Tag: US
Cabinet Reshuffle: Modi Rejigs Team, Sitharaman Gets Defence, Goyal Railways
Nirmala Sitharaman was named India's Defence Minister in a reshuffle-cum-expansion of the Union Cabinet by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 3 September. Piyush Goyal was awarded charge of the Indian Railways.....
Richard Thaler, Who Showed How Human Traits Affect Markets, Wins 2017 Nobel Prize
US economist Richard Thaler won the 2017 Nobel Economics Prize for his contributions in the field of behavioural economics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday.....
Government Lost High Moral Ground After Defending Jay Shah: Yashwant
Dissident BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday slammed the government for defending party chief Amit Shah's son Jay Shah over allegations hurled against him and said it had thus lost its high moral ground.....
Warner Compares Guwahati Track To English Wickets
Australia skipper David Warner on Tuesday compared the new Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati to the English cricket grounds where the new ball did the trick for the tourists in their eight-wicket win in the second Twenty20 International.....
Mukul Roy Resigns As MP, Cites Lack Of Principle For Leaving Trinamool
Suspended Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy on Wednesday resigned his Rajya Sabha seat and cited "lack of principle" as his compulsion to leave the party of which he was a founding member.....
Army To Embolden Road Construction Work Along India
More than a month after India and China stand-off at Doklam ended, infrastructure along the Sino-Indian border figured prominently in the Army Commanders' Conference here, with stress being laid on road connectivity in the central sector of the border that has largely been neglected.....
Sketches Of Lankesh's Murder Suspects Released
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh on Saturday released three sketches of two persons suspected to be her killers.....
Never Any Talk By The Government About Fiscal Stimulus: Says Jaitley
There was never any talk by the Indian government about announcing a fiscal stimulus package for boosting the economy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley asserted. ....
Rahul Mocks Modi After Trump's Pakistan Statement
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign policy after US President Donald Trump praised Pakistan, acknowledging its help in securing the release of an American-Canadian family from the Haqqani terror network.....
Talwars Walk Out Of Dasna Jail
Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar on Monday evening walked out of Dasna jail in Ghaziabad after the Allahabad High Court order acquitting them of the murder of their 14-year-old daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj reached the CBI court.....
