The US State Department placed China on its global list of the worst offenders in human trafficking on Tuesday. The country also forced labor, a move that could intensify tensions with Beijing that had lessened under President Donald Trump. However, Trump has grown increasingly upset over China’s indecisiveness on North[Read More…]
Tag: US
US designates Hizb chief Syed Salahuddin as global terrorist
The US designated Syed Salahuddin, chief of Kashmiri militant group Hizbul Mujahideen, as a global terrorist, hours before President Donald Trump’s bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. The Ministry of External Affairs’ spokesperson Gopal Baglay applauded the designation. He said that this “vindicates India’s long-standing position that[Read More…]
PM talks about terrorism, surgical strikes, lauds Swaraj in speech to Indian Americans
A day before his first meeting with US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed Indian Americans on Sunday. He talked about cross-border terrorism and the surgical strikes carried out by India across the Line of Control last year. The US has made counter-terrorism a crucial plank of his[Read More…]
Looking forward to strengthening ties between US, India: White House
Ahead of the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump next week, the Trump Administration has said that the United States is looking forward to strengthen ties with India. “We’re looking forward to strengthening ties between the United States and India,” State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told[Read More…]
US: Parents group ask for ban on smartphones for pre-teen children
A ban on the sale of smartphones for children below 13 years of age has been sought by the US state of Colorado. The decision has been taken to prevent them from getting addicted to the device. The founder of non-profit group Parents Against Underage Smartphones (PAUS), Tim Fasrnum said,[Read More…]
Mexican-US beer mocks Trump as mariachi musician
After a Mexican businessman made public his intentions to introduce a ‘Trump’ brand toilet paper, it seems Mexican and US brewers have reinvented a new brew for the President Donald Trump era, celebrating cross-border cooperation. The beer label portrays Trump as a traditional Mexican mariachi musician with his trousers held up and[Read More…]
When their country’s selfish interests are affected, they move out: RSS chief on US exiting Paris deal
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat criticised the US for its choice to exit the Paris climate deal. “Those who talk about coordinating development with the environment were recently seen exiting… When their country’s selfish interests are affected, they the move out… like the Paris deal,” said Bhagwat. But, “the Hindu community[Read More…]
America, a country of Child Marriages!
If you’re thinking that child marriages are only prevalent in developing countries like India, Bangladesh, Tanzania, this report will burst your bubble. Over 167,000 people aged 17 or under, married in 38 states between 2000 and 2010 in America. The statistics is based on a search of existing marriage license[Read More…]
US blames Pakistan for worsening Indo-Pak ties; backs India
The US government has blamed Pakistan for worsening Indo-Pak ties and cautioned that the ties might worsen further if another major terrorist attack comes from across the border this year. “Islamabad’s failure to curb support to anti-India militants and New Delhi’s growing intolerance of this policy, coupled with a perceived[Read More…]
Woman found hanging after family returned from the US due to H1-B
A 39-year-old woman was found hanging at her house in Hyderabad, less than a month since her family returned to the city from the US. Rashmi Sharma’s husband Sanjay and their two sons had gone out to get a laptop repaired. Reportedly, they found her dead when they returned to[Read More…]
House Republicans pass bill to replace and repeal Obamacare
The US House of Representatives passed a bill to replace the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, handing President Donald Trump his first key legislative victory. But it still needs to go a long way as the replacement bill, named as the American Health Care Act, will turn into[Read More…]
US aims to oust ISIS from Afghanistan this year
Uber plans to launch flying taxi service by 2023
Online cab aggregator giant Uber has unveiled plans to tie up with plane manufacturers to develop and test a network of flying cars by 2020. Uber will run trials in Dallas in US and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Aviation companies including Embraer and Bell Helicopter have been developing[Read More…]
Top Indian IT firms accused of violating H-1B visa rules
Top Indian IT firms namely TCS and Infosys have been accused by the US of unfairly cornering the majority of H-1B visas by putting extra tickets in the lottery system, which the United States administration wants to replace by giving more scope to immigrants on the basis of their merit.[Read More…]
US Supreme Court blocks execution
Afghanistan: US drops ‘mother of all bombs’ on ISIS caves
The US forces severely attacked an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday with “the mother of all bombs,” – the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in battle by the U.S. military, said Pentagon officials. Known as a GBU-43B, or massive ordnance air blast weapon, the bomb releases[Read More…]
Mars may have had rings and they may come back
Mars could once have had rings, and the red planet may regain them again, according to a new study. A new model developed by scientists at Purdue University in the US suggests that debris that was pushed into space from an asteroid slamming into Mars around 4.3 billion years ago[Read More…]
