Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, ahead in polls in the run-up to an April 28 election, renewed calls on Monday for voters to give him a strong mandate to deal with US President Donald Trump’s tariff threat. Carney says Trump’s tariffs and talk of annexation pose a huge threat and mean that Canada needs to…
CPM MLA M Y Tarigami (Image Credit: X/@tarigami) SRINAGAR: BJP and central government were not allowing the Omar Abdullah government to function freely, CPM MLA M Y Tarigami said on Monday, while demanding the restoration of people’s rights and full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.“After the abrogation of Article 370, executive orders domicile laws, restriction…
Emboldened by President Trump, Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary on Monday escalated his culture war against what he calls “gender madness,” after his governing party voted to amend the Constitution to mandate that all Hungarians are either male or female. The amendment proposed by the government was endorsed by Parliament, where the prime minister’s…
‘Trust, mandate of Uttarakhand people made implementation of UCC possible’: CM Dhami (Picture credit: ANI) AMROHA: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday participated in a felicitation program in Amroha district, held to commemorate the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state, and attributed the achievement to the people of Devbhoomi,…
Utah on Wednesday became the first state to pass legislation requiring app stores to verify users’ ages and get parental consent for minors to download apps to their devices. The bill headed to the desk of Gov. Spencer Cox has pitted Meta, which operates Facebook and Instagram, against app store giants Apple and Google over…
Georgia Representative Floyd Griffin of Milledgeville, in a significant move to enhance representation within Georgia’s higher education governance, has introduced House Bill 203. The proposed legislation mandates the inclusion of graduates from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as at-large members on the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents. Key Provisions of House Bill…
US President Donald Trump President Donald Trump signed an order on Friday aimed at withholding federal funds from schools, colleges, and states that mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for students. The executive order directs the US Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to devise a plan for eliminating COVID-19 vaccine mandates…
MUMBAI: Amid allegations surrounding electronic voting machines (EVM), Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Sunday that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) should welcome the clear mandate given by the people of the state. Responding to questions about the legitimacy of EVM, Shinde said, “The opposition should welcome the clear majority given by the…
ATMs are equipped with a mechanism that automatically retrieves unattended currency notes. (AI image) ATM cash retraction new rules: The Reserve Bank of India has now partly reversed its January 2012 directive that had mandated disabling of cash retraction in ATMs. The original decision was taken to prevent fraudulent activities at ATMs.ATMs are equipped with…
US president-elect Donald Trump has nominated surgeon and writer Martin Makary to lead the Food and Drug Administration, the world’s most influential drug regulator with a more than $7 billion (Approximately Rs 58,100 crore) budget. Makary, a physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where he is chief of islet transplant surgery, in interviews promoting…