Tim Kaine, Clinton's running mate, delivered the first-ever Senate speech all in Spanish
Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton’s newly announced running-mate,
has not been in the Senate very long, having first been elected in 2012. But
he’s already made congressional history. In June 2013, mere months after taking
office, he became the first senator to ever deliver an entire speech in Spanish
— or, indeed, to do so in any language besides English. You can watch the
speech above, or read it on Kaine’s Senate page here. It
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine
Lagarde must face a criminal trial for her handling of a dispute during her
time as French finance minister, a ruling that could hamper her second term as
head of the world’s lender of last resort. The Cour de Cassation backed a
December decision that Lagarde, 60, should stand trial for alleged negligence
that paved the way for a massive government payout to tycoon .
In a reshuffle in the Delhi cabinet on Thursday, Health and
Transport Minister Satyendra Jain was given additional charge of the Urban
Development department. "Satyendra Jain gets charge of Delhi government's
urban development department," the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) tweeted. The
urban development department formulates policy, provides funds, monitors and
coordinates the activities of the urban local bodies, which
German Ambassador lauds solar energy project at Cochin
International Airport. Germany’s 50-year experience in cleaning and reviving
its water bodies and integrating various commuting modes in cities can be of
tremendous help in rejuvenating Kochi’s canals and ensuring seamless
inter-modal integration, German Ambassador in India Martin Ney has said.S
peaking to The Hindu , he said numerous rivers and lakes in
Pink city Jaipur witnessed one of the greatest running events
in the country- The Great India Run. India’s first multi-city marathon began
its second leg at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur where it was flagged off
by none other than Padma Shri Krishna Poonia along with Shri Yunus Khan-
Cabinet Minister (PWD) and Smt. Manan Chaturvedi- Chairperson of the Rajasthan
State Commission for Protection of Child Rights. The run,
Uttar Pradesh government has recommended Shambhu Singh Yadav,
a retired 1997-batch IAS officer and presently posted as ex-officio OSD and
secretary to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, for the post of Up-Lokayukta. The
post was vacant since the term of Swatantra Singh ended last year. Government
sources said that the file recommending Shambu’s name was sent to the Governor
for his approval late Thursday
Kargil, July 22: Senior National Conference leader and former
MLC . Aziz Muhammad Qari passed away at district hospital Kargil here on
Friday.Qari was nominated as MLC by late Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah in 1978
and was first representative from Drass sub division he played
great role in development of Drass
CHENNAI: Charles Huggins, who donned the jersey for Tamil
Nadu and Railways in the national hockey championships way back in the 60s and
70s and was an intrepid goalkeeper passed away peacefully at a city hospital
after a brief illness on July 21. He was 74 and leaves behind his wife Lorena,
two sons and a daughter. The funeral service will be held on Saturday at St
Patrick's church at St Thomas Mount.
Former Miss Tibet Tsering Chungtak has passed away after
suffering a heart attack Thursday evening at the Tibetan camp Majnu Ka Tilla in
Delhi, India. She was 30 years old. Her two brothers were with her when the
incident took place. They took her to a hospital, but there she was declared
“brought dead”.Tsering Chungtak had won the Miss Tibet 2006 crown. She had
participated in the Miss Earth Pageant the same
Dr. Harsh Vardhan launches the ‘Solar Power Tree’
Dr. Harsh Vardhan launches the ‘Solar Power Tree’ – an
Innovation aimed at utilizing minimum land to harness maximum Solar Energy .
Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh
Vardhan, launched the ‘Solar Power Tree’ today in New Delhi. It has been
developed by the CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
(CSIR-CMERI), a constituent laboratory of Council of Scientific
The Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari has said
that we will need more, and better, innovations in order to remain competitive
as we aspire for faster, sustainable and inclusive growth. He was addressing
after inaugurating JSS Science and Technology University of JSS
Mahavidyapeetha, in Mysuru today. The Governor of Karnataka, Shri Vajubhai
Rudabhai Vala, the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri Siddaramaiah,
Chengdu, China, July 23, 2016 (AFP) - The International
Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned risks to the global economy are growing, as it
called on some G20 nations to boost government spending. Central bank chiefs
and finance ministers from the world's top 20 economies gathered in the
southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu on Saturday to tackle a slowing global
economy facing new uncertainties with Britain voting to
WASHINGTON: NASA has sent a team of astronauts to the
bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on a 16-day mission to prepare for future deep
space missions and the journey to Mars. The “aquanauts” were sent to train
undersea in simulated space mission as the bottom of a blue ocean and the
surface of a Red Planet have something in common -- extreme environments.
