Day: September 29, 2019

PM Modi to chair meeting of CSIR society on Friday

PM’s seeks ideas for his IIT-Madras convocation speech

2:03 pm September 29, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday sought ideas for the speech he will deliver at the convocation ceremony of IIT-Madras on Monday. In Chennai, he would also participate in the prize distribution ceremony of the Singapore-India Hackathon. “Tomorrow I would be in Chennai for the convocation ceremony of @iitmadras. I look forward to […]

Xi presents awards to ‘heroes’ and ‘old friends’ of China

1:59 pm September 29, 2019

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping awarded medals and honorary titles to an array of domestic and international “heroes” on Sunday, including a former French prime minister and a centenarian Canadian educator. The award ceremony is part of China’s celebrations to mark 70 years of Communist rule, which will kick off on Tuesday with a massive […]

Boris Johnson recuperates at Chequers with pregnant fiancee

UK’s Johnson rallies party for Brexit fight

1:55 pm September 29, 2019

Manchester: Embattled British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gathers his Conservative party Sunday for what could be its final conference before an election, with the gathering set to be dominated by Brexit. Despite a string of parliamentary setbacks and a defeat in the Supreme Court, Johnson insists he will take Britain out of the European Union, […]

Pelosi: Confederate symbols 'have to go' from Capitol, bases

Pelosi says public opinion shifting in support of impeachment inquiry

1:36 pm September 29, 2019

AUSTIN, Texas: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Saturday that public opinion is now on the side of an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump following the release of new information about his conversations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Pelosi it Pelosi this week announced her support for an investigation after the surfacing of a […]

President Donald Trump blurs lines between personal lawyer and attorney general William Barr

Trump blurs lines between personal lawyer, attorney general

3:08 am September 29, 2019

WASHINGTON: As Washington plunges into impeachment, Attorney General William Barr finds himself engulfed in the political firestorm, facing questions about his role in President Donald Trump’s outreach to Ukraine and the administration’s attempts to keep a whistleblower complaint from Congress. Trump repeatedly told Ukraine’s president in a telephone call that Barr and Trump personal lawyer […]