Politics

Taking to Twitter, Akhilesh said the BJP-led government is ignoring the farmers, and has adopted a heartless attitude towards the justified demands of the farmers who are on the streets.

Argentine lawmakers began debating a bill to legalize abortion on Thursday as protesters rallied outside Congress waving trademark green scarves in support of the legislation that could set the tone for a wider shift in Latin America.

The United States on Wednesday crossed an ominous new threshold of more than 3,250 lives lost to COVID19 in a single day while public health officials stepped up preparations for a vaccine campaign of historic scope ahead of final regulatory review.

The Senate fell short Wednesday in trying to halt the Trump administration's proposed $23 billion arms sales to the United Arab Emirates, despite bipartisan objections to the package of F35 fighter jets and drones stemming from a broader Middle East peace...

Presidentelect Joe Biden on Wednesday will formally introduce his pick for defense secretary, retired Army General Lloyd Austin, amid concern from some in Congress that the Pentagon should be led by a civilian rather than a career officer.

BJP insiders say the defeat may foretell rising disillusionment in the middle class against the party, and it may also have to take on the unified strength of the MVA if the constituents enter into a pre-poll alliance in the local body polls.

Mufti said in a tweet she was prevented from moving out of her Gupkar residence to meet families of a tribal community that are allegedly being evicted from forestlands.

The Trump administration proposed a $916 billion coronavirus relief package on Tuesday, after congressional Democrats shot down a suggestion for a pareddown plan from the Senate's leading Republican, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

The state of Texas on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out the voting results in four other states in a longshot legal gambit intended to help President Donald Trump upend his election loss to Presidentelect Joe Biden.

Presidentelect Joe Biden introduced the team to lead his administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic, emphasizing the mass vaccination distribution needed to achieve his goal of 100 million shots in his first 100 days in office.

The MLA from the Ovala-Maijwada constituency in adjoining Thane city said the BJP government at the Centre could probe him using agencies like ED or the Income Tax but "I am ready to face each probe".

Taiwan faces military threats on a daily basis from "authoritarian forces", President Tsai Ingwen said on Tuesday, as the United States announced a new $280 million arms sale package to the Chineseclaimed island, the sixth this year.

Rejecting Pawar's charge, Thorat said Rahul Gandhi has acceptability in the Congress and the party is getting organised under his leadership.

After leaving the saffron party, she had joined the TRS and the Congress. The 54-year-old politician is also a former MP.

Gold prices ticked higher on Monday, as grim U.S. jobs data bolstered hopes for more fiscal stimulus, although optimism around coronavirus vaccine rollouts kept gains in check.

The Trump administration on Friday suspended all federal student loan payments through the end of January and kept interest rates at 0%, extending a moratorium that started early in the pandemic but was set to expire at the end of this month.