New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday urged all lawmakers to utilise the Budget Session for having debates with an open mind and said resentment is generated in society against those who do not take interest in discussions in Parliament. Speaking outside Parliament before the start of the […]
HOLDEN — Almost five years have passed since he nearly died of Ebola in Liberia, but Richard Sacra has never wavered from his commitment to the struggling West African nation. The 56-year-old family doctor from Massachusetts was among a handful of Americans treated and cured of Ebola during […]
Bengaluru : A Mirage 2000 aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed at the HAL Airport here Friday killing a pilot on the spot and leaving another critically injured, police said. “The body of one of the pilots is completely charred while the second pilot is in a serious […]
BOSTON — As the nation’s opioid crisis was deepening, the company that makes a powerful prescription painkiller considered marketing an anti-addiction drug to “an attractive market” of people with addictions, according to allegations in court documents made public Thursday. The attorney general’s office in Massachusetts is suing Connecticut-based […]
New Delhi : Finance Minister Piyush Goyal Friday said the government has been able to contain double digit inflation and has restrained the “back-breaking” inflation to an average 4.6 per cent. Presenting the Interim Budget 2019-20, Goyal said during the previous UPA government (2009-14), inflation averaged as high as […]
NEW YORK — Too many young kids are using too much toothpaste, increasing their risk of streaky or splotchy teeth when they get older, according to a government survey released Thursday. About 40 percent of kids ages 3 to 6 used a brush that was full or half-full […]
Ahmednagar : Social activist Anna Hazare’s hunger strike Friday entered the third day with his doctor stating that the 81-year-old’s blood pressure and blood sugar levels had “significantly” increased. Hazare has been on a hunger strike since Wednesday in Ralegan Siddhi village in the state’s Ahmednagar district demanding appointment […]
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has declared that there’ll be no “wall money” in any compromise border security deal as she and President Donald Trump signaled that congressional negotiators may never satisfy his demands for his cherished Southwest border proposal. Trump, who in recent weeks has expressed […]
New Delhi : Pitching for bridging urban-rural divide, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal Friday said the country’s poor have the first right over nation’s resources. Presenting the budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha, Goyal said, “We plan to provide urban facilities in rural areas while preserving ‘soul of village’.” […]
New Delhi : Opposition parties in Lok Sabha on Friday protested alleging “leak” of budget proposals to the media before being presented in the House. Soon after Speaker Sumitra Mahajan took her seat, members from opposition parties, including the Congress and the Left, alleged that proposals of the interim […]
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