Prime Minister’s Office PM remembers RK Laxman on his 100th birth anniversary Posted On: 24 OCT 2021 10:30AM by PIB Delhi The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to cartoonist RK Laxman on his 100th birth anniversary. Shri Modi shared his speech that he delivered when he released the book “Timeless Laxman ‘…Continue Reading
Ministry of Corporate Affairs IBBI organises Training of Trainers (ToT) programme for Insolvency Professionals Posted On: 24 OCT 2021 9:04AM by PIB Delhi As part of the ongoing ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), in association with the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, UK (FCDO), organised a two…Continue Reading
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she expects price increases to remain high through the first half of 2022, but rejected criticism that the U.S. risks losing control of inflation.Inflation is expected to ease in the second half as issues ranging from supply bottlenecks, a tight U.S. labor market and other factors arising from the pandemic…Continue Reading
KERRVILLE, Texas — A driver lost control during a Texas drag racing event on an airport runway and slammed into a crowd of spectators, killing two children and injuring eight other people, authorities said. A 6-year-old boy and an 8-year-old boy were killed in the crash Saturday afternoon at an event called “Airport Race Wars…Continue Reading
Tesco Plc said its website and app are down for a second day after an attempted hack, preventing customers from placing orders with the largest U.K. grocer. “Since yesterday, we’ve been experiencing disruption to our online grocery website and app,” a Tesco spokesperson said Sunday in an emailed response to questions. “An attempt was made…Continue Reading
SANTA FE, N.M. — Hours before actor Alec Baldwin fired a fatal gunshot from a prop gun that he had been told was safe, a camera crew for the movie he was filming walked off the job to protest conditions and production issues that included safety concerns. Disputes in the production of the Western film…Continue Reading
SEOUL, South Korea — A senior U.S. diplomat on Sunday urged North Korea to refrain from additional missile tests and resume nuclear diplomacy, days after the North fired off its first underwater-launched ballistic missile in two years. Sung Kim, the U.S. envoy on North Korea, spoke after meeting with South Korean officials to discuss North…Continue Reading
In the cold open sketch for this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, actor Jason Sudeikis reprised his early 2010s-era Joe Biden impression to deliver the punchline that the President Biden of today is no longer “lucid.” The opener began with a downcast elderly Joe Biden, played by current cast member James Austin Johnson, wondering how his approval…Continue Reading
Sunday on “MediaBuzz,” Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto urged those who have not yet been vaccinated against COVID to do so for “those around you.” Discussing being diagnosed with a breakthrough coronavirus case and having multiple sclerosis, Cavuto said, “I would like to urge people of all sorts to please get vaccinated. The situation for me…Continue Reading
On his show “State of the Union,” CNN anchor Jake Tapper declared that Republicans were repeatedly violating “basic decency.” Referencing the shooting incident that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins involving Alec Baldwin on the set of the film ‘Rust,’ Tapper said, “There is something about our politics right now that is driving people away from our shared humanity.…Continue Reading