JUNE 30, 2018
New Delhi: India will get all data on black money from Switzerland by the end of fiscal 2019, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said today, a day after the central European nation released data that showed money parked by Indians in Swiss banks rose over 50 per cent to 1.01 billion Swiss francs (Rs 7,000 crore) in 2017.
"We...
JUNE 29, 2018
They came for your laptops. And for your liquids, and your shoes. Now, the Transportation Security Administration is coming for your snacks.
Passengers at airports around the country — including all three of the Washington region’s major airports — are reporting that, increasingly, TSA agents are instructing them to remove their snacks and other food items from their...
JUNE 29, 2018
Canada struck back at U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs Friday, vowing to impose punitive measures on C$16.6 billion ($12.63 billion) of American goods and unveiling a C$2 billion aid package for affected industries and workers.
Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said the tariffs would take effect as planned on July 1 and stay in place "until the United States...
JUNE 29, 2018
Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (R) with FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "Oversight of FBI and DOJ Actions Surrounding the 2016 Election" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 28, 2018. - REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
The case President Trump and his allies have built against the Justice Department and the FBI...
JUNE 28, 2018
MUMBAI, INDIA NOVEMBER 27, 2008: 26/11 - Mumbai Under Terror Attack - Firing at Taj Hotel - Smoke belching out from below the main Dom of Taj Hotel on Thursday Morning. (Photo by Manoj Patil/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
A Pakistani court hearing the Mumbai terror attack case has issued a notice to the interior ministry...
JUNE 28, 2018
China's media regulators are cracking down on the high pay enjoyed by movie stars, while also taking action to prevent tax evasion in the country's film industry, state-backed news sources reported late Wednesday.
The move was widely viewed as a response to the recent controversy surrounding actress Fan Bingbing and her alleged use of fraudulent contracting to hide...
JUNE 28, 2018
US President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally, Wednesday, June 27, 2018, in Fargo, N.D.- AP
Tightening of H-1B work visa rules by the US is likely to put cost pressures on the Indian IT (information technology) services firms and impact their margins due to increase in compliances and rise in onsite hiring, according to...
JUNE 28, 2018
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign trips have often become a point of contention for the Opposition to target him. The Opposition has constantly attacked PM Modi's numerous trips saying that it has paralyzed governance in the nation.
An RTI has revealed that the Prime Minister has made a total of 41 trips to over 50 countries in...
JUNE 27, 2018
Brief Scorecard: India 208 for 5 (Rohit 97, Dhawan 74, Chase 4-35) beat Ireland 132 for 9 (Shannon 61, Kuldeep 4-21, Chahal 3-38) by 76 runs
June 27, 2018: Ireland v India, 1st T20I, Malahide - Rohit Sharma and Dhawan, shared a opening stand that yielded 160 runs in 16 overs - Cricket Ireland
DUBLIN, IRELAND - India's opening...
JUNE 27, 2018
The US on Wednesday postponed its inaugural 2+2 dialogue with India, for which the defence and foreign ministers of the two sides were to meet in Washington on July 6, citing “unavoidable reasons”.
The US state department had formally announced the date for the meeting only last Thursday, ending months of uncertainty caused by postponements and...
