Twitter employee briefly shuts down Trump’s account
San Francisco, Nov 3 A Twitter employee brought down US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account for 11 minutes on his last day at office, the...
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Tillerson to visit Myanmar
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Washington, Nov 3 US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Myanmar to push for an end to the violence that has plagued the country’s...
America’s largest environment group seeks Energy Secretary’s resignation
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Washington, Nov 3 The US’s largest and most influential environmental organisation said Energy Secretary Rick Perry should resign over his remarks that fossil fuels can...
Ivanka Trump attends World Assembly of Women in Tokyo
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Tokyo, Nov 3 US President Donald Trump’s daughter and senior advisor Ivanka Trump on Friday spoke about women’s participation in the economy at the World...
Modi condemns New York terror attack
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New Delhi, Nov 1 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday condemned the terror attack in New York in which eight persons were run over by...
New York attack: Eight killed in ‘act of terror’; suspect arrested
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New York, Nov 1 Eight persons were killed and 12 injured after a truck ploughed into pedestrians in Lower Manhattan in New York on Tuesday,...
Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu takes up H-1B, L-1 visa issues strongly with US
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New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu strongly took up Indian concerns over the H-1B and L-1 visas with the US,...
US, India keep up terror heat on Pakistan; for boosting cooperation in Indo-Pacific
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New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Keeping the heat on Pakistan and with an eye on a rapidly-rising China, India and the US on Wednesday said that...
Sushma meets US Secretary of State
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New Delhi, Oct 25 External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday met US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson who is on his first visit to...
Commerce Minister to visit US to discuss trade issues
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New Delhi, Oct 25 Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu will leave on Wednesday on a three-day visit to the US to meet with his American counterpart...
US businessmen call on Yogi, express desire to invest in UP
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Lucknow, Oct 24 A delegation of US businessmen called on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday to explore investment opportunities in the state....
Jobs in US, UK no longer lure Indians: Indeed survey
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Mumbai, Oct 18 (IANS) There has been a sharp decline among Indians seeking jobs in two top destinations — the United Kingdom by 42 per cent...
Canada to be the partner country for the 2017 Technology Summit in New Delhi
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New Delhi, Oct 18 Canada will be the partner country at the 23rd iteration of the Tech Summit, India’s largest knowledge and technology conference and exhibition...
India reiterates concern to US over H1-B visa issue
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New Delhi, Oct 17 India on Tuesday reiterated its concern to the US over the latest bid to introduce stricter norms for issuance of H1-B...
US businesses betting big on new envoy to India
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New Delhi, Oct 11 With Kenneth Juster being named as the new US Ambassador to India, US businesses are expecting that bilateral commercial ties will...
Richard Thaler awarded Economics Nobel
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Oslo, Oct 9 (IANS) The Nobel Prize in Economics was on Monday awarded to American economist Richard H. Thaler. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences...
NASA’s Mars Odyssey probe captures first image of moon Phobos
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Washington, Oct 9 After orbitting the Red Planet for 16 years, NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has captured its first images of the Martian moon Phobos....
US, Turkey mutually suspend visa services
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Washington, Oct 9 The US and Turkey have mutually suspended all non-immigrant visa services for travel between the two countries, after last week’s arrest of an...
Jaitley to visit US for IMF-World Bank annual meet
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New Delhi, Oct 9 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will leave on an official visit to the US early on Monday to participate in the annual...
Sudan welcomes US decision to lift 20-year-old trade sanctions
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Khartoum, Oct 7 Sudan government on Friday welcomed the US administration’s decision to permanently lift the 20-year-old economic sanctions on Sudan. “Sudanese leadership, government and...
Apple ‘looking into’ iPhone 8 batteries swelling
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San Francisco, Oct 7 (IANS) In what reminds us about the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 debacle last year, there have been at least half a dozen...