Tag: Donald Trump

Washington: Seven members of Donald Trump’s cybersecurity advisory council have resigned, citing the US President’s insufficient attention to cyber threats. According to a Fortune report late on Saturday, seven members of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, whose purview includes national cybersecurity, resigned en masse expressing concern over how Trump and his administration undermined the “moral […]

New York: The top US official overseeing South Asia diplomacy will visit Islamabad this week following US President Donald Trump’s stern warning to Pakistan against harbouring terrorists. Alice Wells, who is the Acting Assistant Secretary of State in-charge of South and Central Asia, will meet Pakistani officials during her visit, the State Department announced on […]

Washington: An Indian origin CEO says he was racially abused and was told to “go back” to India and also take along top Indian-American diplomat Nikki Haley after he refused to defend US President Donald Trump’s economic agenda following the racial violence in Virginia. Ravin Gandhi, founder and CEO of GMM Nonstick Coatings, a global supplier […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that he wants to further develop strategic partnership with India to achieve country’s goals in Afghanistan, saying American troops “will fight to win” and “from now on victory will have a clear definition.” “We appreciate India’s important contributions to stability in Afghanistan, but India makes billions of dollars […]

New York: US President Donald Trump’s “covfefe” nightmare recurred when he commented on the anti-fascist protest rally, saying the country will “heel” instead of “heal”. Trump was commenting on the protest rally where over 15,000 anti-fascist demonstrated against right-wing activists on Saturday in Boston. But his first two tweets included the similar typo — spelling […]

Washington: Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman General Joseph Dunford said the Pentagon will wait until it is issued a new order to implement President Donald Trump’s decision to ban transgenders from serving in the US military. There will be “no modifications to the current policy until the President’s direction has been received by the Secretary […]

San Francisco: Top tech honchos from Apple, Microsoft and Google have lashed out at US President Donald Trump over his tweet where he called for prohibiting transgenders from serving in any capacity in the US armed forces. While terming the decision discriminatory, Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted: “We are indebted to all who serve. Discrimination […]

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron said he hoped his American counterpart Donald Trump would reverse his decision to withdraw the US from the Paris climate accord. “Donald Trump listened to me, he understood the meaning of my approach, including the link between global warming and terrorism. He told me that he would try to find […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to re-establish the National Space Council in a bid to coordinate commercial, technological and national security opportunities for the country, NASA said in a statement issued on Saturday. Trump signed the executive order on Friday. The council existed previously from 1989-1993, and a version of […]

Washington: President Donald Trump’s White House has broken a precedent by not recognising June as the LGBT Pride Month, the media reported. The decision marks an end to two of his predecessors’ tradition of officially recognising the month, CNN reported on Friday. Former President Bill Clinton first recognised it in 1999 in commemoration of the […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has hired another lawyer in the wake of the ongoing investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election, the media reported. Washington D.C. based John Dowd will join Marc Kasowitz, Michael Bowe and Jay Sekulow in the investigation, a source familiar with the hiring told CNN on Friday. Dowd […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has reported hundreds of millions of dollars in income in a financial disclosure form, the media reported. The numbers were reported in a 98-page disclosure form signed by Trump this week and made public by the Office of Government Ethics late Friday. The report covers January 2016 through April 15, […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Portugal and The Netherlands on his way to and from the US trip on June 26 when he will meet President Donald Trump. Modi will be in Lisbon on June 24 when he will hold talks with Indian-origin Prime Minister Antonio Costa, who was in India last […]

New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “vision for a new India” will also help create jobs in the US, President Donald Trump’s Press Secretary Sean Spicer said while announcing Modi’s White House visit scheduled for June 26. Addressing the common interests of the two countries in an environment where Trump’s promotion of a policy of […]

Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to meet US President Donald Trump on June 26 at the White House in a quest for a “common vision,” Press Secretary Sean Spicer announced on Monday. “The President looks forward to discussing ways to strengthen ties between the United States and India and to advance our common priorities: […]