Day: July 12, 2019

Trump unloads on Paul Ryan, calls him ‘a lame duck failure’

7:22 pm July 12, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump unloaded via Twitter on former GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan, calling him a “lame duck failure.” Ryan is very critical of Trump in the book “American Carnage” by Tim Alberta of Politico, in excerpts running in various publications. Alberta wrote the former speaker could not stand the idea of another two […]

Duterte critics laud UN vote to scrutinize drug killings

7:19 pm July 12, 2019

Manila: Critics of the Philippine president’s deadly anti-drug campaign say a vote by the UN’s top human rights body to look into the thousands of deaths of suspects is a crucial step toward bringing perpetrators to justice. However, President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman on Friday condemned the resolution adopted by the U.N. Human Rights Council in […]

MLAs protest exclusion of Odisha spots from Iconic Sites

7:12 pm July 12, 2019

Bhubaneswar: The non-inclusion of tourist spots of Odisha in the list of 17 Iconic Sites across the country to be developed by the Centre came up for discussion in the state Assembly on Thursday. While ruling BJD and opposition Congress members protested against the absence of Odisha sites in the list as “iconic neglect” towards […]

No proposal for JNU name change: Pokhriyal

LS clears bill to set up central, tribal univs in Andhra

7:09 pm July 12, 2019

New Delhi: A Bill to set up a central university and a tribal university in Andhra Pradesh was passed by the Lok Sabha on Friday. Moving the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2019 for passage, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said the government has alloted Rs 450 crore for the central university and Rs 420 crore […]

Rupee dives 25 paise to 68.69 vs USD

7:05 pm July 12, 2019

Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 25 paise to close at 68.69 against the US dollar Friday amid rising crude oil prices and unabated foreign fund outflows. Forex traders said the rupee traded in a narrow range ahead of the release of retail inflation and factory output data. Cautious trading in the domestic equity markets also weighed […]