During the 16-day NASA Extreme Environment Mission
As per the latest data released by the Central Statistics
Office (CSO), the rate of inflation based on Consumer Price Index (Combined)
for the month of June 2016 stood at 5.77 per cent. As per the latest round
(May 2016) of bi-monthly Survey of Professional Forecasters, conducted by the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI), median forecast of Consumer Price Index based
annual inflation rate is projected to moderate
World Bank’s Report on Global Economic Prospects, published
in June 2016, projected that India’s growth will be 7.6 per cent in 2016-17 and
will improve to 7.7 per cent in 2017-18. The International Monetary Fund (IMF),
in its World Economic Outlook (WEO), published in July 2016, has projected that
India will grow by 7.4 per cent in 2016-17, which would be one of the highest
growth among the major world
Government has approved the setting up of Fund of Funds for
Startups (FFS) with a corpus of Rs. 10000 crore. Rs.500 crore have been
released in the Financial Year 2015-16 to Small lndustries Development Bank of
India (SIDBI) to start its operations and Rs.600 crore has been earmarked for
Financial Year 2016-17. As a Fund of Funds, FFS would not invest directly in
Startups, but would participate in the capital
In order to provide a boost to the textile sector, the
Government approved the “Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (A-TUFS)”
in Dec 2015 for technology upgradation, with provision for one-time capital
subsidy for eligible benchmarked machinery in different sectors including
Technical Textiles, Garmenting, Weaving & Processing. The scheme is
expected to attract an investment of Rs.1,00,000 crore
Government has assessed the impact of Brexit on the Indian
economy. Thus far, India has not only avoided adverse impacts, it has in fact
emerged as a safe haven for investors around the world. For example, the
rupee depreciated against the US dollar by around 1 per cent for one day
post-Brexit referendum, while currencies of other emerging markets depreciated
for many days. But on a cumulative basis, the rupee has
The government has clarified that savings resulting from
Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG scheme PAHAL is estimated to be Rs 21,261 crore
since the launch of the scheme in 2014-15. The clarification came in the
backdrop of a newspaper report which had said that government's actual savings
were to the tune of only 2000 crore rupees and the remaining was softening of
crude oil prices. In a statement, the Petroleum
Lok Sabha proceedings were washed out yesterday following
uproar over AAP member Bhagwant Mann's video of Parliament House by members,
mostly from ruling BJP, with Speaker Sumitra Mahajan terming it a "serious
issue" and assuring protesting members that some action would be taken.
Pandemonium prevailed soon after the House assembled for the day, with members
of BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal on their feet
The Supreme Court has appointed medical team from KEM
hospital in Mumbai to examine petitioner old who sought its nod for abortion
after 24 weeks. The SC has ordered setting up of a medical board to
examine condition of an alleged rape surivor who wants to abort her 'abnormal
fetus'.It has asked KEM medical college hospital in Mumbai to get the woman
examined on saturday by the board and file its report
An AN 32 aircraft of the IAF, with 29 personnel on board,
including four officers, went missing over Bay of Bengal on its way from near
Chennai on Friday to Port Blair raising concerns over its fate. The upgraded
plane made the last radio contact at 0846 hours, 16 minutes after take off from
Tambaram air base. A massive search and rescue operation has been launched by
IAF, Navy and Coast Guard, deploying one
NEW DELHI: The government is veering around to the view that
the current inflation target of 4% should be retained in the new Monetary
Policy Framework that's being finalised, in keeping with its long-term focus
and macro stability goals to boost potential growth. There had been speculation
that the government could prescribe a higher target to create room for a
reduction in interest rates to boost growth. "It would be kept at
NEW DELHI: India will be among priority countries that
Argentina is trying to woo for their first ever investment forum that is being
organized by the government of Mauricio Macri in Buenos Aires between Sep 12-13
with focus on oil & gas, renewables, mining and agriculture among other
sectors. After extending support to India's proposed NSG membership the Macri
government is hoping for Indian investments across
Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) MLA Ashish Shelar launched
Gokulashtami celebrations and the Dahi Handi festival in Mumbai as an adventure
sport competition that will test the mandals’ skills in forming human pyramids.
