Move may lead to dispute with U.S. France on Thursday became the first major economy to impose a tax on digital giants, with its Parliament passing the legislation in defiance of a probe ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump that could trigger reprisal tariffs The new law aims at plugging …
Read More »Re-admit Maldives into Commonwealth: India
It withdrew during Yameen’s tenure India has urged the Commonwealth to expedite readmission of the Maldives as a member country. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar conveyed India’s stand at the 19th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting in London. “The External Affairs Minister… congratulated the member countries on the 70th anniversary …
Read More »North Korea warns of military action against South’s F-35A jets
‘We’ll have to test weapons to shoot them down’ North Korea on Thursday said South Korea’s planned deployment of new U.S. stealth fighter jets was an “extremely dangerous action” that would compel it to use “special armaments” to shoot them down. South Korea, a major U.S. ally, received its first …
Read More »Bangladesh charges former Chief Justice with corruption
Surendra Kumar Sinha fled Bangladesh in 2017 Bangladesh’s anti-graft office has charged the former Chief Justice with corruption nearly two years after he fled the country saying he was forced to resign, an official said on Thursday. Surendra Kumar Sinha, who had led the South Asian nation’s Supreme Court to …
Read More »No-confidence motion against Sri Lanka govt. defeated
JVP moved the vote, saying it failed to stop terror attacks A trust vote on the government presented by the Opposition Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) in Sri Lankan Parliament was defeated on Thursday with a majority of 119 legislators in the 225-member House voting against it. The leftist JVP or …
Read More »Bill to relax green card cap passed
House removes country-wise cap, increases annual limit of family-based cards The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed (365-65) the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019, which increases the annual limit of family-based green cards offered to citizens of each country and eliminates the country-wise cap on employment-based green …
Read More »Iranian boats tried to block our tanker in the Gulf, says U.K.
Forced to back off by a British warship, Defence Ministry says; Tehran denies it A British warship forced three Iranian boats to back off after they sought to block a British tanker from passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday, in the latest escalation of …
Read More »U.S. concern at treatment of Muslims
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has said the U.S. Congress was, and continues to be, concerned about the treatment of Muslims in India. Ms. Pelosi’s comments came during a conversation with Chairman of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) John Chambers at a Forum event in …
Read More »Draft tenancy law caps security deposit
Comments invited till August 1 The Centre has proposed a model tenancy law that States and Union Territories can enact to regulate renting of premises, including setting a maximum of two months’ rent as security deposit, a three-months notice for raising the rent and appointment of rent authorities. The draft …
Read More »Cannot be pushed into decision: Speaker tells SC
The court had fixed the July 12 hearing to be apprised of the Speaker’s decision on the resignations. In his application, the Speaker criticised the MLAs for casting aspersions on his dignity. The battle for power in Karnataka reached the Supreme Court first on July 9 when the Congress and …
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