 19, 2020
The rupee settled at 76.19 against the US dollar on Friday as strengthening of the US currency and amid buying seen in the domestic equity market.
The rupee opened at 76.28 against the US dollar, regained some lost ground and finally settled for the day at 76.20 against the US dollar, down 6 paise over its previous close....
JUNE 19, 2020
The United States doesn't need more widespread lockdowns to bring its COVID-19 outbreak under control, despite the fact that the national daily infection rate has stayed flat, leading government expert Anthony Fauci said Thursday.
Speaking to AFP, the physician-scientist added he was optimistic the world would soon have a vaccine that would end the pandemic, calling early trial...
JUNE 18, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. waits for the arrival of former U.S. President George H.W. Bush at the U.S Capitol Rotunda on December 03, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford - Pool/Getty Images)
Several Republican lawmakers lambasted Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday, criticizing the Supreme Court's top member for issuing an opinion...
JUNE 18, 2020
US President Donald Trump. - AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Donald Trump isn’t “fit for office” and lacks the “competence” to serve as president in part because he’s solely focused on his political fortunes, former national security adviser John Bolton said.
Bolton’s comments in an interview with ABC News come as he’s promoting his tell-all memoir, which delivers withering criticism of...
JUNE 18, 2020
China’s claim of sovereignty over the entire Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh, a claim that it had not made directly for decades, has prompted the leader of the Tibetan-government-in-exile to issue a dire warning to India: “learn from what happened to us”.
Speaking exclusively to CNN-News18, Lobsang Sangay, President of the Central Tibet Administration, explained that Beijing’s recent...
JUNE 18, 2020
The red inverted triangle was used by the Nazis to designate political enemies in concentration camps. (Screenshot/Facebook/TWP)
In its online salvo against antifa and “far-left mobs,” President Trump’s reelection campaign displayed a marking the Nazis once used to designate political prisoners in concentration camps.
A red inverted triangle was first used in the 1930s to identify Communists, and...
JUNE 18, 2020
Activists hold a banner in front of the Supreme Court on Thursday. - Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration's attempt to dismantle the program protecting undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children, a reprieve for nearly 650,000 recipients known as “dreamers.”
The 5 to 4 decision was written by Chief Justice John...
JUNE 18, 2020
It was the Chinese People's Liberation Army's insistence of constructing an observation post at Indian patrolling point that resulted in he violent scrap between the two sides on the evening of June 15, according to a reconstruction of events put together by HT.
The post would have helped the Chinese to not only observe Indian troop movement towards...
JUNE 17, 2020
Tax Refund - Getty Images/iStockphoto
A recent Census Bureau survey shows that nearly half of U.S. households have taken a painful hit to their pocketbook during the steep recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, spurring calls for the federal government to offer Americans more direct financial assistance.
While it's unclear whether Congress will approve a second stimulus check anytime soon, lawmakers are...
JUNE 17, 2020
Screenshot Lincoln Project takes aim at Trump's health in new advertisement
The Lincoln Project, a Republican super PAC partly run by George Conway, is hitting President Trump with a pair of new ads Wednesday as it works to undermine his reelection bid.
The group, whose national profile has skyrocketed amid a longstanding public spat with Trump, released an...