“This year, we will hold elimination rounds at four centres, and finalists will
vie for top honours. There are also two distinct categories for mahila mandals
and for the men. Tuhin Satarkar a Pune-based
Kolkata: After forging a partnership with Spanish football
club Atletico de Madrid two years ago, the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group is looking to
build a first-of-its-kind sports complex near Kolkata to promote football at an
investment of Rs.500 crore. Goenka, the group’s chairman, said he will use his
personal wealth to build a small stadium and a football academy along with a
120-room budget hotel to make the proposed complex
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, one of the earliest architect of the
edifice of nationalist movement in India, was born on this day in the year
1856. Born as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak, the British colonial authorities called
him "Father of the Indian unrest." Tilak was a strong vocal advocate
of Swaraj and is known for the quote "Swarajya is my birthright, and I
shall have it!".He was also conferred with the honorary title of
"Lokmanya".Bal
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed Vodafone's plea
challenging a demand of over Rs 7.57 crore imposed on it by the Income Tax (IT)
department for not deducting TDS (tax deducted at source) for the assessment
year 2013-14 on discount given to distributors towards sale of recharge
coupons. A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and Najmi Waziri said,
"Considering the quantum of the demand, the court is not
India’s import cover improved to 10.9 months at the end of
March 2016, from 9.8 months at end-September 2015, as the country’s reserves
improved about $10 billion in the period, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said
in its half yearly report on foreign exchange reserves. In the same period, the
ratio of short-term debt to the foreign exchange reserves, declined to 23.1 per
cent from 24.2 per cent. This is mainly
A parliamentary panel has recommended doing away with
the present restrictions on the composition of the board of directors of asset
reconstruction companies (ARCs). And, suggested other changes in a government
Bill to amend the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and
Enforcement of Security Interest (Sarfaesi) Act, 2002 and other relevant
legislation. A committee of both Houses, headed by
The Supreme Court has ruled against the capital markets
regulator in a clutch of appeals in matters relating to collective investment
schemes (CIS).In a judgment delivered last week, covering five similar cases
that date back to the period between 1995 and 1999 when CIS regulations were in
the process of being formulated, the court dismissed three appeals by the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and allowed two by
New York, July 23 (Just Earth News): As the 21st International
AIDS Conference wrapped up in Durban, South Africa, the Deputy Executive
Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS), Luiz
Loures, called for ending discrimination against patients, especially those
from the most vulnerable populations. "The Durban conference was marked by
the phenomenal progress made over the
New York, July 23 (Just Earth News): United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday announced the appointment of Fabrizio
Hochschild of Chile as his new Deputy Special Representative for the UN
Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African
Republic (MINUSCA). Hochschild succeeds Aurélien Agbénonci of Benin who was
appointed Foreign Minister of his country in April 2016.
New Delhi, July 20 (IBNS): The ISRO has been pursuing a
'conscious' approach of building up and nurturing the industrial capabilities
in the country to maximally support the Indian Space Programme. Through
appropriate transfer of technology and hand-holding, ISRO is making focused
efforts to consolidate and enhance participation of Indian industries for
manufacturing and production of space related hardware such
India test team captain Virat Kohli on 22 July 2016 became
the first Indian captain to score a double century outside India. Kohli scored
200 runs against West Indies on day two of the first Test at the Sir Vivian
Richards stadium in North Sound. With his double century, Kohli entered the
list of visiting captains with highest scores in West Indies. The list includes
name like Sir Leonard Hutton, Steve Waugh, Andrew Strauss
New York: After revealing that it wants to use unmanned drone
airships to beam the internet down to the estimated four billion people
worldwide without it two years ago, social media giant Facebook on Thursday
announced the first full-scale test flight of its solar-powered craft Aquila.
"After two years of engineering, I'm proud to announce the successful
first flight of Aquila -- the solar-powered plane we designed to beam
The UK's first double hand transplant operation has taken
place at Leeds General Infirmary and the patient says his new hands look
"tremendous". Chris King, from Doncaster, lost both his hands, apart
from the thumbs, in an accident involving a metal pressing machine at work
three years ago. The 57-year-old received two new hands from a donor and says
he already has some movement in them. Prof Simon Kay led the
Researchers in central China's Hubei province have
successfully manufactured metal parts and molds using new 3D printing
technology.The new metal 3D printing technology addresses existing problems in
traditional metal 3D printing methods, said Zhang Hai'ou, leader of the 3D
printing technology research team at the Huazhong University of Science and
Technology. These problems, such as flowing, dropping or crumbling of
After nearly six decades in service, India’s majestic
aircraft carrier INS Viraat will set sail for the last time from Mumbai to
Kochi this week, powered by its own boilers before it is decommissioned. Once
the ship berths itself with the Southern Naval Command on July 27 after sailing
out from Mumbai on July 23, all valuable equipment on board like engines,
radars, guns will be dismantled to prepare it for the
Gita Gopinath, economics professor at the Harvard University,
was appointed the financial advisor to Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan
on Thursday. Gopinath was last year named the John Zwaanstra Professor of
International Studies and Economics. In India, Gopinath had served as a member
of the Eminent Persons Advisory Group on G20 matters for the finance ministry.
