Kamala Harris, California’s Attorney General, was on Monday elected to the United States Senate. She was elected from California, her home state, and is the first ever Indian-American to be elected to the Senate, the US legislature’s upper house. Harris, 51, defeated fellow Democrat Loretta Sanchez by a 34.8 percentage point margin, winning 1,904,714 votes. She was backed by both […]
» Read moreTo stop the spread of counterfeit notes, which is aiding terror activities from across the border, and flush out black money, the government has decided to scrap the notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. Starting midnight, these notes will only be “worth the paper they are printed on,” he said. A proposal […]
» Read moreOn frantic selling, stock market benchmark BSE Sensex crashed nearly 1,689 points and Nifty plunged by over 541 points on early US election trends showing Donald Trump’s lead while government’s move to withdraw notes of higher denominations cast shadow on cash-focussed sectors. Consequently, the Sensex nosedived by 1,688.69 points or 6.12 per cent to slip below the crucial 26,000-mark to […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi announced last evening that the government was scrapping Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes, in a bid to start a “decisive war” against black money and corruption. Within minutes of the announcement, Bollywood stars took to Twitter to welcome the change. A welcome bold&courageous step by PM Modiji towards nation building.Each 1of us shld cooperate in […]
» Read moreDemocratic Indian-American businessman Raja Krishnamoorthi, 43, today won election to the US House of Representatives from the state of Illinois. He contested for the 8th Congressional District of Illinois, which includes Chicago’s west and northwest suburbs. Krishnamoorthi ran for the House on a platform that included protecting Social Security and medical benefits, making higher education more affordable, and bolstering small […]
» Read moreThe Union Government has decided to do away with Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 currency notes from midnight on Tuesday. These notes will cease to be legal tender from the midnight of November 8, 2016, announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation on Tuesday. “These notes will only be papers from tomorrow,” he said in Hindi, […]
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