!1 New UpdateClick here for latest updatesRealty sector seeks sops in Union budgetThe real estate sector wants stimulus in the form of sops in the upcoming Union Budget to boost housing demandThe demands include:Personal tax relief, tax rebate on housing, extension of interest subvention, GST waiver, infrastructure status for the realty and easing liquidity for…
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In the race to the bottom for the title of worst American president, the same few sorry names appear at the end of almost every list, jockeying for last place. There’s Andrew Johnson, whose abysmal behavior during Reconstruction led to the first presidential impeachment. There’s Warren G. Harding, responsible for the Teapot Dome scandal. There’s…
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MOSCOW: Police detained more than 3,000 people and used force to break up rallies across Russia on Saturday as tens of thousands of protesters ignored extreme cold and police warnings to demand the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Navalny had called on his supporters to protest after being arrested last weekend as he returned…
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NAIROBI: As the results of the U.S. presidential election rolled in Nov. 4, a young Sudanese couple sat up through the night in their small town south of Khartoum, eyes glued to the television as state tallies were declared, watching anxiously. They had a lot riding on the outcome. A year earlier, Monzir Hashim had…
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TOKYO: Japan doubled down on its commitment to host the Tokyo Olympics this year and flatly denied reports on Friday of a cancellation, in a move that is unlikely to temper public fears of holding the event during a global pandemic. Though much of Japan is under a state of emergency due to a third…
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WASHINGTON: With President Joe Biden signing nearly two dozen executive actions, fulfilling major campaign promises and addressing the challenges of race, health and economy head on, Vice President Kamala Harris has said the new administration has “hit the ground running”. On day one in office on Wednesday, Biden signed 15 executive orders and two other…
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NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday launched a fierce attack on the Centre over the farmers’ agitation and said the government has shown “shocking insensitivity and arrogance going through the charade of consultations”. Addressing a crucial meeting of the Congress Working Committee, she alleged that it was now abundantly clear that the three…
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The Supreme Court, which has been conducting hearing through video-conferencing since March last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Wednesday said it want to “get back to the action” like earlier but it will go by the opinion of health authorities on the issue. The apex court made the observation while hearing pleas against a recent…
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BEIJING: China’s capital Beijing said it will investigate all individuals who entered the city from abroad from Dec. 10 and it shut down a subway station after reporting the biggest daily jump in new COVID-19 cases in more than three weeks. The measures come amid what has become China’s most serious coronavirus outbreak since March…
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Gaga. J. Lo. Hanks. Legend. Miranda. Brooks. Bruuuuuce. It’s a far cry from a normal inauguration, with Washington locked down due to security concerns, and most inaugural events gone virtual because of the raging coronavirus pandemic. But one thing is back that virtually disappeared four years ago: the A-list. A slew of glittery celebrities is…
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