Month: November 2018

Trump’s Thanksgiving menu includes turkey and grievances

PALM BEACH, Fla.— President Donald Trump used a Thanksgiving Day call to troops deployed overseas to pat himself on the back and air grievances about the courts, trade and migrants heading to the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump’s call, made Thursday from his opulent private Mar-a-Lago club, struck an unusually […]

Samsung apologizes over sicknesses, deaths of some workers

SEOUL, South Korea  — Samsung Electronics apologized Friday for illnesses and deaths of some of its workers, saying it failed to create a safe working environment at its computer chip and display factories. The announcement by the South Korean technology giant came weeks after the company and a […]

Samsung Electronics apologises for factory cancer cases

Seoul : Samsung Electronics apologised Friday to workers who developed cancer after working at its semiconductor factories, finally ending a decade-long dispute at the world’s top chipmaker. “We sincerely apologise to the workers who suffered from illness and their families,” said the firm’s co-president Kim Ki-nam. “We have failed […]

Asian stocks follow Europe down, as fears grow over global economy

Hong Kong : Fresh fears over headwinds facing the global economy saw Asian stocks follow Europe into the red Friday, in light holiday trading after US markets were closed for Thanksgiving. Investors brushed aside claims from Donald Trump he was hopeful of resolving the bitter trade dispute between the […]

‘Big Four’ accountancy giants face UK probe

London : Almost two decades after the collapse of US giant Enron in a notorious accounting scandal, the accountancy sector is back in the spotlight, this time thanks to a string of scandals in Britain. The sector’s so-called “Big Four” — Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC — have a […]

Thane court sentences man to life in jail for killing wife

Thane : A 25-year-old Navi Mumbai man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court for killing his wife in 2014. Thane Principal District Judge V G Bisht Thursday also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on Nareshkumar Vishnu Sahu. Additional Public Prosecutor Rekha Hirwale said Sahu […]

Six LeT militants killed in J&K encounter

Srinagar : In a major success, security forces Friday shot dead six Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants during an encounter in forest area of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. “In one of the most successful operations this year, six Lashkar militants were killed in an encounter with security […]

Noted classical musician Ustad Imrat Khan dies in US

New Delhi :  Classical music stalwart Ustad Imrat Khan, who dedicated his life to propagating the sitar and the surbahar worldwide, has died in the US after a brief illness, his son said Friday. He was 83. He breathed his last on Thursday in a hospital in St Louis, […]

Cong has no regard for NE region, its traditions: PM

Lunglei (Mizoram) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said he felt a deep sense of anguish at the Congress “abusing” Northeast culture and calling its dress “outlandish”. Coming down heavily on the rival party at an election rally at Lunglei, he also said that the country has understood the […]

Unemployment and farm crisis rampant in poll-bound

states: Congress president Rahul Gandhi at campaign rally in Madhya Pradesh.  PTI  23/11/2018  

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