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Biden slams Republican lawmakers for not wearing masks during Capitol Hill attack

3:29 pm January 16, 2021

Washington: President-elect Joe Biden has slammed Republican lawmakers who refused to wear masks while huddling in a secure location during the January 6 riot at the US Capitol despite the threat of coronavirus, telling them that ”it’s time to grow up”. At least four members of US Congress — including Democratic leaders Pramila Jayapal, Brad Schneider and Bonnie Watson Coleman — have tested positive for COVID-19 since the […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

US unemployment claims jump to 965,000 as virus takes toll

11:26 pm January 14, 2021

Washington : The number of people seeking unemployment aid soared last week to 965,000, the most since late August and evidence that the resurgent virus has caused a spike in layoffs. The latest figures for jobless claims, issued Thursday by the Labor Department, remain at levels never seen until the virus struck. Before the pandemic, […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Enduring 2nd impeachment, Trump stands largely silent, alone

2:19 pm January 14, 2021

Washington: His place in the history books rewritten, President Donald Trump endured his second impeachment largely alone and silent. For more than four years, Trump has dominated the national discourse like no one before him. Yet when his legacy was set in stone on Wednesday, he was stunningly left on the sidelines. Trump now stands with no equal, the […]

US House impeaches President Donald Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection’ at Capitol

1:24 pm January 14, 2021

Washington: US President Donald Trump has been impeached for a historic second time, just days before leaving office by the House of Representatives for inciting last week’s deadly Capitol Hill riot. The House on Wednesday impeached Trump by 232 to 197 votes. Ten Republican Congressmen also joined the Democrats to vote in favour of an article of impeachment that charged Trump with a count of ”incitement of insurrection” for his actions […]

Prachanda accuses Oli of dissolving Parliament at India’s direction

10:57 pm January 13, 2021

Kathmandu : Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, the Chairman of the Nepal Communist Party’s splinter faction, on Wednesday accused Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli of splitting the ruling party and dissolving Parliament at India’s direction. Addressing leaders and cadres of his faction at the Nepal Academy Hall in the capital, Prachanda said that Prime Minister Oli had in the recent past accused that ”some leaders […]