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...
JUNE 27, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with U.S. National security adviser John Bolton at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 27, 2018. - ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/AFP/Getty Images
Update: Moscow and Washington have agreed that presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet soon, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday.
Ushakov told reporters the summit would take place...
JUNE 27, 2018
Facebook is giving up on its plan to create drones that beam down internet connectivity, the company has confirmed.
Project Aquila, first announced in 2014, failed to achieve the long flight times managed by airborne connectivity efforts from rivals including Google.
In one test, Facebook’s craft suffered a broken wing as it came in to land.
On Tuesday the company...
JUNE 26, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 18: (L-R) U.S. Supreme Court justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, participate in an annual Women's History Month reception hosted by Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi in the U.S. capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. This year's event honored the women Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Associate...
JUNE 26, 2018
"Think about trying to live today on the income you had 15 years ago." That's how agriculture expert Chris Hurt describes the plight facing U.S. farmers today.
The unequal economy that's emerged over the past decade, combined with patchy access to health care in rural areas, have had a severe impact on the people growing America's food. Recent...
JUNE 26, 2018
An activist holds a sign during a protest against President Trump's travel ban in Los Angeles, California on October 15, 2017. The No Muslim Ban Ever rally was organized by the Council on American-Islamic Relations in response to the Trump administrations third iteration of the of the travel ban. - Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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