A native of Mysore, Gopinath teaches international
New Delhi, Jul 19 () The government today termed as
"inappropriate" the recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report
which ranked several Indian cities, including Delhi, among top 20 most polluted
ones globally, and said the data was based on "extrapolated and estimated
values". "A report was brought out by the WHO in May 2016 ranking
some cities of India including Delhi among top 20 most polluted cities of the
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal today cracked the whip
on individuals causing noise pollution in the city and announced a fine of Rs
5,000 on those using pressure horns and removing silencers from their vehicles.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the Delhi
traffic police to strictly take action against individuals who cause
"undue and intolerable" sound resulting in noise
The Government has formed two separate committees to prepare
draft of Ganga Act, which aims at expediting implementation of Namami Gange
programme and lay down guidelines to rid the holy river of silt.
A committee under Justice (Retd) Girdhar Malviya has been
entrusted with responsibility of preparing the draft act that should have
provisions to ensure cleanliness and uninterrupted e-flow of Ganga, an official
A huge gap between availability and requirement of organs
contributes to illegal trade, the government today said, noting that it has
formed an inter- ministerial committee to coordinate all activities relating to
promotion of organ donations in the country. "Yes. The huge gap between
the availability and requirement of organs contributes to the illegal trade in
human organs," Union Health Minister J P Nadda said in a written reply in
A Rajya Sabha Select Committee examining an anti-corruption
Amendment bill was on Friday granted extension till the next session of
Parliament, to submit its recommendations. The term of the Committee, which was
to submit its report on the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2013
during the current session, was extended till the Winter Session. BJP’s
Bhupender Yadav moved a motion in Rajya Sabha for
NEW DELHI: BJP leader and New Delhi MP Meenakshi Lekhi
has been appointed as the chairperson of the Committee of Privileges of the Lok
Sabha.She replaces SS Ahluwalia, who resigned on July 18 on his appointment as
a minister. "The Speaker has appointed Meenakshi Lekhi as Chairperson of
Committee of Privileges vice SS Ahluwalia who resigned from the
Committee," a Lok Sabha bulletin said. Mr Ahluwalia
Suresh C. Angadi, who is serving his third consecutive term
as member of the Lok Sabha from Belagavi, was appointed Chairperson of the
House Committee, a parliamentary standing committee, by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan
on Thursday. The outgoing Chairperson, Arunram Meghwal, handed over the charge
on completion of the one-year term of the office, at New Delhi, according to
sources in Mr. Angadi’s office
Tata STRIVE, an initiative of Tata Community Initiatives
Trust launched its first skill development centre in Hyderabad.Spread
over 17,000 square feet, this state-of-the-art centre will skill youth in
Telangana in the BPO, banking, financial services, insurance and retail
industries.Tata STRIVE, an initiative of Tata Community Initiatives Trust, and
the first Group CSR programme of the Tata group, addresses the need of
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has acquired exclusive
television and digital rights or the International Champions Cup 2016 for the
Indian sub-continent. The International Champions Cup 2016 is the first
tournament of the 2016-17 football season and will kick-off the 2016-17 club
season across the world. The fourth edition of this prestigious cup competition
will see the return of winners from the past three seasons –
The 2016 Fortune Global 500 list of the world's biggest firms
was released on 21 July 2016. Seven Indian companies were featured in the list
with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) ranked highest at 161st rank with revenues of
54.7 billion US dollars. The overall list was topped by retail giant Walmart
with revenue of 482.130 million US dollars.The world's 500 largest companies
generated 27.6 trillion US dollars in revenues
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on 21 July 2016
announced that global temperatures for the first six months of 2016 broke many
records. It means that 2016 is on the track to be the world's hottest year on
record. The WMO stated that Arctic Sea ice melted early and fast, which is
another indicator of climate change. In addition, Carbon dioxide levels have
also reached new highs.
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on 21 July 2016 signed
a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Environmental Engineering
Research Institute (NEERI) to develop 12 sewage treatment plants (STP). This
project will help increase the green cover in NDMC areas and curb dust
pollution. In the first phase, 12 STPs will be installed across the NDMC
area.
The Kerala State Government on 20 July 2016 constituted a
State Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (STAGI) on the lines of the
National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI). The Group will
advise the State government on the policies and practices to be adopted and
implemented under the National Immunisation Programme. Highlights of the State
Technical Advisory Group on
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