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This was in response to Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s letter requesting the government to hold a session for repealing the farm laws for which farmers have been on a protest for more than two weeks.

A U.S. decision to remove Sudan from a list of state sponsors of terrorism came into effect on Monday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, eliminating a burden that had weighed on Sudan's economy since 1993 and restricted its ability to receive aid .

Asaduddin Owaisi is holding a discussion today with office-bearers of the Tamil Nadu unit his party to prepare a strategy for the assembly elections next year.

Thakur, who is no stranger to courting controversies, said that reservation should be “on the basis of economic background to benefit the poor, enabling them to live a better life not on caste lines”.

The text of a $908 billion bipartisan COVID19 relief plan is set to be released as early as Monday and will be split into two packages in a bid to win approval, a person briefed on the matter said.

NCP spokesman Mahesh Tapase said instead of sympathetically considering demands of the protesting farmers, Union ministers Raosaheb Danve and Piyush Goyal have made "controversial remarks to discredit the agitation".

The Senate on Friday moved toward a vote on a wideranging defense policy bill that President Donald Trump has threatened to veto because it doesn't clamp down on big tech companies he claims were biased during the election.

Investors are looking ahead to dual U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia early next month, a potential threat to a yearend rally that has pushed stocks to record highs in the midst of a countrywide surge of coronavirus cases.

The number of people applying for unemployment aid jumped last week to 853,000, the most since September, evidence that companies are cutting more jobs as new virus cases spiral higher.

Actor Katherine Heigl is set to portray Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for the office of US President, in an upcoming limited series. The project, titled "Woodhull", hails from Oakhurst Entertainment with Heigl, known for movies such as "Knoc...

Seventyfive years after World War II ended, Congress is honoring thousands of Chinese Americans who served the United States in the war, earning citations for heroism including the Medal of Honor despite discrimination that included limits on numbers al...

The appointment on Wednesday of a new director of Voice of America has raised new concerns about the direction of the governments flagship international broadcaster as President Donald Trumps term winds down.

Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden has begun nominating members of his Cabinet and White House team, working to fulfill his promise to build an administration that reflects the United States' diversity.

President Donald Trumps campaign to subvert the will of voters and reverse his reelection loss to Democrat Joe Biden is taking hold among state and local Republicans even as it marches toward imminent failure a demonstration of Trumps power to bend the G...

The S&P 500 and the Dow fell on Tuesday as surging COVID19 cases and strict restrictions in California threatened to further weigh on an already stalling economic recovery, while losses in Tesla pulled the Nasdaq off its record high.

Gold rose to a twoweek high on Tuesday, buoyed by a muted dollar and growing expectations of more U.S. fiscal stimulus to combat the economic impact of rising coronavirus cases.