Politics

U.S. officials on Monday unveiled details for the swift distribution of COVID19 vaccines to millions of Americans after the United States broke records for new coronavirus infections and hospitalizations.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appear before a congressional panel on Tuesday in a hearing likely to highlight divisions over what more should be done in response to the COVID19 pandemic and particularly on...

Presidentelect Joe Biden is considering former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a substantial and somewhat divisive figure in Democratic Party politics, to serve as his transportation secretary.

The virtual meeting will begin at 10.30 in the morning and floor leaders will be invited to make statements which will likely see a reply at the end by PM Modi.

In a recent meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had raised the issue of "some parties" holding protests in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, without naming the BJP.

Brazilians return to the polls in 57 cities on Sunday for the runoffs of municipal elections that have seen surging violence involving assassinations and physical attacks on candidates.

The Trump administration moved forward Friday on gutting a longstanding federal protection for the nation's birds, over objections from former federal officials and many scientists that billions more birds will likely perish as a result.

The Congress Legal Cell has, meanwhile, lashed out at the Shivraj government on their decision to push legislations against "love jihad", saying it can’t formulate a new law unless the existing one is phased out.

The Centre accused the Arvind Kejriwal government of being lax in containing the spread of the virus, saying 'the failure in enforcing measures by Delhi government led to spread of infection'.

Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden and sitting Republican President Donald Trump, like millions of Americans, were celebrating Thanksgiving quietly at home on Thursday, as the coronavirus pandemic raged across the United States.

At their meeting earlier this month, Federal Reserve officials discussed possible future adjustments to the central bank's monthly bond purchases to boost the economy.

“I will see them in every booth and unlike the Lok Sabha polls, this time we are more alert and will catch those who will distribute or deposit money at various bank accounts to win the polls and poach leaders," she said.

Author and journalist Rasheed Kidwai met the Congress' trusted backroom strategist and troubleshooter at his 23, Mother Teresa Crescent residence after the lockdown and asked him the question on many a mind.

MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Tuesday found himself in a row following comments that his party would conduct a "surgical strike" in the old city here to chase away Rohingyas and Pakistanis after it wins the post of Mayor in the civic polls.

For months, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine steered cleared of secondguessing President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican, despite their polaropposite responses to the pandemic.

More than 1,000 demonstrators attacked a Carrefour Brasil supermarket in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on Friday after security guards beat to death a Black man at the store.