NOVEMBER 8, 2019
NEW DELHI - The Congress on Friday hit out at the Centre after it decided to withdraw the Special Protection Group (SPG) security cover to the party president Sonia Gandhi, Lok Sabha member Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
The decision was taken on the recommendation of a top security review panel that carries out a threat perception...
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA - Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and accused its top leaders of lying and betraying the Shiv Sena.
Uddhav Thackeray said the BJP is not honouring the promise made by BJP president Amit Shah that the two parties will work on a 50:50 formula...
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
Brief Scorecard: India 154 for 2 (Rohit 85, Dhawan 31, Aminul 2-29) beat Bangladesh 153 for 6 (Naim 36, Sarkar 30, Mahmudullah 30, Chahal 2-28) by eight wickets
RAJKOT, GUJARAT - A 43-ball 85 from Rohit Sharma, in his 100th T20I, helped India chase down 154 with 26 balls to spare and draw level in the T20I series...
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
FILE - This July 9, 2019, file photo shows pedestrians walking across the street from the Twitter office building in San Francisco. The Saudi government recruited two Twitter employees to get personal account information of their critics, prosecutors said Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
SAN FRANCISCO — The Saudi government, frustrated by growing criticism...
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta with Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker during the announcement of the strategic code share partnership between the two airlines, in New Delhi on Thursday
NEW DELHI - Qatar Airways on Thursday reiterated its interest in picking up a stake in InterGlobe Aviation Ltd-owned IndiGo, India’s largest domestic airline, but said it does not...
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
TVS Motor Company chairman Venu Srinivasan
The award is presented to people whose primary activities are limited to outside Japan, and is based on recommendation from members of the Deming Prize Committee.
TOKYO, JAPAN - TVS Motor Company and Sundaram-Clayton Ltd chairman Venu Srinivasan was on Wednesday conferred the Deming ‘Distinguished Service Award For Dissemination and Promotion Overseas’, at...
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
China and the U.S. have agreed to roll back tariffs on each other’s goods in phases as they work toward a deal between the two sides, a Ministry of Commerce spokesman said.
“In the past two weeks, top negotiators had serious, constructive discussions and agreed to remove the additional tariffs in phases as progress is made on the...
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
The IRS released the federal tax rates and income brackets for 2020 on Wednesday. The seven tax rates remain unchanged, while the income limits have been adjusted for inflation.
Tax rates in the U.S. are marginal, meaning that different levels of the same person's income are taxed at different rates. If you earn $80,000 in 2020 and are...
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Juli Briskman, who was fired from her job after giving President Trump’s motorcade the middle finger while cycling in 2017, won a seat on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. - Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Northern Virginia - The cyclist who lost her job after giving the middle finger to President Trump’s motorcade has...
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
NEW DELHI, INDIA - While Ahmedabad-based Zydus Cadila became the latest to receive a warning letter from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for quality violations at its manufacturing plant in Moraiya, the US drug regulator's data reveals almost half the warning letters for manufacturing violations issued so far this year were for Indian drug makers.
The...
