US President Donald Trump’s administration said on Thursday it would drop a plan by his predecessor to require airlines to pay passengers cash compensation when US flight disruptions are caused by carriers, in a setback for aviation consumer advocates. In December, the US Department of Transportation under then-President Joe Biden sought public comment on the…
The United States will restart trade negotiations with Canada after Ottawa cancelled a digital services tax that was set to target big US technology companies. The announcement was made by White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett on Monday. “Absolutely,” Hassett said in response to a question on Fox News about whether talks would resume. The…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced today the cancellation of all customs duties on products imported from the United States. Netanyahu, in a post on the social media platform ‘X’, highlighted the decade-long policy behind this decision, stating, “Cancelling the customs duties on American goods is an additional step in the policy that my government…
The Trump administration has canceled funding for dozens of studies seeking new vaccines and treatments for Covid-19 and other pathogens that may cause future pandemics. The government’s rationale is that the Covid pandemic has ended, which “provides cause to terminate Covid-related grant funds,” according to an internal N.I.H. document viewed by The New York Times….
NEW DELHI: Govt on Saturday announced scrapping of export duty on onions, a move that will bring relief to farmers and exporters who have been demanding the same due to bumper production. The ‘nil’ export duty will come into effect from April 1. Currently, there is a 20% duty on outbound shipment of onions.Revenue department…
Zimbabwe officially abolished the death penalty on Tuesday after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law an act that will commute to jail time the sentences of about 60 prisoners on death row. There has been a moratorium on executions in the southern African country since 2005, although courts have continued to hand down the death…
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Cabinet on Saturday approved amendments in the Common Eligibility Test policy to remove the grant of five per cent bonus marks to certain candidates based on socioeconomic criteria for government jobs in Group C and D posts. The government decision follows a May 31 order by the high court on the matter….
Kenyan President William Ruto cancelled two deals with Adani Group worth about $2.6 billion over alleged corruption, hours after company founder Gautam Adani was charged by the US authorities in a separate bribery scheme.Ruto ordered his ministers to “immediately cancel the ongoing procurement process” involving the billionaire’s companies to manage the nation’s biggest airport and…