Month: December 2018

National Integration tour J&K students meet COAS

open view web desk A group of 20 female students accompanied by two teachers from the schools at Naugaon in Jammu and Kashmir on National Integration Tour visited Delhi and interacted with General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff on 05 December 2018. The Chief of the […]

In Brazil backlands, termites built millions of dirt mounds

PALMEIRAS, Brazil  — Roy Funch, an American botanist who has lived and worked in Brazil’s hardscrabble northeast for decades, long looked at huge cone-shaped mounds of mud in the distance and wonder. What built them? How many were there? How long had they been there? After years of […]

Good boy: Sully the service dog visits Bush’s casket

WASHINGTON  — It’s often said that if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog. For the last six months, Sully the service dog was President George H.W. Bush’s. The yellow Labrador Retriever visited the president’s casket in the Capitol Rotunda Tuesday alongside people in wheelchairs who […]

Presidents club assembles for Bush funeral, Trump an outlier

WASHINGTON — The death of George H.W. Bush is bringing together the five remaining members of an oh-so-exclusive fraternity — the presidents club. But for President Donald Trump, it may not be an entirely comfortable reunion, throwing him together with former occupants of the Oval Office who have […]

After CIA briefing, senators lay blame on Saudi crown prince

WASHINGTON — Breaking with President Donald Trump, senators leaving a briefing with CIA Director Gina Haspel on Tuesday said they are even more convinced that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman was involved in the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, […]

Bush viewing is drawing to a close as nation bids farewell

WASHINGTON — The nation’s capital bids its final farewell to the late President George H.W. Bush in a service of prayer and praise that is drawing together world envoys, Americans of high office and a guy from Maine who used to fix things in Bush’s house on the […]

Prosecutors recommend no jail time for cooperative Flynn

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser provided so much information to the special counsel’s Russia investigation that prosecutors say he shouldn’t do any prison time, according to a court filing that describes Michael Flynn’s cooperation as “substantial.” The filing by special counsel Robert Mueller provides the […]

RBI chief draws veil over rift with Modi government

MUMBAI  – The Reserve Bank of India chief on Wednesday drew a veil over a public spat with the government, refusing to answer questions on a matter which had raised concerns that the central bank’s independence could be undermined. Announcing policymakers’ decision to leave the central bank’s interest […]

Modi’s backers step up holy site dispute as Indian election looms

AYODHYA, India (Reuters) – When a Hindu mob tore down a centuries-old mosque in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya 26 years ago, Haji Mahboob Ahmad says he and his family had to flee to a Muslim religious school miles away to escape deadly rioting. In days of communal […]

ONGC gets $32 million payment from Venezuela’s PDVSA

NEW DELHI – India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp has received a payment of $32 million from Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) as part of a settlement of outstanding dividend payments and said it now hopes that Venezuela’s state oil firm will be regular in making further payments, a […]

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