The US military spent $6 billion in the past 3 years to recruit and retain troops (Photo: AP) The US military spent more than $6 billion over the past three years to recruit and retain service members, in what has been a growing campaign to counter enlistment shortfalls.The financial incentives to reenlist in the Army,…
There are proposals from Republicans in Congress to increase the tax on large endowments, potentially to 14 percent, much higher than the 1.4 percent put in place eight years ago. Assuming a 10 percent return, that would leave Harvard with a tax bill of about $742,000,000, roughly equal to what it spent on financial aid…
The biggest technology companies and their chief executives donated millions to President Trump’s inauguration, hosted black-tie parties and dinners in his honor, and allowed him to announce and take credit for new multibillion-dollar manufacturing projects. But less than three months into the president’s second term, Mr. Trump has hardly returned their lavish gestures with favors….
Five senators who visited the U.S. base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, criticized the migrant mission there over the weekend as a waste of resources, after the Pentagon estimated that the operation had cost $40 million in its first month. The Senate delegation on Friday toured Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities where about 85 migrants were…
A race for an open seat on Wisconsin’s top court will be an early test of the Trump administration’s popularity in a political swing state, with more than $17 million spent by groups tied to Elon Musk helping shatter election spending records. The outcome of the April 1 election, the most expensive judicial campaign in…
Muskan Rastogi, accused of murdering and dismembering her husband, Saurabh Rajput, spent her first night in Chaudhary Charan Singh district jail in extreme distress, as per reports. She was placed in the women’s barrack while her lover and co-accused, Sahil Shukla, was lodged separately in the men’s section.A night of distress in jailAccording to senior…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced acquisition of a $4.2 billion radar system from Australia. Canada has been eyeing to increase its presence in the Arctic region which holds significance amid the climate change, and shifting economic interests around the world. On Tuesday, Carney made the announcement during his visit to Nunavut, the Canadian territory…
NASA astronauts have been the driving forces behind expanding human spaceflight by staying in space for long durations to perform crucial research, assisting in mission goals, and understanding more about long-duration spaceflight. Let’s shed light on the work and contributions of the astronauts who break records for being in space for the longest periods.They are…
Mumbai : The Mumbai Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has ruled in favour of an individual who claimed his tax residential status to be that of a ‘non-resident’ as he had spent 210 days on work abroad, reports Lubna Kably.As India does not tax overseas income in the hands of a non-resident, M Gulati did not…
NEW YORK — The passage of time is an unavoidable conversation these days for Rob Manfred, the 66-year-old commissioner of Major League Baseball. Sitting in a conference room at his Manhattan office this month, he scurried out mid-sentence to retrieve a piece of paper, a small square with ruled interlocking lines and a dot in…